My friend, the very stylish jet-setter KIMBERLY KING-JOECKEL sent me a picture of this classic typewriter at the HOTEL JEROME in ASPEN. I’ve never been to Aspen, but when I get there — you can imagine the Hotel Jerome will be the first place I check out! I looked carefully at this picture (above) and…
Vivian and I went to the movies on Saturday. We hadn’t seen each other in months, and we’d originally planned to find a documentary about Tiffany’s jewelry boutique — but between the time I’d spotted the review and the time we’d made a plan to get together, the movie went away. Since it was after…
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http://bulletjournal.com/ I just read about an old-school analog version of how to keep a calendar. It’s called “BuJo”, short for “bullet journaling”. It’s blowing up on social media, they say. And it’s a way to streamline all those nasty, endless “To Do” notes in one place. It’s on paper. Isn’t that a revolutionary concept? I’m…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2014/02/05/a-thank-you-note-from-mark-zuckerberg/ My mother sent me a note that MARK ZUCKERBERG, founder of FACEBOOK (and fellow resident of my hometown Palo Alto) — made a vow of self-improvement in 2014 … his goal to write a ‘thank you’ note every day. “It’s important for me, because I’m a really critical person. I always kind of see…
At an Emerson College dinner last night, RAJ SHARMA came up to me and thanked me again for a letter I’d written him several years ago. We’d had dinner together — I remember it well — and had a delightful conversation. After I got home, I sent him a note thanking him for being a…
Andrew Gammon is the liaison for the Rhode Island School of Design Board of Trustees… and it’ s a job with a myriad of moving parts. As someone who’s run a 5-day convention with 250 people and 80 vintage cars — I know first-hand how difficult coordinating a lot of people can be, and I…
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My friend, the very smart BIFF LEVY, Esq. travels a lot to China and other points beyond. He noticed this column in the Financial Times by DAVID TANG, a Chinese enterpreneur — and an “Agony Uncle” columnist. Biff explained that in China, advice columnists are considered “Agony Aunts” — hence, David Tang’s carved out an…
