New Orleans: An Oddball Photo Tour
Most of our family travel these days is about checking out colleges. We just extended a Tulane University visit into a whole weekend so we could…
Two big pieces of press this week!
Today’s press is a travel mishaps piece by Joan Raymond in the Business section of the New York Times. See the full article here, and screen…
Random photo tour of Detroit
I’m on a plane back from Detroit, posting another random photo tour. The themes of this one are: Phoenix rising from the ashes: Detroit’s indie entrepreneurs,…
Oddball photo tour of Montreal
I’m driving back from Montreal as I write this. Well technically I am NOT driving–my husband is. This gives me a chance to share some eye…
Grommet hunting in Dublin: a random photo tour
I’m on an Aer Lingus flight back from Ireland. My co-founder Joanne and I were honored to be hosted for our travels by Enterprise Ireland, the…
Teaching kids to do “weird”
As a mother, I have only one annual over the top activity. It’s in the form of an exuberant advent calendar. Shameless bribery? Perhaps. Guilt-reducing? Check. …
All I want for Christmas is a 3-D Printer
Kickstarter is a red-hot online community that broadens access to almost any kind of project funding. You think of an idea, post it, and make a…
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…
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. …
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