by Jackie | Around NYC, Life Happens, The One With
One of my favorite events every year is the US Open tennis tournament. We usually purchase tickets months in advance, so we have no way of knowing which players we’ll get to see. But there is one thing we do know. It’s August. In New York City. We expect...
by Jackie | The One With, Writing Life
Last week, a fun meme was rolling around on social media to list ten books that have stayed with you. Usually the book that is most “with me” is the one I’m reading right now, but the more I thought about it, the longer my list became. Isn’t...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With, Writing Life
I once interviewed a man who’d climbed Mount Everest. It was my first major interview at my first job out of college. The article was scheduled to appear in the lifestyle section of the city’s newspaper—a local-guy-does-good story. He was soft-spoken and...
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
When I was twelve, the food court in the local shopping mall was a magical place. My friends and I would get dropped off by a well-meaning parent, who couldn’t wait to have a few minutes alone to shop in peace. Armed with our allowance, we scoped out the dozen...
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With, Tourist in My Town
He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing. ~Cicero I do not have a garden, yet I have watched more than my share of gardening television shows and had lengthy conversations with my neighbor, who is a landscape architect, about how much to water gerberas. I...
