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WINNER OF THE NOVEMBER PHOTO CONTEST GIFT GIVEAWAY IS ANNOUNCED! A $100 GIFT Certificate and a bottle of bubbly from Meagan Zarba LMT of Everything Ohm Massage and Wellness and guest judge & lifestyle photographer Vessi Vlasseva Photography & Creative
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Welcome to Newport Living and Lifestyles and Welcome to the November photo contest.
I’m Christon Gibson and joining us today is Meagan Zarba and guest photographer Vessi VLasseva.
Say that 3 times while your dancing. It’s go a good disco beat to it.
Today we’re gonna find out who the winner is of the monthly photo contest
How do you enter the monthly photo contest?
You have to hashtag #NLandL
Which stands for Newport Living and Lifestyles!
Fantastic! so Vessi did a great job of picking only five photos.
I don’t know how you did it.
It was difficult.
How many were there?
There’s a lot
A lot! I only looked for the month of November. I didn’t look past the month of November.
There is probably at least 100, I would say
Wow!
Yeah, people are doing a great job of hashtagging.
Every winner, every month, gets a gift certificate and a bottle of bubbly
Today our host is Meagan Zarba
Would you like to tell us something about what the winners will receive and what you do.
Absolutely, I’m a licensed massage therapist and health coach and I
work with people. I specialize in helping people have less pain in their
body, chronic pain, acute pain, I work with people who are in rehab programs, people
who just want to feel better in their body and I’m
offering $100 giftcard to come work with me in any capacity.
I practice deep tissue, myofascial release, just simple relaxation, Swedish massage,
I also incorporate marma point therapy, which comes from Ayurveda
if you’ve heard of it, if not, if you’re curious, come talk to me.
I could probably talk for hours about everything that I do.
I do have two locations.
On Monday and Tuesday I’m located here at Stella Mare in Newport it’s 91 Long Wharf and then
my other location is Wednesday and Thursday in Middletown, inside Wyatt Square, its 575 East Main Road.
You can see me at either of those locations and
I’m really excited to work with you and meet whoever the winner is
They can book appointments for you straight through Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook @massagewithmeag Instagram @meaganzarba
Also, by my phone number, which I’m not sure if we are putting that out there….
Let’s do it!
Go for it!
Yeah! Call me! 978-870-8161
or you can reach me at my email
which is Maegan@everydayohm.com
my website is EverydayOhm.com
Your Instagram and Facebook?
My Instagram is @MeaganZarba and
You can find me on LinkedIn by the same name @meaganzarba
I’m the only one that has that name.
Well I love your name and this is a beautiful space to work in with a piano and gongs, really gorgeous space.
It’s a really special space. Stella Mare is also used as a rental space for micro weddings, corporate parties, private
parties and any of that jazz. It is a gorgeous place to hold events.
Yes, I teach yoga here. The owner of this
space is super passionate about holistic health and wellness and she invites any
of that to be part of the space when it’s not being rented out for events so
We are actually home to Newport Kundalini , which is a type of yoga.
It’s a really big community here.
Every Tuesday night there’s a class at 6:00PM Kundalini Yoga and
on Tuesday mornings I teach a regular Hatha alignment based flow and
I also do private yoga, small group yoga and just teaching people how to move their bodies in general.
My whole background is in exercise science and psychology originally.
I used to be a personal trainer so I’ve been studying the body
and the workings of the mind and the body for probably 15 years.
How did you guys meet?
Through my husband and her boyfriend.
I was dying one day. I was having horrible, horrible back pains and her boyfriend who works with my husband,
said you have to go see Meagan, she is life changing and she fixed me.
I’m honored to be a part of anybody’s healing process and thank you very much.
Vessi tell us about your photography, your history, how you got started, your passions.
I am new to Newport. I moved here from Colorado in May.
I started photographing when I was 14 years old in high school.
I did it as a second major in college and then once I graduated college.
I decided that photography was going to be my side hustle.
About 3 – 3 1/2 years ago it turned into my full-time job.
I’ve been doing it ever since.
I’ve had a lot of clients in Colorado that I’ve worked with.
I primarily work with interior designers on interior design photography.
