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Tips for Being Boss and Living the New York Life
This is my story. I think you can relate.
Tell me if this has ever happened to you: The morning of your job interview, you’re tremendously stressed because you desperately need to print out your massive, very colorful portfolio. The printer jams, you run out of ink,...
Moving to New York City can seem daunting. You will have a ton of questions. And sometimes the best person to answer those questions is someone who has already made the move. That’s why I created a space...
I just celebrated my 31st birthday, which feels surreal—30 flew by! There are times when I feel the slow rise of cynicism that comes with age creeping up on me, but for the most part I’m grateful that...
I was in a job interview recently and brought along my portfolio. At the end of the interview, I asked the hiring manager if he wanted to take any of my portfolio items to review. His response, “No,...
These days women are being told that we can do it all, like have a full-time job and a side hustle. We’re told that all we need to do is “lean in” and we can achieve everything we...
Summer is finally here and New Yorkers are finally emerging from their homes in search of sun, grass, and respite from the concrete heat. I dragged a few of my friends out for a summer weekend adventure. We embarked...
Whenever I’m walking through some of the more residential neighborhoods in Brooklyn, I think about what it might be like to live there. As I ponder aspects of living in that neighborhood, like rental prices or commute time,...
I am often asked how did I move to NYC without a job? And the short answer is: I planned for it. There’s a lot of uneasiness around being unemployed. Everyone around you has a job, and they...
October is Women’s Bike Month, and as a long-time cyclist and bike advocate, I love to talk about how fun and liberating riding a bike around New York can be. But I know it can also be intimidating,...
We’ve all been there. We splurged a little too hard on that new Kate Spade clutch and all the sudden it’s the first of the month and we’re scrambling to come up with rent. It happens to the...