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The fantastic Maggie started this internet project years ago. Since then I’ve had a few iterations, but recently I’ve come to realize that mine had become “heavy”. My life list had many things on it that, while amazing, could not be completed easily or soon. Too many of those items were taking up space that [...]

A little over a year ago I made a Life List filled with wonderful and interesting and simple things I wanted to do. I’ve had some success in tackling items, but the last half of last year got in the way and somehow I’ve forgotten that list existed. More so I’ve forgotten a bit that [...]

Oh, you guys.  I don’t even know where to begin. On Sunday, August 8th at Really Early o’clock some extraordinary women showed up in the lobby of the Hilton New York to help me complete a Life List item by walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. Amber made a sign and we had a hashtag to [...]

No idea what I’m talking about?  Read this. Hi, all! Thanks to the lovely Amber, New Yorker of Awesomeness, we now have a plan for the walk. Here are the deets: Sunday, August 8th We will meet in the Hilton NY hotel Starbucks at 8:15a for coffee and bagels sponsored by the ever wonderful ListPlanit, with [...]

You guys! Want to help me cross off a life list item? OF COURSE YOU DO. While at BlogHer ’10 in New York City, I want to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s not only a Life List item for me, but also right before I turn 40 and, really? I think celebrating in NYC [...]

You know what totally rocks about Whole Foods? In the cheese section there are these neat little stainless steel bowls that have small individually wrapped “leftover” sized blocks of cheese. You never know what you’ll find in there. Each is anywhere from $1 – $4 and you can just nibble your way through all sorts [...]

Thanks to genetics and a recurring back injury due to a degenerating disc, I have to exercise or else I end up in excrutiating pain once a year. This past year I hadn’t been diligent about it and, once again, ended up in an ungodly amount of pain and distress and hoo boy wasn’t THAT [...]

This is actually way beyond my life list item. Thanks to some creative gift-giving genius for Hanukkah this year Husband gifted the opportunity to not only cook with a great chef (and someone I’ve come to know over the past few years) at a favorite restaurant, but also create a dish to be featured on [...]