Search Our Site
Elise Ramsay
Elise is a former New York snob whose awful Yankee affliction has been cured by Somerville. By day she works in neuropsychology; by later in the day she is a dancer, vegetarian chef, writer, feminist, and lover of everything animal-related. She also considers herself an amateur Somervillian tour-guide, considering the number of friends she has gleefully converted to the neighborhood.
Kathleen Hornby
Kathleen was born in Canada, works in downtown Boston, lives in Medford, and dreams of moving back to Somerville. She was vegan for seven years and still eats a lot of kale. Follow her on Twitter at @KathleenBean1.
Laura Burns
Laura Burns is a writer and comedian based out of Somerville. Previous publications include The Rumpus and Funny not Slutty. Her sketch group, Friends of Gertrude, was an official selection of the 2010 Philly Sketchfest. In addition to having a passion for Boston’s comedy scene, she is fond of music, movies, food, cocktails, wine, fashion, crafting, and karaoke. The more karaoke, the better.
Meghann Ackerman
No matter where she lives, Meghann remains slightly obsessed with Somerville. She is also a writer, cook, baker, knitter, and zombie enthusiast. Meghann enjoys exploring new neighborhoods and getting to know them through their art, food, and especially, drink.
Kristen Schaer
Kristen Schaer is a former Army Brat who currently resides in Cambridge, and recently realized that she has lived in the area longer than she’s ever lived anywhere in her life. Instead of giving into the seven year itch, though, she’s digging in and loving her friends and surroundings. She is a lady barber, sometime ballet dancer and can most often be found discovering new music and bellying up to the various beer-laden pubs in the area.
Christine Del Castillo
Christine Del Castillo is global soul and a digital native with a passion for inspiring people to jump on bandwagons that make the world a better place. She is a nonprofit fundraiser, inbound marketing strategist, and blogger. This Filipina transplant lives on the Somerville-Cambridge side of the Charles, where she scours neighborhood thrift stores, hangs with her def posse, and fails at vegetable gardening.
Connect with her online at her blog, Good Together, her website, http://about.me/delcastillo, and on Twitter at @chrissachrissa.
Allison Baker
Alli was born in Xenia, OH (which is cool because it starts with an X) but moved to Boston in 2007 because her family made it look like so much fun. Since then she has discovered that dining out is her favorite sport and increasing food awareness is her favorite cause. Alli has been caught exploring all steps of the food supply chain from herding pigs and processing chickens, to infusing spirits and trading bites of cheese for bites of charcuterie with newly-friended strangers at local establishments. Sometimes she writes these experiences down at her blog Nuts to Soup.
Liana Fedele
Liana is Senior majoring in Anthropology and International Relations and at Tufts University. Her love affair with the ‘Ville began in late 2008 when she first rolled down Holland Street after spending a lifetime in Chicago. When she’s not working as SLF’s Member Management Intern, Liana finds her spare time occupied by beading, books, food blogs, microbrews, and the occasional yoga class. Liana hopes to go on to study the intersection of legal practices and sustainable food systems, sharing the local love wherever she goes.
Kelsey Roth
Kelsey Roth has been kicking around the media marketing business for over 15 years working with clients ranging from large international corporations to small local businesses. Originally from Chicago, he graduated from Boston University and soon found work in the area. Having lived in Somerville for 20 years, he now considers himself a Somerville native and grateful to be living in Ward 5 with his beautiful wife and fluffy dog. Instead of helping big companies make more money for themselves, he is using his talents for good by helping local businesses to better connect with their customers. You can reach him at his new Somerville-based business, The Management.
Danielle Kennedy
Interim blog editor Danielle is a Linguistics and Psychology major at Northeastern University. She is a huge nerd about it, so don’t start her talking about it. Danielle has her hands in many other local nonprofits, including Peer Health Exchange, during which time she taught health classes to ninth graders in schools without a health program in the Boston area, and MassVOTE, an organization that strives to register voters in underrepresented communities in Massachusetts. Now, as the Web & Editorial Intern at SLF, Danielle is excited that there is a forum that has to publish her various musings.
developed with a whole lotta local love by trulygood
