Putting Down Roots

Tweet I very much value stability. Stability in my day-to-day, my relationships, my finances, my work. After my half-year of travel, regaining that stability has been my top focus. I moved to New York. I found some work. Now almost a full year after I left Atlanta, in search of what else the world was [...]

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I Might Be Being Naive

Tweet The past three months have been, on a whole, what I expected. A lot of sitting in front of my computer, diligently job searching, emailing, networking. Catching up with friends and contacts, networking and meeting new ones. Happy hours! (Atlanta, you really need to get with it on this one.) A little snow, a [...]

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I’m Moving from Atlanta to New York

Tweet I’m moving to New York. This is no surprise to many of you. I joke that I have been half-living there for about five years from the sheer quantity of time I have been spending there for both work and pleasure. In 2008, I spent over 200 days camped out there! Every time I [...]

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Surely We’re Bright Enough To Outshine The Stars

Tweet There is a scene in the fabulous collection of shorts, Paris Je T’Aime, with a very stereotypical overweight American tourist clad in fanny pack, sneakers and her Lonely Planet Paris guide. As amazing as all of the shorts in this collection are, this one haunts me the most. Her terrible French, her lonely but [...]

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New York Jaunt And Returning To Barcelona

Tweet Me in front of Barcelona’s Arc De Triomf Note: Written 9 June 2011 29A on my transatlantic Delta flights do not recline. This is worth noting. Stop booking it. I’ve done it three times. Another highlight of this flight returning to Barcelona from New York was getting yelled at by the flight attendant for [...]

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Speaking On Women 2.0 Panel At Internet Week

Tweet Hello New York! I’m very excited to be back in town, this time to speak on an Internet Week panel with a set of very sharp women. Hope to see you tomorrow! The panel discussion entitled, “Women Leading 2.0: Business Insights into the Social Media Revolution,” is being hosted by Shearman & Sterling on [...]

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I’m Off For Three Months In Europe

Tweet The only thing that could have rivaled the excitement of my first plane ticket purchase this morning is the giddiness I’m feeling after purchasing the SkyTeam Europe Pass this afternoon. I will be staying with family from my father’s side in Barcelona, most of which I have never met before. I will also have [...]

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It’s Really Happening

Tweet After months of wrestling and plotting, I have finally made what I consider the first real step towards making this fantasy trip happen. I purchased my first plane ticket this morning. I leave May 31 for Barcelona (via Orlando and New York), arriving June 2 and return to Atlanta on September 11 from Amsterdam. [...]

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