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Loren Ruch of HGTV to Speak at Design Bloggers Conference

November 15, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

We are excited to announce that Loren Ruch, Director of Original and Special Event Programming for Home & Garden Television (HGTV) will be joining us at the Design Bloggers Conference. Loren will be joining the panel for the exciting discussion What New Media Can Learn from Traditional Design Media. Loren oversees many of the network’s high profile specials and series including Design Star, HGTV Dream Home, HGTV Green Home, Urban Oasis & Curb Appeal: The Block. Prior to his work at HGTV, Loren was the Executive Producer for Scripps Productions, where he produced programs for all five Scripps Networks including White House Christmas, Rose Parade, HGTV Dream & Green Home, among others. Before Scripps, Loren was a five-time Emmy Award winning Senior Producer of Good Day LA, and Good Day Live – Fox’s local and nationally-syndicated daytime talk show hosted by Steve Edwards & Jillian Barberie.

Loren started his producing career at the America’s Talking cable network, and then at the Family Channel, where he produced Home & Family, and the Family Channel game show block of Trivial Pursuit, Jumble, Boggle & Shuffle.

On air, you may have seen Loren as a trend and fashion correspondent on many of the most popular makeover shows including How Do I Look for the Style Network, Head 2 Toe for Lifetime, Smart Solutions for HGTV, Before and After ‘noon Movies for the USA Network, and on numerous talk/entertainment/magazine shows. Behind the scenes, Loren has styled over 200 makeovers for television, print, and special events. Loren resides in New York City.

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Follow Your Dreams

November 3, 2010 By Paloma Conteras 4 Comments

I founded La Dolce Vita in the summer of 2007. As a self-professed “reluctant suburbanite”, I began writing the blog as a respite for summer boredom while I was still working as a high school Spanish teacher. At its very core, La Dolce Vita is a collection of random musings about who I am and the things I love. My mission is to feature all of the elements that make up La Dolce Vita, or “the sweet life”: interior design, fashion, travel, great food, and inspiring people and places.

This past winter, I started dreaming up the possibility of creating a fresh, new magazine rooted in interior design, fashion, travel, and entertaining…all of the things that so many of us love. My dreams soon turned to plans and I found myself turning to the very friends I’ve made through blogging, asking them to embark on this creative adventure with me. It has been an incredible journey so far and we are so excited to share our exciting new project, High Gloss Magazine with you in January!

The blog world has an uncanny way of bringing together kindred spirits who share similar dreams and passions. For the past several months, I have collaborated with fellow bloggers Erin Gates of Elements of Style, Sharon Wollack of Life.Style, Kyle Knight of Knight Moves, Lauren Rauter of Rock Paper Scissors, and Ashley Steen of Orchard 11.

Through the blogging community I have made many new friends and gained the inspiration to follow my dreams. I am reminded of a quote by Mark Twain:

You, too, can meet fellow kindred spirits who share your dreams and passions at the upcoming Design Bloggers Conference. I look forward to seeing you there!

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