Writing about life... unrefined.
Over a year ago, the Flower Hill Mall began going through a huge deconstruction process. There were lots of moans and groans when a movie theater closed, but once folks in the area found out that a new Whole Foods was going in, the moaning and groaning was quieted by the sounds of cheering. And [...]
Have you heard about vente-privee? Although vente-privee was founded in 2001, vente-privee (in a join venture with American Express) only launched in the US in late 2011. At the end of 2000, current CEO Jacques-Antoine Granjon and his associates began to conceptualise the sale of end-of-season and overstock inventory through limited-time sales events on the internet. As [...]
Increasingly, people are opting to not have a land line in their lives. Almost everyone in our lives has a cell phone that we can reach or be reached at, but there is still a place in my life for a home phone. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like being instantly reached [...]
I used to get the worst stomach pains. I’ll spare you the description of what it felt like. Just know… it was really uncomfortable. It was embarrassing to be at my desk after lunch, bent over in my chair holding my stomach. It wasn’t really easy to make any client calls in that position, either. [...]
The Golden Globes signal the start of the awards season. Fans flock to their television sets to see what the beautiful people are wearing. They oooh and aaaahhh over all the glamorous dresses and wonder how much the bobbles and bangles add up to. No matter how gorgeous the design, as Little Orphan Annie once [...]
I’ve been wanting to do my Wordless Wednesdays again, and this picture was going to be it this week, but how could I not say anything about this??? Now, I can sort of see leaving your cart behind if you’re at the back of the parking lot and the only shopping cart return receptacle is [...]
I used to be a recruiter. That means I met and interviewed a lot of people and got some of them jobs. I also saw some people take jobs that I knew they would grow to hate because they so obviously should have been pursuing their dreams. But sometimes… most times… dreams don’t pay the [...]
