I never turn down free tickets for a movie, especially one that I want to actually see. So when I was sent tickets for Regretting You, I trekked over to the Regal at Atlantic Station to check it out. Regretting You is adapted from the Colleen Hoover (CoHo) book of the same name. As expected, …
Matchmaking for Materialists
I heard the movie before I saw it. I heard the crunch of gravel while the screen was still black. And then I thought I was in the wrong theater. It looked like a documentary about cavemen. Then once I saw the main character, Lucy, putting on makeup and heard her talk about marriage as …
I Want To Be a Part of It: New York, New York
Earlier this month, I spent a few days in NYC to see four Broadway shows and to see the Belle Da Costa Greene exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum. I took the opportunity to check out some other favorite sights like Grand Central Terminal, Central Park, the New York City Public Library (NYPL) Main …
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Rambling Historic Homes on the Golden Isles
For the same reason I never really visited Savannah or Charleston until recently, I had never been a tourist on the Golden Isles, like St. Simons or Jekyll Island. Most of my family lives in Louisiana, so family trips were there, or we would meet in Destin if we wanted to be on the beach. …
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Fulfilling a Thirty-Year Dream on Cumberland Island
Ever since I read the book “Palindrome” by Stuart Woods in high school I’ve wanted to visit Cumberland Island. While the book is fiction, the setting of Greyfield Inn and Cumberland Island is not. The book describes a private island, an inn run by a storied family, and cottages throughout the island owned by the …
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A History Nerd in the Most Historic City: St. Augustine
As I turn 47 in a few weeks ago, I set out to find the fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon was in search of almost 500 years ago. I found myself in St. Augustine, Florida, the United States’ oldest settled (by White people) city, but never found the fountain of youth. Good thing …
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La Cuesta Encantada: Hearst’s Shangri-La
I visited Hearst Castle as the summer of 2007 started. I had just finished MBA school, and would start a new job a week later, and took my first solo trip ever, up and down the California coast. Hearst Castle was on my must-see list after watching countless episodes of America's Castles on A&E. Coincidentally, …
Julia Morgan: Architect and Visionary
As Women's History Month wraps up, it seemed an appropriate time to think about the trip to Hearst Castle that I took earlier this month and the woman behind the castle: Julia Morgan. Morgan was the first registered female architect in California, and that’s no small feat; Even today, women only make up 27% of …
Best Reads from 2024
Of the 83 books I read in 2024, I would definitely rank The Women and The Frozen River as the best of the best. I read The Women and The Frozen River back to back, and they complemented each other very well. Both had female protagonists in healthcare who were denigrated and stigmatized by women …
Atomizing Your Content Marketing Strategy
October 10, 2024 Everyone has big ideas, but these days, audiences prefer to consume their content in smaller bits, even for the big ideas, and marketers must find inventive ways to reach new audiences. Content atomization allows marketers to take larger pieces of content and break them up into smaller, more digestible forms, expand ways …
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