Posted in family, happiness on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This time of year, I think of my dad. He would have been 77 this past week. Occasionally, someone will ask me what my father passed away from and I end up pausing a bit, trying to think of how to summarize all of his ailments in one short sentence. Truly, I think he died [...]
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Posted in theatre, writing on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In recent days I’ve been building a presentation by committee. And it’s forced me to consider how to collect ideas from a wide audience, put them through a filter, a funnel, and then develop a unique, singular voice. If only I could draw, it would make a great visual: All the voice of the world [...]
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Posted in apartment, feng shui, good fortune, love, luck, wishes on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some days New York beats the hell out of the best of us. Like a job, no matter how much we love it, it can’t love us back. I got a parking ticket (unfairly I might add – so I’m fighting it), I had a hard time getting around the city for a work project [...]
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Posted in apple, music on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
David Sedaris once wrote about how his Walkman helped him survive in New York – it gave him a soundtrack to live his life in, a way for him to drown out any of the noise around him on his walks. I feel the same way about my ipod. I suspect most people in New [...]
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Posted in business, nostalgia, Starbucks, tradition on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starbucks, the king of coffee, is in the midst of learning a very hard lesson, and we should all learn right along with them. Dazzled by the all the glitz of selling media and other brand extensions in their stores, they let go of what made them great: the best cup of coffee in town. [...]
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Posted in celebration, happiness, wishes on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My dear friend, Lisa, took me to brunch this morning for my 32nd birthday. I ordered some peppermint tea and the tag read “reward yourself”. Lisa, who has known me for nearly ten years immediately said, “Christa, as if you need anyone to tell you that.” She’s right of course, I’ve made rewarding myself a [...]
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Posted in travel on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was recently flipping through the April issue of Vanity Fair and came across an advertisement for MasterCard. It was advertising the a giveaway for a trip to see the 7 wonders of the world: the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, The Amazon, The Great Wall of China, Victoria Falls, The Great Pyramids of Giza, and [...]
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Posted in business, Business Week, dreams, entrepreneurship, happiness, risk, sports on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Buxton wrote a great post this morning on Business Week’s Innovation blog, http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/. In a conversation with his friend, Roger Martin from the Rotman School, the two friends discussed the parallels between starting a business and ice climbing. They compared the characteristic of people drawn to these two activities, specifically their appetite for risk. [...]
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Posted in art, creativity, design, innovation on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was reading Bruce Nussbaum’s blog, http://blogs.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a journalist, blogger, and innovation guru. Today he wrote a post that truly impressed me – very simply he opened the post discussing his changing role as a journalist, moving from being a Voice of Authority to [...]
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Posted in environment, happiness, outdoors, season, sunshine on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was giddy yesterday at 6:30pm. I have finally confirmed that yes, I have SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder. After months of cold temperatures, gusty winds, and a small amount of daylight hours, I begin to get into a funk that no amount of sitcoms or jokes from friends will shake. As my friend, Trevin, [...]
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