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A lifestyle blog by New York business owner, Hilary Topper, filled with the everyday life of a CEO, product reviews, book reviews and more!

On Feeling Emotional

By Hilary TopperIn Business, My ThoughtsPosted August 18, 2022

In my new book, From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete - A Portrait of a Non-Athletic Triathlete, I write  "lesson learned." This is where I look at what I wrote and provide the reader with insight into what I discovered through my journey. In chapter 23, I talk about losing...

Tags: eileen Lictenstein, Mindy Wolfe, on losing friends
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On Going Back To Your Childhood Home

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted July 21, 2022

Have you ever thought about going to your first home and seeing what it's like now? I recently did and I blame this one on Lisa Gordon. She is a brilliant publicist and marketer and when she suggested that I go back to my old home at 712 West Chester...

Tags: childhood home, going back in time, visiting the old neighborhood
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Reflections on My Past Birthdays

By Hilary TopperIn Family, My ThoughtsPosted May 17, 2022
hilarytopper cake

I remember when I was growing up and I asked my grandmother how old she was. She wouldn't tell me. She held it back. Today in the age of transparency and vulnerability, I embrace my age. I turned 60 at the end of April. Reflecting back Birthdays have always been...

Tags: Birthday, having birthday celebrations, turning 60
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How Was the Food, Lodging and Staffing at Vista Verde?

By Hilary TopperIn My Thoughts, TravelPosted January 20, 2022
Hilary sitting in the Great Room at the Vista Verde Ranch

You've read my blog from the other day on the Best Ranch in Colorado. To continue the story, I want to tell you about the food, lodging, and staffing at Vista Verde. I was invited to stay free of charge in early 2022 in exchange for my honest impressions. The...

Tags: Food at Vista Verde Ranch, Lodging at Vista Verde Ranch, staff at Vista Verde Ranch
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I Almost Missed Chanukah

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted December 7, 2021
Charlie Brown Menorah

Chanukah came way too early this year. The first night was the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I usually get lists from my kids on what they need and want for Chanukah but because it just crept up on us this year, I received no lists. It was so early that I...

Tags: Chabad, chanukah, lighting the candles
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On Having a Bittersweet Birthday

By Hilary TopperIn Family, My ThoughtsPosted May 20, 2021
bittersweet birthday

And, speaking about birthdays and birthday love, as many of you know, I share a birthday with my sister. My mother's birthday is the day after our birthdays. Both my mother and my sister passed away. And, now, I'm left holding the birthday alone. 50+ years For more than 50...

Tags: birthdays that are bittersweet, bittersweet birthday
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Tips on Mask Wearing Etiquette

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted November 19, 2020
mask wearing etiquette

Now that we have to wear masks for the unforeseeable near future, what is the etiquette for wearing masks? Is there an etiquette? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), they say on the website to wear a mask when you can't socially distance inside and outside. Obviously, if...

Tags: mask wearing, what to do and not do with masks, why masks
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Selfies in Strange Place

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted January 9, 2020
selfie

When I competed in my first triathlon, I was so proud. I asked the first person I saw to take a photo of me. I didn't notice the background. I was standing in front of the porta-potties. After that, I started to take note of the background of my selfies....

Tags: selfies, selfies in strange places, where to shoot a selfie
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Thoughts about My Birthday…

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted April 24, 2019
celebration

Thoughts about my birthday -- When I was growing up, my mother always made a big deal about my sister and my birthday. I was born four years after my sister was born on her birthday. My mother had her own birthday the day after. So, April was a big...

Tags: April, Birthday, sisterlove
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Are There Coincidences?

By Hilary TopperIn My ThoughtsPosted April 9, 2019
swimming

The strangest thing happened. Some would call it a coincidence in triathlons. Others may say, there are no such things as coincidences in triathlons or anywhere else for that matter. Nearly a year ago, a woman, named Gina, reached out to me requesting that I review her newly designed kit....

Tags: coincidences, meeting people, triathlon
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