I do a lot of lifestyle shoots with people and products.
That is what my main focus is, however I’m open to new ventures in photography,
which is really really cool.
Then I also do some graphic design work as well, because my other major,
because I couldn’t just be an art major, according to my parents, was advertising.
I do all of that stuff as well.
Some clients use me as kind of a little more of a full-service, small boutique-y agency,
others just come to me for a la cart services
It just depends on what people need.
A women of many facets. How can they find you?
You can find me at VessiVlasseva.com
and my photography, design work and all of my contact information can be found there.
Fantastic, thanks ladies, are we ready to check out some of these photos?
I picked 5 photos off of the #NLandL hashtag for November.
Should we start with this one? This one is by @MermaidMasterpieces
She’s got fantastic work.
It’s so so pretty. It’s just the sky and the ocean.
It’s just absolutely beautiful.
I love of the colors and the reflections.
I love that it all blends together.
It looks like a painting.
I want to hang it over my bed.
That would be a great canvas.
You get lost in it.
Yes! it’s beautiful!
And it looks very mermaid-ish.
How many likes does she have, 22 others liked it,
so go check out @mermaidmasterpieces
She has really fantastic work and she DESERVES the props!!!
She has a lot of beautiful work on her page, I kind of stalked everybody a little.
She has a Christmas cards! check out her Christmas cards!
CUTE! That’s awesome!
The second photo I chose is by @l_Double
and the reason I liked this photo is because it looks a little urban for Newport
It gives the city a little more of a city, like a big bigger city vibe.
I really like it and also girls who skateboard are cool!
yeah!
That one was personally my favorite.
And this one got 136 likes.
Nice work Lee Abney!
He’s one of the favorites around town by the way
I have not met him.
Each of his photos really exude a lot of mood, you can completely tell that they are his work.
You guys definitely check it out @l_double
You know everybody!
Well doing this, you meet more and more people for sure.
The next photo I chose is by @TimNewportRI
It got a 179 likes. I don’t know if Tim’s a professional photographer or if this is something he does on the side.
He works at Discover Newport and by the way,
He is a bartender at the Black Pearl, so go check him out there as well.
He’ is always out and about highlighting Newport for Discover Newport
Cool! I saw a bunch of photos.
It’s just really, just such a pretty composition.
Calming.
Even the 3 that you picked so far really show so many different sides of Newport so look forward to seeing more.
Yeah, I tried to do that.
I thought that was beautiful.
It’s very calming and relaxing and this is actually a snapshot of the video that he had.
You can just hear the birds chirping and it’s really beautiful.
We couldn’t print that.
Our next contestant is @emdiggity_
She got 124 likes on her image. It’s a picture of her and her dog, I think at the beach.
So cute! I love it !The dog is on point !
Yes! You don’t know how many pictures I have tried to get
of my dog hanging out the window and I cannot do it!
They are not paying attention.
She really captured this so perfectly.
Even as a photographer, I can never nail anything like this, ever.
So good job, way to go, this is perfect,
you should frame it, I hope it’s on your wall, I love it.
I actually want to get a picture of him, which I’ve been trying to do for so long, with the caption that reads
“and I always think they’re waving at me, like a baby in a carriage”
cause they are always waving at the dog like they are so cute!
Good job
Last photo is by @K__Elizabeth.
She got, oh gosh, 968 likes!
She’s pretty popular! I have not met her yet but we should definitely make that happen!
I just loved this photo at the beach, it’s so pretty.
The lighting.
She actually has verbiage here reads,
“Stormy night” so it must have been a stormy night.
It’s just a very pretty, peaceful beach image which just makes me think of Newport.
I love how she captured so many different colors on the beach and the sky it’s really popping with that blue.
What do you like about it?
I love that you can see the storms starting to roll in but it looks so the calm and peaceful.
There’s really a lot going on to it.
I feel like it brings in a lot of different moods rather than being cohesively one.
That’s @K__Elizabeth so check out her stuff.
Vessi being our professional guest photographer,
What is the winner of November!
It is so hard to choose and I love them all and I wish everyone could win but
I am going to go with @MermaidMasterpieces
Just because I would hang this on my wall if it was printed on a canvas. I think it’s beautiful!
