Category: INSPIRATION
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MYKONOS WASN’T AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED (BUT I FOUND ADVENTURE ANYWAY)
I had planned my trip to Mykonos—that perfect-looking blue and white island on the Agean Sea—to perfection. My Google Maps was filled with hikes that I’d meticulously scoured on the Internet, restaurants that I was assured were “where the locals go” by anonymous bloggers, and a heavenly yoga resort that was miraculously both atop a…
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BRING TRAVEL HOME INTO YOUR KITCHEN
The first real memory I have of my kitchen pantry was when I was eight years old and my baby brother was born. It was then that my parents changed our pantry to make space for this bouncing baby boy. Fast-forward a whole bunch of decades and a handful of kitchens later, and I can…
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GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
Growth comes in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s that light-bulb moment catapulting you to choose differently. Sometimes it’s that movie you’re watching or that song you hear on the radio that feels like it’s speaking only to you, and it’s high time you listen. Sometimes it’s a change of venue or change of career…
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CREATING CHARACTER
I first met Jovani Rampersad last spring on a flight from Rome to Atlanta; I was a passenger, and she a flight attendant. We struck up a conversation as she was as interested in what I do as I was in her. This statuesque beauty has had a career in both commercial real estate as…
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BRING TRAVEL HOME INTO YOUR KITCHEN
The first real memory I have of my kitchen pantry was when I was eight years old and my baby brother was born. It was then that my parents changed our pantry to make space for this bouncing baby boy. Fast-forward a whole bunch of decades and a handful of kitchens later, and I can…