Today I was going from meeting to meeting in New York City and as I was walking, I saw some very interesting things: on 14th street, a young woman sitting behind an old fashioned typewriter with a sign saying free poems, $1 donation; on Wall Street, three people (two men...
I Wrote A Book!
What a long road! I started to write the book, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Social Media but were afraid to ask..." in October 2008. It took nearly nine months to write, research, edit and publish but it was worth every minute! I tell everyone it was like...
Like Paella?
My husband and I were just in New York City at Socarrat Paella Bar on 19th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. When we walked in, we both looked at each other. The place was so tiny and had one long table that stretched from the front of the restaurant...
I Get Sports Info from Jack Welch & Breaking News from Perez Hilton, by Guest Blogger Constance Korol
Say what you want about Perez Hilton, but I did hear the MJ story from him first, referencing TMZ ‘s homepage, that had the headlines “Michael Jackson is Dead” at 5:20pm. Certainly some controversy of his initial tweets, those that I actually did not see until this posting on Mashable…...
Please Sign a Petition…
Colleen Plunkett is a Facebook friend who I met through my very dear friend, Angela Melledy who owns ABLE Newspaper. Colleen recently reached out to me because a friend of hers, Ryan Stockdale has eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder. She writes that "Ryan has has four young children that have the same...
Life Is A Series of Hellos and Goodbyes…
In the song "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," Billy Joel sings: So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will just be now and then Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again How true is this? I remember...
Do Shopping Malls Lure Us In?
Yesterday I went to Tanger Outlet in Deer Park with my parents. Tanger recently opened outlets there and I've been three times. All three times, no one seems to be there. Walking around the beautiful shopping mall, I often feel as though I'm walking around a ghost town! I went...
When a Holiday is On a Saturday, When Do You Close?
I think most businesses were closed on Friday, July 3. At HJMT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, we're closed today. Why? I'm not really sure but when I took a consensus of the staff, they wanted Monday off. So, we closed. (Of course, I did the right thing and closed early on Friday...
Fast Pass, is it discriminatory?
We met my good friends, Madeline and Steve for breakfast along with their son, David, and his three children. We were talking about Great Adventure and how for some extra cash, anyone can get a "fast pass" which enables them to go on rides quicker then the average patron. "That's...
Golfing in the Rain…
Yesterday, the Entrepreneurs Organization NYC (EO NYC) chapter organized a golf outing for members of the golf "peer" group. There were eight of us, eager to compete against each other. I was a little intimidated because the guys I was playing with seemed to be decent golfers but after the...