About Happily K

Hi! My name is Kelley MacDonald, and I’m the founder and editor of Happily K. I started blogging in 2012 and write about style, culture, food, travel, wellness, and parenting.

I grew up in Fairlee, Vermont, a tiny town that claims to have the longest ice skating trail in the United States. I studied mechanical engineering as an undergrad, and after graduating, I worked for the federal government as a research engineer for several years.

While working in my research job, I started blogging as a side project. But it wasn’t until March 2014, when I moved to NYC with my husband and our Boston Terrier that I got into a daily blogging habit. This space served as a way to keep in touch with family and friends and document our new life in the city.

After a few years of blogging, I took a long break from writing and maintaining this site. At the time, the load of working full-time at the startup Bloglovin’, freelance writing, training for my first marathon, and simply surviving in NYC was a lot.

But I always knew I would return to this space (I love it so much!), and in early 2020, I relaunched the site. I’m so happy to be back!

Please feel free to email me anytime, or find me on Instagram.

Thank you so much for reading.

Writing

Here’s a selection of things I’ve written for other publications that I can still stand to look at (and maybe even like):

• 4 Mistakes First-Time Investors Wish They Hadn’t Made When Investing in the Stock Market | Apartment Therapy
• Drop-In on These 8 NYC Running Groups | NYCgo.com
• I Ran a Marathon on a Shoestring Budget—and You Can Too | VICE
• 50 People Fess Up to Their Biggest Spending Regrets | HerMoney
• Is Baby Merlin’s New Product as Good as Its Best-Selling Sleepsuit? | Reviewed
• The RV Checklist: Every Travel Essential You Need to Hit the Road | First For Women

Photo by Meg Hamilton.