Life and Culture

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

The Slosh Pit

The Slosh Pit: sounds very… hot mess-ish right? Also sounds like a lovely adjective our gen uses to describe a rediculous night of drinking… ‘sloshed’. Love that one. Want to know where I stumbled on the term ‘Slosh Pit’? Non-other than Bloomberg Businessweek– too funny. Why? Well because for those working, especially in the 9-5 […]

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Save on Dad & Books

Dad a reader? Maybe an ereader is a good idea? Or maybe not, maybe a classic paperback or hardcover? Tons to choose from at Borders, and to thank you for choosing a gift for Dad from them online or in-store, they’re offering Borders Rewards Members 20% off! And because I know what a pain it can […]

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NYC Live, I Love

Nothing like a little live performance in NYC. THIS is why NYC is so fantastic. Leaving the Museum of Natural History Sunday on my birthday- we heard some screaming, an introduction to a show. As apprehensive, impatient and skeptical as a NYer can be, we all debated giving him the time of day… and then […]

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Birthday Wish

Such a fantastic morning! So my birthday is actually June 12th, this Sunday. But I’ve been asking MY FAVORITE morning Crew, Good Day NY on Fox 5 with anchors Rosanna Scotto, Greg Kelly as well as Mike Woods, Julie Chang, Ines Rosales and more. I’ve been working on a #bdaywish/ #twitterwish where I asked them […]

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idonate

Did you know? I’m all about good deeds. Kid you not- I’m a very compassionate person, everything makes me feel sad LOL- while I fight to show it so I’m not taken advantage of, at the end of the day…. abandoned puppies make me cry. I try to do SOMETHING good for someone as often […]

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Loren’s World: Social Network

I’m sure you recall my winning Loren Ridinger’s “Social Network” contest back in early April on her lifestyle blog “Loren’s World”? Oh no? Well let me rehash! Oh and when you get a minute, check out my guest blog I did for the blog>>. Loren (an amazing role model to aspiring corporate powerful women) tweeted […]

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Books on the Corner

In lieu of a closed 238th Stop on the 1 Train (thank you MTA for the inconvenience), I discovered a new little secret on the corner of 231st and Broadway up in Kingsbridge- an older gentlemen selling books, vintage, classics and pretty recent magazines. Awesome pricing too, a bargain to say the least! Magazines: 2/$1, or $.50 […]

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My Mom Aspires

Congratulating my mom, what an accomplishment, what an award worth celebrating. The ASPIRA Association is a 501(C)(3) organization, is the only national Hispanic organization dedicated exclusively to developing the educational and leadership capacity of Hispanic youth (read more). On May 19th, in the incomparable Cipriani’s Wall Street, ASPIRA saluted 50 years of service to Latino communities by […]

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