Maybe I am a loser, but I still feel lucky
So it’s after 5:00 PM on New Year’s Eve and I am still in the office. I am reflecting on the closing year…one in which we…
A brief consumer philosophy
William Morris had it right with the advice he gave in a 1901 lecture: Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be…
The “Thankful” game
We celebrated a happy and delectable Thanksgiving yesterday in the same way we have for over twenty years; in the home of my college friends Kevin…
Power to the people, especially those muscular young mothers
So I was casually surveying Twitter last weekend and one of the people I follow, @katjapresnal (Katja Presnal) started posting a link to a Motrin ad…
Sometimes it’s the little things
I’ve juggled being a mother, and a career, for so long that living in a constant squeeze play seems normal. But I was still surprised to…
I lived through three TV shows, kinda
Daily Grommet was selected for the Springboard Enterprises ALLTHINGSMEDIA Venture Capital Forum a few months back. Diane Hessan, CEO of Communispace, had encouraged me to apply. …
Bloggers + Lunch = Blunch
We invited a few local star bloggers over to chew and chat today. We were thrilled they made an enthusiastic showing. In the photo are Emily…
Photo problem solved…and planets aligning in general, I hope
Two weeks ago I whined about how bad I was at taking the photos of Grommet products. (And also whined about how that was the last…
Simplicity…so simple yet so hard to achieve
Simplicity. It’s powerful. It’s hiding in plain sight. And it’s very, very hard to achieve. Why so powerful? Because people are overloaded. They ache for experiences…
Mashable covered us…woah
Is Mashable the NYT of social media? Something close. So we are thrilled they noticed us, in their Startup Review. Here’s my favorite quote: But the…
Jules Pieri 