How Philly Moves

February 3, 2010

Yesterday, I heard the fantastic news that Penn alum, photographer, and old buddy J.J. Tiziou has an amazingly high-profile project on the horizon. His artistry is going to be made into a 50,000 square foot mural at the Philadelphia International Airport!

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$10 for 17 Words! (That’s 59 Cents a Word!)

February 2, 2010

This is really rather silly. Or maybe I am silly, for being as excited as I am about this: I just won a $10 gift code to one of my favorite online stores–for writing a haiku on Twitter!

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eBay Dreams

February 2, 2010

I go through waves of not thinking about and then feverishly obsessing on eBay over various “vintage toys” (I have to use quotes, because it’s very hard for me to swallow that anything I owned as a kid is now considered vintage!) that I wish I could justify buying, but cannot. And since I cannot, I will blog about them now. I will even show you pictures. Who remembers these?

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Get to Know Daniel Menaker

January 30, 2010

Both is Better client Daniel Menaker’s new book, A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation, hit bookstores and online e-tailers on January 4th of this year. Over the past month, he’s made several radio and online appearances during which he–ahem–talks about talking. A lot of it is great fun, showcasing the charm, wisdom and humility that he brings to the topic in his book.

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What’s a Big Bad Boo?

January 28, 2010

I recently had the pleasure and honor of interviewing yet another fabulous Penn alum for The Pennsylvania Gazette. I’ll be sure to post the piece on here once it’s live to their site, but in the meantime you should totally check out the awesome multicultural artistry going on at Big Bad Boo Studios. Wait till you hear the story of how it all started!

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The Man Made Me CHEESECAKE

January 28, 2010

This is why I will be married to him forever (well, it’s part of the reason why): Last night I came home after eight nights away on a Florida vacation with Naomi and my mother. Not only did Kris hold down the fort (and keep it reasonably clean) for all that time–he surprised me with a “welcome home” dinner after the kids went to sleep.

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Gourmet

January 19, 2010

In what I hope will become a weekly or at least semi-regular thing around here, I’d like to spend some time blogging about someone else’s latest creative endeavors. And this week, I have been moved, impressed and inspired by the creativity of none other than my very own husband, Kris.

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How to Help @Haiti

January 14, 2010

A condensed list of reputable organizations providing aid to Haitian earthquake victims (adopted from U.S. News & World Report).

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