This week Midori and I attended the Mashable Social Good Summit, in partnership with The UN Foundation. The conference, which was held at the 92nd Street Y, focused on how leveraging technology can change the world. The speaker line-up was impressive, with celebrities like Ted Turner, Geena Davis, Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams, Mandy Moore and…
Yesterday I walked into the Walgreens across from my house and it was different. The paper towels were on the complete other side from where I was used to finding them. So was the toothpaste. Because it is so close to my house, I stop in a few times a week to pick up household…
Oooo, I just finished a super awesome book! If you’re a book reader like me, you know that there is no greater internal conflict than completing a book you adore. On the one hand, you’ve peaked with the apex and gracefully skated through the fall before a final love affair with the denouement. But you…
On Friday I had cocktails with Gabrielle Zevin. Gabrielle is a high school friend and a successful author. Gabi, as she was known in our younger days, was in most of my English classes in school. I am not generally an envious person, but I often wished that I had her gift for writing. In…
The saying goes “you need experience to get experience.” This catch-22 approach to job hunting has plagued just about everyone. Many of us worked for little or no pay in high school or college. I was lucky to intern at at a PR agency during my junior year of college and without that, I doubt…