These 99% are doing something about it
The New York Times reports today that “A Town in New York Creates Its Own Department Store.” In Saranac Lake, a picturesque Adirondacks town, the 5,000…
Girls, Girls, Girls!
As a girl, I formed many notions about entrepreneurship by devouring every biography in my elementary school. I loved the stories about how a single person…
Retail discounts…often just a modern day shell game
I was in Bed Bath & Beyond recently and the prices seemed high. I paused and thought about their generous return policy, the expense of the…
Ten years of fashion mistakes, out the door
Thanks to an October snow storm, the power is kaput at my house. I must be very restless, because my neatening up one pile of jeans…
It’s not your imagination…those fake ghosts are multiplying like rabbits.
I have some new neighbors. They moved to Massachusetts from DC. Last weekend,as I was out in our front garden planting tulips (Eco Tulips!) the new…
An Irish Halloween Horror Story
My family lived in Dublin from 2001 to 2005. People often ask me to share stories the stories I wrote from that time period. I recently…
Operating under siege
As we straggled into the office yesterday morning, after weathering Hurricane Irene, I thought, “It’s getting rather Biblical around here.” I’m sharing a photo essay of…
Random Odd Summer Sightings
We found this in our mailbox. It is a potato with an address and stamps. It arrived just like this. Our oldest son dug it up…
Design School vs Harvard MBA: which is harder?
A couple months ago I was sitting at Harvard Business School describing Daily Grommet to an investor. When she learned I was an alum of the…
Best street banners ever
If people messed up practicing medicine as often as they mess up practicing graphic design few of us would live past the age of 15. Example. …
Jules Pieri 