about Kellie

Welcome!  After almost 25 years in the restaurant industry, I’ve embarked on a new life:  my cherished dream of writing for a living, and I am thrilled you are here.  I write essays, profiles, poetry, and am working on a memoir.

I’ve always felt I could live a hundred lives.  It’s the dilettante inside me.  Curious by nature and restless by nurture, I want to break myself into 100 pieces and send each one off into the world to explore.  It’s really just a matter of storytelling,  Who do I want to be?  Who am I today?  Who have I been?  Here’s a few ~ I have stories for all of them and I’d love to share.  I’d also like to hear yours.

* Lingerie salesperson * Children’s shoe fitter * University English teacher in China * Roadhouse bartender * Itinerant backpacker * Art collector * Fund-raiser * Restaurant manager * Pilgrim * Farm girl * Pollyanna *
New Yorker * Brooklynite (not the same as being a NYer!) * DJ * Reluctant homeowner * Fine dining waiter * Philanthropist * Wine Rep * Incessant concertgoer * Ani DiFranco fan * Architecture buff * Road-tripper * Meditator
Executive Coordinator * Urban wanderer * Gourmand/Foodie * Recovering Foodie * Landlord * International Hospitality Ambassador * World traveler         Daughter * Sister * Aunt

I’ve a lifelong habit of going in the opposite direction of everyone else because I prefer getting the riverview seat on the train or discovering what Tuesday is like in Croatia or getting first dibs on an ungroomed powder trail.  I question authority.  I question my friends.  I show up with contrarian views, and want you to question me, too.  This incessant curiosity has either strengthened my perspective or opened me up to consider a whole new world.  And seeing the world with ever refreshed eyes is my passion.  Hence the title off-peak.

Want to understand more?  Start here.

Mostly, I’ll let my writing speak for itself, but I will say that by going against the tide, I’ve learned how to go with the flow. Thanks for joining me.  Life is enriched when it’s shared.

I would love to hear from you!  Reach out:

blueskiesgreentrees at gmail dot com