Girls just wanna have fun
April of 2007 was our “Big Boys Toys” issue with an expanded “Drive Time” section filled with manly pursuits. Since then, we have learned more about our magazine and who reads it.
The result? “Congratulations! It’s a girl!”
We discovered our audience is mostly female – though there are exceptions.
Research. Brainstorming. Reading. Listening. Writing. That’s truly how each issue of the GVH yourStyle magazine begins.
Our small team of editors, freelancers, sales staff and our publisher sit down to talk about the year before, the year ahead and plan a calendar of ideas for upcoming magazine issues. Then, a few months before the next issue is born, we revisit, rethink and rework those ideas into a concrete plan that in turn becomes stories, pictures, artwork and information in your mailbox delivered as a finished magazine.
So, this year we give a nod to last year’s play on toys, but we focus more on fun. And girls.
What do women enjoy, we asked? Shopping, cooking, reading, hiking, biking, golfing, decorating, shopping and shopping, as well as family, friends and faith and the list goes on.
Women, it seems, want to have fun. And we do. We may be busy working, keeping track of husbands, kids, pets and all their related gear, but we do find time for fun. Not a lot usually, but we venture into the realm of fun whether talking to a friend at lunch, hitting a club for a night of dancing or simply going for a walk.
In this issue we touch on fun subjects. Read about TV host Roni Taylor. Her outlook on life and her job are a celebration of fun and the fun that can be found right here. A tour of her closet tells a lot about her, including one of the items at the top of her “fun” list – shopping.
In our dining section we dish on desserts with pastry chef Tammy Alana
and in Extra we chat with comedienne Rita Rudner.
When your workday is done, I invite you to pick up this month’s Magazine of Summerlin, sit back and sing Cyndi Lauper’s song, “…Oh Girls, They wanna have fu-un…”
Oh yeah.
