Newsletter/Blog
We Laughed, We Cried, It Was Better Than Cats
One endearing quality about my sister when we were growing up was that she sometimes cried at TV commercials. There was one in particular where a large litter of puppies greeted children at their grandmother’s house that got her to well up. I was not surprised when, as an adult, she got a dog.
I teared up at commercials too when I was a child, and felt funny about it until I noticed her doing it.
Whole Foods Frays Organically
Have you ever wished for a personal chef?
Well for two months I had one.
In autumn 1999, after years of working as a chef on yachts, in restaurants and on catering gigs, my sister-in-law Rachael decided to transition to a new career: web master. Her transition involved relocating to the Boston area and earning Microsoft certifications.
Car Talk
I grew up in a family that bought large used cars. My dad was good at finding sturdy, reliable cars that owners no longer wanted once they had logged 40,000 miles. He bought the ones that a local mechanic blessed and could fix for a couple hundred dollars. Then we drove them another 80,000 – 120,000 miles.
So it may not come as a surprise to you that I am driving a 2006 Honda Pilot with 113,000 miles right now.
Don’t You Forget About Your Brand
This past March marked the 30th anniversary of the movie The Breakfast Club.
For those of you who might not know it, the movie portrays the gathering of five stereotypical high schoolers (a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal) for a day-long detention on a Saturday. Over the course of the day, social barriers recede. The teenagers share insights that both explain their stereotypes and undermine them at the same time.
Life is Good Goes for Grand
While many families chose warm weather destinations for the February school vacation, my son AJ and I took a road trip to Vermont and upstate New York. No, we are not skiers.
Why would we choose a subzero-temperature week to travel to these northern locales?
To look at colleges.