Girls can do anything.
Turning 18 was a big deal for me. I couldn't wait to be a legal "adult," even though, in reality, it meant very little. I still lived at home with my parents, I still had a curfew, and I still wasn't allowed to have boys in my room. But, one thing I was able to…
Our museums and public spaces are filled with statues the commemorate notable figures in history. But, if you take a moment to notice, almost all of those statues commemorate men. In New York City, only 5 out of the city's 150 statues are women. In San Francisco, women are represented in only 2 of…
You may not have heard of Indra Nooyi before, but you've certainly heard of the mega-company she runs, PepsiCo. Indra is one of only 24 women CEO's of a Fortune 500 company. Her appointment was newsworthy, as is her departure, which she announced just this week. Indra was born in Madras, India where she earned…
A couple of week ago, I wrote about one of my favorite podcasts, Second Life. If you listened to the most recent episode, then you're well acquainted with today's Friday Spotlight, Linda Wells. Linda Wells is a journalist, editor, and all around creative change agent in the beauty space. She began her career working as…
Several years ago, my husband started talking about podcasts. Every time he would mention a "great podcast" he'd subscribed to, I would roll my eyes and ignore him. The concept of people just talking into a microphone really didn't seem that exciting to me. And then... "Serial" came along. I could never resist a good murder…
When my husband and I had our son, we had a pretty heated debate over whether we preferred for him to learn a foreign language or learn to code. Looking back, the argument feels silly. It's not a zero sum game - he can learn both! And, at the end of the day, isn't coding…
When I was in college, I visited New York City for what felt the millionth time. I loved New York for its energy and access to just about everything - including knock off designer bags. A broke college student, I couldn't afford some of the finer things in life. So, I went down to…
