What could happen if two women, who have never met, on two different continents, in two different cities, at two different places in their lives wrote letters to each other, back and forth, for a year? That what Glamour health blogger Sarah Jio and her friend-from-a-distance Valentina Russo asked themselves as they launched their charming new blog Speaking Franglish. Their goal: "to see we could learn about friendship, life, and ourselves by slowing down and writing letters."Sarah, a freelance writer and author, lives in Seattle and has published stories across ton of glossy lifestyle and women's mags (including Gourmet, Health, Glamour, Marie Claire, SELF, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Cooking Light). Valentina lives in Marseille, France and is fluent in five languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. She started her career in Paris at Italian Vogue and Studio G, a photographer's PR agency.
The two connected after Sarah (who felt a bit stalkerish) found Valentina's MySpace page and sent her a note.
"I didn't expect her to respond, but she did!" recalls Sarah. "We've never met or talked on the phone. We know nothing more about each other than what we're reading from our letters and a few emails we exchanged before we began the project."
On their blog, Sarah and Valentina share that they're hoping to learn from one another. They love getting mail and the idea of becoming modern day "blog pals." Their goal is to keep up the project for a year.
"I guess we felt that doing a blog would be a good excuse to come back to our desks, sit down, and write (which is actually kind of therapeutic given our crazy-busy lives). We also felt that others might be able to connect with our writing, too."
The Franglish bloggers have been keeping the notes flying (and sharing them with us) since this past April. Keep it up, ladies! We're loving your letters...
The two connected after Sarah (who felt a bit stalkerish) found Valentina's MySpace page and sent her a note.
"I didn't expect her to respond, but she did!" recalls Sarah. "We've never met or talked on the phone. We know nothing more about each other than what we're reading from our letters and a few emails we exchanged before we began the project."
On their blog, Sarah and Valentina share that they're hoping to learn from one another. They love getting mail and the idea of becoming modern day "blog pals." Their goal is to keep up the project for a year."I guess we felt that doing a blog would be a good excuse to come back to our desks, sit down, and write (which is actually kind of therapeutic given our crazy-busy lives). We also felt that others might be able to connect with our writing, too."
The Franglish bloggers have been keeping the notes flying (and sharing them with us) since this past April. Keep it up, ladies! We're loving your letters...
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