Shannon

BIRTHDAY: January 19

HOMETOWN:  Grosse Ile, Michigan

TV SHOWS:  The Bachelor/Bachelorette, The Golden Girls, Sex and the City, Breaking Bad, Fixer Upper, Homeland, NBC Nightly News, Stranger Things, Ray Donovan

MOVIES:  Amelie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Love Actually, National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation, A Christmas Story, The Blind Side, Serendipity, You've Got Mail, Hocus Pocus, Twilight

WEBSITES: PopSugar, The Sweetest Occasion, The Daily Mail, eBay, Gilt Groupe, Pinterest, 100 Layer Cakelet

STYLE ICONS:  Sincerely Jules, Kristin Cavallari, Blake Lively, Lauren Conrad, Jennifer Aniston, Jillian Harris & Emily Maynard (from "The Bachelorette")

FAVE BEAUTY PRODUCTS:  Kiehls Ultra Facial Cream, Glossier Boy Brow, Nars blush in "Orgasm," Jo Malone, Bumble & Bumble Brilliantine, Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment, Lune + Aster Bronzer

LAST BOOK I READ: "Shaken" by Tim Tebow

MOST-MEMORABLE ON-AIR MOMENT:  Interviewing Diddy.  He brought Ciroc for all of us and well, I only remember a little bit of that morning!

10 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME: 

1) When I was 8-years-old, I co-hosted America's Thanksgiving Day Parade with Chuck Gaidica & Carmen Harlan right here in the D! 

2) I'm the voice of the "Weather Girl" in Grand Theft Auto IV; Simmer down, boys ... All of my "dirty talk" was totally scripted. 

3) I was Valedictorian of my high school class (Grosse Ile High School, Go Red Devils!) and also #1 in the journalism school at Butler University in Indianapolis.  Yes, I'm a self-proclaimed DORK. 

4) I color-coordinate all of my clothes.

5) Only a few days before I took the job with Channel 955, I was selected to be a part of ABC's The Bachelor. No roses for me! 

6) I have an obsession with cupcakes and donuts. 

7) I once filled in for Kelly Ripa on "LIVE! with Regis & Kelly." 

8) I got married at the historic Ford Piquette Plant (where the Model Ts were made) 

9) I have the cutest Toy Parti Poodle in the world named Charlie.

10) I have two littles: Lucy Grace (4/8/14) and Smith Lyle (6/4/17)!

ADDICTIONS:  Coffee, shoes, lipgloss, Lululemon, Pinterest, browsing real estate sites ... Even though I'm not moving anywhere.  

FAVE RESTAURANTS: Primo's Pizza, Crispelli's, Red Coat Tavern, Greek Islands, Original Pancake House, Selden Standard, Imperial, Phoenicia

FAVE DRINKS:  WINE!  Tied for second place: Mojitos, margaritas, and cucumber gimlets

FAVE CLOTHING:  Anthropologie, Gap, Urban Outfitters, Kit and Ace, Zara, Madewell, J. Crew, Nordstrom Rack, Target, vintage stores! 

FAVE MUSIC:  Taylor Swift, Gwen Stefani, Ed Sheeran, Hanson, BSB, Switchfoot, Frank Sinatra, Justin Timberlake, Ellie Goulding, The Fray, Matt & Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Michael Buble, Katy Perry, Meiko, Phoenix

PREFERENCE: THONGS, BOYSHORTS, GRANNY PANTIES OR COMMANDO:  Thongs during the day, boyshorts at night. 

BRA SIZE: Don't make fun ... 32A. Barely.

TYPICAL BREAKFAST:  Coffee, oatmeal, fruit, yogurt. 

THINGS I'M ALLERGIC TO:  Ready for this list?!  Dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, hay, mites, ragweed, pollen, trees, grass, Latex, avocados and walnuts!

FAVE ROADTRIP FROM DETROIT:  Chicago!  My little sister, Emily, lives there.  Plus, the shopping in that town is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

GUILTY PLEASURES:  Buying stuff on eBay that I really don't need; Eating 1lb bags of Peanut M & Ms in one sitting; Coupons; Clipping my toenails and plucking my eyebrows. 

HERITAGE:  Irish, Italian and a little German

NICKNAMES:  Murph, Shan, Smurf, Cupcake, Shandrew (My husband's name is Andrew: Shannon + Andrew = Shandrew).

IN MY PURSE:  iPhone, wallet, coupon book, bobby pins and barrettes, 3 tubes of lipgloss, eyelash curler, inhaler, 2 EPI pens, brush, sunglasses, hair ties.

PET PEEVES:  Dropped phone calls, the spinning colored wheel when my MacBook isn't working, people who text in movie theaters, parents who discipline their kids in public, delayed flights, being late

CHARITIES: The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FARE), Covenant House Michigan, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Time Team Detroit, Humble Design