I’m Whitney. A writer/artist/mother/lover-of-using-slashes. Born in Arizona, I lived most of my life in Ventura, CA and moved to Orange County for college.

In Orange County, I worked at the Happiest Place on Earth (better known as Disneyland). I drove the Monorail, was a skipper at the World Famous Jungle Cruise, woke up the birds in the Tiki Room, and worked on my scowl at the Haunted Mansion. It was at Disneyland that I met the love of my love (referred to as TheBoy), who I married in 2004. We now have two wonderful boys.

I’ve held other jobs. I worked at a dental office, and I worked in advertising. Which isn’t much like Mad Men, though if you’re looking for a frame of reference… if there was a geeky girl handing Don analytics from their campaigns, that would be me. I mostly dealt with reports (and the horrible year I did nothing but billing), though I got to write radio copy from time to time.

Currently, I’m a stay at home mom. Between wrangling the two boys, I find time to cook and occasionally to write about it. I also write in the evenings.

Whitney
Twitter: @whitneyd
Email: whitney(dot)drake(at)gmail(dot)com

Frequently (Un)Asked Questions

Why American Whitney?

I am a silly silly person. I was looking for a blog name, and while I was on the phone with my mom (who I seemed to have inherited my silliness from), I was talking about my views on something and said that I’m an american woman.. American Whitney. Which led to us singing American Woman (by the Guess Who, and covered by Lenny Kravitz), but with my name in place of woman.

It made me laugh, and it stuck.

But really, it seemed appropriate. I’m expressing my views on current affairs as well as sharing my life. What’s more American than that?

What if I want you to write a blog post for me? Or review something?

I’m available for freelance blogging. You can contact me for my rates. While exposure is great, I don’t write for free.

I don’t allow sponsored posts in this blog, and while I’ll review a product- giving me something to look at doesn’t guarantee that I’ll love it. I try to be honest. Also, any post that’s a compensated review will be duly noted.