After 16 months of full-time journalism, I am now officially unemployed. Never ever before have I quit a job without lining up a new gig. And so begins the next adventure, of reinventing myself — yet again — while living off my savings. This is incredibly scary for me. As a single mom with a [...]
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I’m so excited to share this video from my 2012 vacation in Paris. This post is about sharing memories – and my thrill in learning how to make videos of them on Final Cut Pro X! This time last year, my daughter Gabi and I were getting ready for a 10-day trip to Paris. We [...]
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My daughter, now 17, is modeling right this minute in Seventeen magazine for the third time. She’s 17, in Seventeen…sweet!!! The experience taught both of us even more about how she can get out there to catch her own dreams. After all, never too young to learn persistance, patience, disappointment, failure — and the glory of [...]
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My goal for the past two weeks was to unplug from social media. But the break from Facebook, Twitter and blogging turned into something bigger. I’m now reorganizing my life for 2013. Since I was off from work during most of this experiment, I really had a chance to turn off the devices and recharge [...]
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Who needs Santa? I am here to deliver a huge gift to myself — and you. From now through Jan. 7th, I am shutting down my social media and pretty much getting off the Internet. The goal is to detox and return to you fresher and more relevant than ever. For those of you who [...]
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I’ve always enjoyed Johnnie Walker Red. As a kid in Chinatown, it was the liquor of choice served during most of the 10-course Chinese restaurant banquets that we attended. But now I’m approaching my snifter in a much classier way, thanks to a recent whisky-tasting party. The venue was a Manhattan pop-up, a Johnnie Walker [...]
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