What's Behind the Name "Crowned Regal"?

People often ask me how did the whole Crowned Regal persona come about?

To be honest, In the beginning, I really didn't put that much thought into the name.

It was in the year 2007. I had just seperated from my husband of 30 years. I had lost 147lbs after having gastric bypass surgery. I had just lost my hair to alopecia. I was also suffering from "empty nest syndrome" after raising my three daughters. I moved to a new apartment, took a new way to work everyday, and nothing in my life appeared familar including the reflection of myself in the mirror.

I'm a web developer by trade, and this was also a time when the new social networks were popping up all over the place. Seems everyone I knew had a new web page they were boasting about. Imagine that, premade website templates that did all the work I used to slave over when developing my websites. I didn't jump on the social networking bandwagon until late in the game, and because I was a web developer, I got teased for not having one of those websites.

My oldest sister called me one day so that I could view her new web page equipped with music and a photo journal. It looked great. My sister asked if I was going to put a page up. I said, "I really don't have time to do this, and what would I call myself anyway? Crowned Regal?". She chuckled and said, "Actually I like that name. You mean like the drink , "Crowned Royal?".  I laughed and told her I'm bald, I have this new "crown" and I sort of stand out in a crowd. Sounds appropriate, don't you think?" READ MORE