Tag: Millennial
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Girl, Unemployed: Part I
Unemployment can be a totally foreign concept—until it happens to you. For me, it was two weeks ago today that I got my notice (a short-term contract that was supposed to go permanent), and it’s taken me these two long weeks to write about it. This isn’t the first time it’s happened, actually. Back in…
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New Home-Cooking Food-Delivery Service, Pink Napkin, Changes Game for Millennials Who Can’t Cook
Pink is the new black, everyone. Or at least New York mag seems to think so. In an effort to make some serious cash—we mean change the cooking game—new home-cooking food-delivery service Pink Napkin, the newest food-delivery service to hit millennials’ news feeds via Facebook ads, offers “fresh, delicious, and locally sourced ingredients, packed into…
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Sunset Beach
North Carolina is my home. It always has been and it always will be. There’s something here that I can’t explain that just runs through my veins. It must be love. This place offers me more love than I think I deserve, but it does so unconditionally and without hesitation. If I could write a…
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Boston: Day Three
Days one and two of Boston brought adventure, rocky beaches, smiles, witches, and baseball; day three was sure to delight any history geek with a walk along the winding Freedom Trail, 2.5 miles of churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, museums, historic markers, and even a ship—sights and scenes from the American Revolution. On this…
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Boston: Day One
Day one of Boston: places to go, people to see, sights to… sight, and a ballgame to catch! Day one of Boston called for an outing to the legendary Fenway Park. Brian’s dad got us the tickets, unaware at the time as to the grand evening that called: the official retiring of Mr. David Ortiz’s…
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Shipping Up to Boston
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the lovely and serene town of Boston, Massachusetts. My expectations were set to an image of cobblestone taverns from the 1700s, history-entrenched town halls and churches still standing proud in the middle of the bustling city, and cleaner, nicer, narrower streets than those of New York,…
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A Goodbye to “Girls”
Anyone out there keep up with the show Girls over the past six or seven seasons? For me, it was seasons one and two, then a skip to season six. But I’m glad I watched it. Here are my thoughts. Overall, I think this was a beautiful wrap-up to the Girls series. Though I expected…
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Why I miss old people in the workplace: a response
This blog is a response to an article written and posted on LinkedIn by Tom Goodwin, EVP, Head of Innovation at Zenith Media. The article is titled “Why I miss old people in the workplace.” To Tom: Hello! Should you ever see this, I’d like you to know that this is a fantastic article. It…
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The Verdict: MealPal
So for the past month, I tried this thing called MealPal. And while there were some bumps in the road it was, overall, a good experience. Biggest pros: Saved a few bucks Less wait overall Discovered new places Biggest cons: Not great for those who don’t like planning Not an easy cancellation process If you…
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