hip tranquil chick podcast #73: beading 101

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Welcome to the 73rd edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat. Back in DC at the Pink Palace.

Today’s podcast is on beading 101, along with a pose of the podcast, look of the podcast, added community corner, and more festive podsafe music! View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

Amy Bertha is the artist behind the TranquiliT jewelry line. The jewelry line was launched at the Tranquil Space boutique in August of 2006 and has been extremely popular with boutique shoppers. Jewelry making is a creative outlet for Amy, who studied Chemistry and German in college. In her "day job" she works for the Food and Drug Administration as a Project Manager in the part of the FDA that grants approvals to new pharmaceutical drugs. Before moving to Washington DC 2 years ago, Amy lived in Germany, Switzerland and Connecticut, where she worked for large pharmaceutical companies, practiced her German and met her husband while racing sailboats.

Pose of the Podcast: Warrior 2

Look of the Podcast: Tie top, leggings, cami, capelet – check out our new homepage – celebrating women’s history month!

Community Corner: Check out our new forum and desktop. E-cards coming this week! Watch for it under the “connect” page of HTC.

Soirees, Chats, Booksignings & Retreats: Host a Hip Tranquil Chick Signature ChariTea Soiree! The downloadable PDF has is a toolkit for leading a hip and tranquil book club! All hip tranquil chicks who agree to host a soiree in 2007 will be sent a lovely leopard-print headband and scarf as a host gift.

NY gals - New York Book Launch Party on Thursday, March 8 at Lolita.

Denver gals - workshops and book signing at Omtime in April.

All gals - Escape with me and like-minded women at our first HTC retreat in upstate NY in June and our first international excursion in Costa Rica in September. Details for all special events at hiptranquilchick.com.

Au Revoir: Share your hip tranquil chickness with me, request show ideas, or pass along feedback by e-mailing me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com. A reminder that we’re on MySpace and Frappr, so please connect with the community virtually there, too!

Have a burning question that you’d like hip and tranquil feedback on? E-mail me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com to have it featured and answered in our dear hip tranquil chick segment found on the blog.

To close out the show, we’re playing podsafe music by new and independent artists from Podsafe Music Network. Today’s selection is That's the Dro by Anthems of a Bygone Era. You can learn more this week's featured artist, including how to get more of their music at myspace.com/abe.

Thanks for joining me for the 73rd edition of the HTC podcast. Namaste.

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