by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a post about some of the places on my bucket list. V over at Lame Adventures commented that her wanderlust budget would only get her over the Brooklyn Bridge. (Inside NYC joke: the bridge is free!) Although it’s not a local secret,...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With
I’m not sure that I would have listened to me, but if I could take a Wayne’s World time warp to impart some *wisdom* on my twenty-something self, these are a few of the things I would say. 1. Being creative is largely about protecting precious time....
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
What is it about carousels that represent a certain innocence and joy? Is it that special oom-pah-pah music? The bright colors and mirrors? The way the horses glide up and down in perfect harmony? I hadn’t been on a carousel since I was probably ten, but...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With, Writing Life
“There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth…. Nothing anywhere else is like them.” ~Marjory Stoneman Douglas The Florida Everglades is a big place — 1.5 million acres to...
by Jackie | Life Happens, The One With
Syrup is big business. So big that two years ago it was the object of a major heist — an $18 million heist of six million gallons — from a Canadian syrup cartel. The Coen Brothers are making a movie about it. If this all sounds a little too fantastical to...
by Jackie | Animal Instinct, The One With
Dr. Jane Goodall and I met in 2008 at a lecture in Manhattan. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl. I’m a fan of Dr. Jane for many reasons — her determination and courage, chief among them. In 1960, 26-year-old Jane Goodall was hiking to her vantage...
