“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” -Albert Einsten Feeling refreshed after having slept surprisingly well on our first night in our centrally located Berlin AirBNB, we woke early to grey skies. I put together a German style breakfast of brötchen in our tiny kitchen (warm rolls, pretzels and cold … More From Off My List: Exploring Art in Berlin, Part Two
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” -Marcel Proust Like any other sane person, I would not normally agree to travel to Germany during the winter months. It can get verryyyy cold and wet there, and a California girl like me is not used to such … More From Off My List: Northern Germany, Part One
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart” -Seneca Thanksgiving Day is so close that I actually smell a crisp pecan pie baking to perfection in an oven somewhere. If you are a planner (ok, obsessive planner) like me, you’re double and triple checking the multiple lists of the items you still need to … More From Off My List: Thanksgiving Turkey Cookie Place Card Favors
“If you are ghoulish and ghostly wherever you’re seen, you’re sure to have such a wonderful Halloween!” -from a vintage Halloween card Halloween is just around the corner and as my close peeps all know, now is when my personality turns into a kind of domesticated Morticia Addams: I start feeling compelled to bake lots … More From Off My List: Frighteningly Good Zombie Bark
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to go shopping.” -Bo Derek The long break between my last Palm Springs post and this new one exists because I got unintentionally side tracked by that perpetual distraction called life. For a minute I worried that too much time may have passed for the … More Palm Springs: Shopping, MidCentury Style
“Desert sky, dream beneath a desert sky….” -God’s Country, U2 Despite the colorful picture I painted last week, my recent trip to Palm Springs was not all midcentury immersion. After a crash course in modernist architecture, Chris, Michelle and I were primed for a change of pace. The next stops on our tour included wonders … More Beyond Palm Springs: A Course in Desert Architecture
“The first five days after a Palm Springs weekend are always the hardest” -Lisa Ihnken My recent trip to Palm Springs was equal parts modernism immersion and desert landscape exploration with a dose of old friends reunion mixed in. The result? A 100% nostalgic and enriching experience. Despite the fact that most sane people would … More Palm Springs: An Immersion Course in Midcentury Modern Architecture
“I don’t think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won’t be good at it.” -Anne Lamott I fell in love with the wondrous writer and teacher Anne Lamott a virtual lifetime ago, thanks to a dear friend of my mother. I was still single back then and the only writing … More Blog Post by Blog Post: Lessons Learned from Anne Lamott
“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation” -Robert A. Heinlein A photo I took of a Mother’s Day project I worked on last year popped up in my social media feed this morning, prompting me to re-read my blog post on the concept of “second moms” that it accompanied. Taking a look … More From Off My List: Mothers Day Revisited
“Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” -Verna Meyers It’s been a couple of weeks since I attended my favorite annual gathering of global business innovators, and I’m still feeling energized by thought provoking ideas on how to make a positive impact on people in the workplace. Last … More Thoughts and Observations: Me Too, For All and the Great Road to Equality in the Workplace
