About

about-mustache-melroseABOUT MEL
Hi! I’m Melody Rose Rowan. I grew up in Austin, Texas and spent many years nomad-ing in & out of cities all over the Lone Star State. (And yes, there was that one year in NYC & those couple months in Spain. Olé!) I spent the last few years in Culver City, CA—a quaint lil’ ZIP on the Westside of Los Angeles—but I now live in Austin with my husband, Scott, and rescue dog-sons, Jake the Dog and Finn the Human.

ABOUT THE BLOG
Raise your hand if you’re into fun! I have a deep love for all things local. Whether it’s my go-to take-out spot in Austin or my favorite little gift shop in Culver City, I’m going to overshare the heck out of it. I lurve supporting and gushing about good people and good businesses and hope to inspire others to do the same. I also have a passion for travel, home decor, fashion, oysters and Micheladas, so you can expect to hear about that stuff too. Oh, and Scotty and I are also currently renovating a vintage airstream. Neat!

HIRE ME
My past work life includes launching a food, fashion & culture blog for NBC, launching a lifestyle magazine & city guide in Dallas, planting and growing an online community for Yelp, writing a boat-load of copy & developing the brand personality for a not-your-average mobile banking app and website, creating social media content as a copywriter at an amazing ad agency called Drumroll in downtown Austin, and creating content for eight shopping websites and seven blogs as the Director of Content and Strategy for Blender Networks. Need help with copy, marketing, social media, or deciding your favorite Starburst flavor? I’m your girl! Email me at Melody{at}MelodyRowan.com.

PHOTOGRAPHY
I shoot and edit all photos on the site, unless otherwise noted. Photos of my mug are taken by my hunk of a husband, Scott Rowan.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
♥    When traveling to different cities, I make it a point to stop into a Buffalo Exchange. I love getting to know the style personality of the people who live there!
♥    I fell in love with styling others while working at Nordstrom and a handful of other boutiques in between journalism classes at the University of North Texas.
♥    I blame my incurable case of wanderlust on growing up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books. (LET’S GO EVERYWHERE!)
♥    I have my grandmother and her collection of Town & Country magazines to thank for my love of getting lost in stacks of travel, fashion & home publications.
♥    I won 3rd place in a dance contest with this move.