In the world of social media, there is a saying that it doesn't matter whether you are posting for a business, non-profit or personal page — kittens and puppies generate the most engagement and make for the most popular social media posts. One of our agency's most popular recent posts proved just that again in [...]
School vacation was last week and my two sons and I traveled to visit my parents in Florida. Our lives are hectic with work, sports and school events and we were looking forward to some down time with a few fun plans mixed in. I made the decision (very smart in retrospect) to plan something [...]
I've been reminded again this year how much theater and shopping have in common, especially around the holidays. The experience is everything. Theatrical debut My 9-year-old daughter just wrapped up her first performance in a main-stage musical -- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. (She was FABULOUS, of course.) A local theater company celebrating their [...]
I lead a hectic life—by choice, mind you. I’m not looking for sympathy here. It’s just a fact. With three young daughters and my husband, my job, finding time to exercise, family, friends, the dog (oh, the poor neglected dog!) etc., etc. I feel lucky/blessed. My point is that in the midst of this joyous [...]
We all have our favorite TV shows, and whether True Blood or Homeland, My Strange Addiction or Dancing With The Stars, the reality is that one day, our beloved escapes from reality will be cancelled (except for Law & Order, those are never going away). To postpone the sadness and withdrawals, devoted fans will frequently [...]
Everybody likes taking a vacation, but as a society, we're not very good at it. Americans work more days than our European counterparts yet our productivity is little better than theirs. Why things are the way they are is a subject for a book, not a blog post. I won't attempt to generalize the many [...]
It has been reported that the two most tired, reviled expressions used in 2012 were the acronym YOLO (You Only Live Once) and the politician's term for the U.S. convergence of various tax and financial policies known as the "fiscal cliff." I won't argue the validity of this assertion, as one of my favorite [...]
