MOM LIFE
Meet Suann Song
BY PJ FEINSTEIN
What do you love about
the work you do?
I’m so fortunate to have my dream job. I
have loved paper, design and organization
(yes, organization!) for as long as I can
remember. And the fact that I get to create
products and a brand that revolves around
those three things is pretty great.

OCCUPATION: Founder and
Creative Director
of Appointed
LIVES: Chevy Chase, MD
WORKS: Ivy City, D.C.

HUSBAND: Eugene Hong
CHILDREN: Ike, 13
and Novie, 2
We’re looking for local parents
who are juggling multiple
priorities, including work, passion
projects or hobbies, to feature
in our new Mom/Dad Life column.

Send your nominations to
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What’s something your family
loves to do together?
We love to travel. Whether it’s an overnight
trip within driving distance or flying to the
beach, both of my kids love to travel and a
good hotel! We usually squeeze in a trip
every other month, and we take one inter-
national trip a year—last year it was Japan.

Close-by, we like to go to Philadelphia or
New York by train. We also recently drove
to Pittsburgh, which has a great children’s
and science museum and great food. This
spring break we’re looking forward to flying
to Panama City, Florida, and visiting Rose-
mary Beach, which is a very charming and
quaint beach town.

What do you love about
being a mom?
I have two kids—a 13-year-old boy and
2-year-old girl—so each day is very dif-
ferent, busy and full. And sometimes it
gets to be a lot while running a grow-
ing company, but I do love having such
a full life and being able to create a
happy and healthy home life for my kids. How do you take care of your
mental and physical health?
Running and yoga are essentials for me. I
What’s something that makes
try to attend at least one yoga class a week.

juggling motherhood and your
Down Dog Yoga in Georgetown and Core
career a little bit easier?
Power Yoga in Tenleytown are my favorite;
I try to have a flexible work schedule. I leave
I consider Core Power’s Yoga Scupt class
the office at 4 p.m. every day so that I’m able
a perfect workout. And I run three times a
to pick up my kids from school. I’ve come to
week. It’s my favorite time to both unwind
realize and accept that you can’t do it all and
and think. I come up with some of my best
you have to make concessions to make both
ideas for work while running. My favorite
work, and that it’s OK.

place to run is through Rock Creek Park.

What do you love about raising
kids in the D.C. area?
I think D.C. is one of the best areas to raise
kids. I love the accessibility and the diver-
sity in activities for both my toddler and
teenager. For our toddler, we love Imagina-
tion Stage, Nook (which just opened a new
location closer to us in Bethesda) and the
National Zoo. With our teenager, we explore
D.C.’s great food scene and try to catch a
good play or show at the Kennedy Center
or Warner Theater. We also love the schools
that our kids go to and feel very fortunate
for the education they are able to have here.

What are five things you
can’t live without?
iPhone, notebook, coffee, snacks (nuts,
chocolate and Puree Juice for me, and gra-
nola bars, goldfish crackers and trail mix
for the kids) and a good book. I recently
finished Bob Iger’s “The Ride of a Lifetime”
and highly recommend it.

What would you do if you had one
hour without any responsibilities?
A manicure! That’s a luxury that I usually get
around to doing a couple of times a year. ■
Read our extended interview with
Suann Song at washingtonfamily.com.