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The One with the Straw Tote Bag
Today marks a transition in the life of this blog. After 128 Friday Five posts, I thought it was high time to do something different. I've been honored that you spend part of each week here. Your feedback and comments have kept me dusting off the stools and pouring...
Birthday Pop Quiz
Today is my birthday! Shakespeare wrote, "With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come." The old wrinkles are coming anyway, so let's see if we can add some mirth and laughter to the day. Since it's my big day I'm going to sit back and let you all do the work. Answer...
Friday Five
1. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Sometimes you just find yourself in the right place at the right time. Take last weekend. David Sedaris was in Brooklyn to kick off his 20-city US book tour for Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. (Yes, that's the name of the...
Friday Five
1. Shake your groove thing. This week I was invited to a performance of the legendary Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the Apollo Theater. I don't know much (okay, anything) about professional dance. In fact, when I was a kid, my mom signed me up for tap dance lessons and...
Friday Five
1. Can I get a witness? Last Thursday, I had the honor and privilege of being a witness at very special nuptials. Many of you know Kathy from Reinventing the Event Horizon and her partner Sara. Kathy had emailed to let me know that prior to their big move to Cuenca,...
Friday Five
1. Daring Greatly. In a previous post, I shared Brene Brown's fantastic TED talk: The power of vulnerability. Talk about eye-opener! (If you haven't seen the TED talk, check it out below. It's time well-spent!) What has me singing Dr. Brown's praises again is that I...
Vendredi Cinq (Friday Five) From Montreal
I hope you all had as much fun as I did with the Where in the World Am I? contest. Thanks for posting your guesses! I was so excited to see where you thought I was, and now I've added a few destinations to my bucket list! By the end of the week, many of you had...
Where in the World Am I? (Clue 5)
Today is the last day! Voting will be open until midnight (New York time) on Sunday. Have you made your guess? Housekeeping: I'm traveling right now...somewhere. Each day for five days I'll give you a clue about the location and you can post your guess in the...
Where in the World Am I? (Clue 4)
Housekeeping: I'm traveling right now...somewhere. Each day for five days I'll give you a clue about the location and you can post your guess in the comments. I'll donate $1 for each person who posts a guess, up to $100. The first person to guess correctly will be...
Where in the World Am I? (Clue 3)
Housekeeping: I'm traveling right now...somewhere. Each day for five days I'll give you a clue about the location and you can post your guess in the comments. I'll donate $1 for each person who posts a guess, up to $100. The first person to guess correctly will be...
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