Class Note 1997
Issue
It’s been about three years since I last heard from BreeAnne Clowdus, who back in 2007 was a new mother starting a new business. Now, three years later, BreeAnne and her partner Courtney have added two boys to the family, Dashel Roark and Shepherd Dean. They were born on May 19 at about 7 pounds each and join big sister Vivianne. “We own a company called Tiny Revolutionary so we like to say we just expanded our revolution to a not so ‘tiny’ size,” BreeAnne wrote.
“Tiny Revolutionary is doing great! Over the past two years we’ve gotten a ton of press thanks to a few celeb fans including Sheryl Crow and Matt Damon and seen our consumer business grow very well as a result. Plus, we’re in about 150 boutiques from London to Los Angeles and everywhere in between including Kuwait, most recently. Seems everywhere is ready for a little revolution. It’s an insane balancing act, though, trying to blend being a mom with being an entrepreneur. It’s totally like the movie Baby Boom; I’m on the phone with a customer while snatching scissors and vodka out of Viv’s clutches with one hand and feeding a baby with the other. But it’s super exciting to create something out of nothing—both the kids and the business—and watch both of them grow into something pretty world-changingly special. I always said that all I ever wanted was to hit the pillow at night and know that I’d done my part to make the world a better place and that’s definitely true now. Of course, it could just be the sheer exhaustion of it all. Or the Tylenol PM smile.”
A belated congratulations and happy first anniversary to Kathleen Valenzuela, who married Sonny Cheng on October 2, 2009. The couple was married at the Church of the Apostle in Manhattan. They are both vice presidents at Goldman Sachs, where they met. She works in the prime brokerage area as a team leader for client services and Sonny is in the fund administration group handling accounting for hedge funds.
Please keep sending me your news. Take care.
—Jason Casell, 9209 Donner Lane, Austin, TX 78749; jcasell@aol.com
Nov - Dec 2010
It’s been about three years since I last heard from BreeAnne Clowdus, who back in 2007 was a new mother starting a new business. Now, three years later, BreeAnne and her partner Courtney have added two boys to the family, Dashel Roark and Shepherd Dean. They were born on May 19 at about 7 pounds each and join big sister Vivianne. “We own a company called Tiny Revolutionary so we like to say we just expanded our revolution to a not so ‘tiny’ size,” BreeAnne wrote.
“Tiny Revolutionary is doing great! Over the past two years we’ve gotten a ton of press thanks to a few celeb fans including Sheryl Crow and Matt Damon and seen our consumer business grow very well as a result. Plus, we’re in about 150 boutiques from London to Los Angeles and everywhere in between including Kuwait, most recently. Seems everywhere is ready for a little revolution. It’s an insane balancing act, though, trying to blend being a mom with being an entrepreneur. It’s totally like the movie Baby Boom; I’m on the phone with a customer while snatching scissors and vodka out of Viv’s clutches with one hand and feeding a baby with the other. But it’s super exciting to create something out of nothing—both the kids and the business—and watch both of them grow into something pretty world-changingly special. I always said that all I ever wanted was to hit the pillow at night and know that I’d done my part to make the world a better place and that’s definitely true now. Of course, it could just be the sheer exhaustion of it all. Or the Tylenol PM smile.”
A belated congratulations and happy first anniversary to Kathleen Valenzuela, who married Sonny Cheng on October 2, 2009. The couple was married at the Church of the Apostle in Manhattan. They are both vice presidents at Goldman Sachs, where they met. She works in the prime brokerage area as a team leader for client services and Sonny is in the fund administration group handling accounting for hedge funds.
Please keep sending me your news. Take care.
—Jason Casell, 9209 Donner Lane, Austin, TX 78749; jcasell@aol.com