Congratulations! Great ! Fantastic ! so we can invite @mermaidmasterpieces here together with us and
take a group photo and we can post that as well!
We look forward to seeing you !
Excited to meet you!
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SIREN Stories on La Sirena – showcasing the personal side of professional women and SIREN Women’s Cooperative members that live, work and play on Aquidneck Island located in alluring Newport County.
Get to know Siren Member Katy Annulli’s Siren Story on La Sirena through the signature SIREN questions about her and her company @KMAorganizing
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Welcome to Newport Living and Lifestyles
I’m Christon and joining me today is
Katie Annulli from KMA Organizing. Welcome.
Thank you
Also SIREN Women’s Cooperative member.
Yep
Welcome to La Sirena
Thank you, I appreciate it.
We are doing a series of boat interviews where we get to know some of the
SIREN members businesses and a little bit more on a personal level.
How exciting, tell us about your business.
I am a professional organizer. I have a residential side of my business as well as I work with small businesses.
I help people to organize their homes from kitchens, closets,
basements , garages, I help people with moves, purging and packing for a move
as well as unpacking and setting up their house when they get to their new place.
Then on the small business side I do bookkeeping, data based organizing,
digital files, processes, productivity, kind of just getting the business flowing
so that they’re in a good place and can run it more smoothly.
What about a home office?
Yeah , I definitely organize home offices too
You need a space where you feel comfortable going in to do your taxes, right?
Definitely, Yes
Thanks for sharing that with us
How can they find you?
My website is KMAOrganizing.com
I also have a Facebook as well as Instagram and they’re both
@KMAorganizing
Did this startup is a hobby or passion for you
or do you have other things that you get lost in ?
I do get very lost in organizing. I find it very fun and I often lose time with my clients.
Another hobby that I really do like lose time in is sewing.
I started to sew earlier this year and I really enjoy being able to make something. .
It’s a very detail-oriented hobby so I like it, it fits my personality.
You get sucked into it, Wow, well I have some dress ideas, maybe we can….
I don’t know if I am there yet.
Okay, so when did you move to Aquidneck Island?
I actually live in Warren but I’ve lived in Rhode Island for about a year and a half.
What is it that you like about Aquidneck Island?
I love the landscape, I moved to Rhode Island to be closer to the ocean
and I get to see the ocean every single day so I love that.
It is really beautiful, is it not
What is something that motivated you or pushed you out of your comfort zone?
I would say yoga. I’m a big yogee and and yoga has changed my life.
I’ve been practicing for about 10 years and it has taught me a lot of patience and
perseverance and through my breath, I’ve been able to get through a
lot of challenging situations off the mat.
I want to ask you so many more questions.
We SIREN’s have set a protocol with very SIRENista questions.
Did any women in the world help inspire you to become the person that you are today?
Yes, definitely, I have… it’s hard to think about just three women,
because there are a lot of people that really do inspire me.
I would say my mom first of all,
Yes, They always do, Its almost like an inside unspoken rule.
She did instill a love for order and organization in me.
She also is just so unselfishly loving and supportive and it’s really inspiring.
I’d say someone else Christa Ripa
who’s one of my clients, she’s a virtual client of mine. She has a branding and
marketing company in San Francisco and she has really taught me a lot about
building a business based on something that you’re passionate about and making
something you’re passionate about into a successful business.
Also balancing self-care and having fun as well as running a business so
she’s been very helpful to me.
Work hard , play Hard.
Then I’ll say Michelle Obama as my last one.
What about Michelle Obama?
She’s had a different upbringing than a lot of people and she’s been very
successful in our country obviously and supporting of President Obama.
Yeah, Definitely , did you read the book?
I did
It was really enlightening.
If you were going to go back in time and give yourself a nugget of advice when you were younger, what would it be?
I would say have more confidence in yourself and your ideas and
you can achieve what you put your mind to.
I love that. Thanks so much for joining us
Thank you
on La Sirena today and telling us your SIRE story.
Thank you for having me.
We will have to have you back in the near future and we look forward to seeing you on
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