“Sometimes I wonder if there’s something wrong with me. Perhaps I’ve spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.” — E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey 50 Shades of Blue I am reading the “book of the moment”, Shades of Grey by […]
Posted: 04/4/12 11:14 AM
This is a guest post by Marni Heller. Full disclosure: Marni is one of my (Karen’s) oldest friends since the college years. She is creative, driven, funny, and fashionable. She is a wife, mother, daughter, sister and a great friend. I have many fond memories of our “entrepreneurial” endeavors together many years ago. She was […]
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Posted: 03/13/12 11:14 AM
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” – Peter F. Drucker Last week I appeared on stage with my blog partner at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. We were part of a panel entitled Women on the Web. It was our blog’s debut […]
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Posted: 02/22/12 11:58 AM
This is a guest post by Diana Spechler. She is the author of the novels Who By Fire (Harper Perennial, 2008) and Skinny (Harper Perennial, 2011). She has written for The New York Times, GQ, O Magazine, Esquire, New York Magazine, Self, Details, The Wall Street Journal, Nerve, Glimmer Train Stories, and elsewhere. She is also a Moth StorySLAM winner and […]
Posted: 01/19/12 1:07 PM
“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” -Woody Allen I recently took my first Kabbalah class. It is something I have been meaning to do for a very long time. I am not sure why it took me so long to get […]
Posted: 12/20/11 2:17 AM
“If you get tangled up, just Tango on…” — Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman, 1992 “You write better than you dance,” my husband joked as we awkwardly tried to do the Rumba. The last time we took a dance lesson was the obligatory, “I am twenty-something”, pre-wedding dance lessons 100 years ago. Let me […]
Posted: 10/13/11 4:18 PM
Did you read our update on the52weeks? Check out what’s going on with the blog here. This is a guest post from Jami Kelly. She is happily single, lives in New York City and is continuously getting “unstuck” doing amazing, interesting things. Jami’s last post for the52weeks covered some big ideas for getting unstuck and […]
Posted: 09/22/11 1:08 PM
Note: This post was written before Hurricane Irene was approaching. I hope everyone is safe and sound and enjoys the last week of August now that Irene has passed… One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila…More! — adapted from George Carlin The Hamptons is a popular summer destination for many New Yorkers. There are beautiful sunsets, […]
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Posted: 08/29/11 2:38 AM
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. — Dr. Seuss I can’t stop thinking about Lauren Spierer, the young woman from Westchester who has been missing since June 3rd. As the days and weeks pass, hope seems to fade. For whatever reason, her disappearance haunts […]
Posted: 07/6/11 1:15 PM
I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. — Rita Rudner When I read a few months ago that Glee actress Lea Michele had joined PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) in a campaign to end horse-drawn carriage […]
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Posted: 06/9/11 10:16 AM
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