by Nancy Colasurdo on July 31, 2009
I often say I attract kindred spirits to my life coaching practice and my columns, and it bears repeating again. Earlier this week I interviewed first-time feature film director Ela Thier for Game Plan and it was a joy of a conversation.
Check out how this hardworking artist has managed to get at least part of her film paid for after a slew of rejections: In Trying to Make a Feature Film, She Made a Statement. There’s even a mention of Nia Vardalos, whose had her own challenges in getting films made.
I just love persistent artists.
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 29, 2009
Well, the idea was to see a staged reading of On The Waterfront on the very Hoboken waterfront where it was filmed, but Mother Nature had other ideas. And so it was moved indoors, on the Stevens Institute campus, which was close enough to the original site to make it cool.
What a terrific production! I so enjoyed it. The cast was terrific. A few familiar faces from The Sopranos (Vincent Pastore was Johnny Friendly and Jason Cerbone was Terry Malloy). Particularly loved Cerbone’s performance. He could have been a contender. And there was a surprise visit by writer Budd Schulberg, who is in his 90s. Amazing.
Terrific experience.
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 29, 2009
Yes, you read that right. Today’s Game Plan is about an important ad campaign designed for non-profit Wherever The Need to help alleviate the world’s sanitation problems by using social media. A sampling:
“We’re not trying to guilt anybody into anything,” Todd Lieman of Skadaddle Media said. “If you have a bidet and a heated toilet seat, good for you. Read a novel in there. The way we see it, there’s a zillion important causes. Maybe this one is yours.”
I can’t say it any better than that.
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 28, 2009
Loving The Food Network’s show called The Best Thing I Ever Ate. One of those simple genius ideas. Of course I’d want to know where some of the best chefs around like to eat.
Each episode has a theme, like barbecue or dessert or breakfast. Then Food Network stars tell you their favorite in the category. Listen to Tyler Florence talk about pulled pork or Giada describe spicy hot chocolate and, well, don’t watch it hungry.
There are already a few places in New York that are beckoning …
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 27, 2009
Feeling the need to give a shout-out to the shoe department manager at Lord & Taylor in Manhattan. Superb customer service. Took back shoes I had worn for a few hours, told her they had no support. She agreed to let me exchange them.
And all my love and devotion to the salesman who found the “last pair” of Cole Haan lacie thong sandals in the stock room, which just happen to be in my size. Told him I could kiss him on the lips I was so happy. His response: That’s definitely an option.
Shoe heaven.
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 26, 2009
Every so often when I fall off the “morning pages” wagon, I have a pang of guilt because I advocate that as a daily practice with my life coaching clients. That’s what I’ve been feeling the last few weeks, as my “pages” have been infrequent and sparse.
So today I made a special effort to show up on the page, as they say. And boy did it pay off. Three column ideas, not to mention some much-needed overall clarity.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Hail, Julia Cameron.
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 25, 2009
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 24, 2009
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 24, 2009
Earlier this week I told readers to stay tuned for a Game Plan column on Only2Degrees radio, or more specifically its hosts, Lisa Vinton and Darcy Jones. Well, here goes my account of a lively afternoon in Manhattan with these California women: Eavesdropping on ‘Only2Degrees’ Radio.
by Nancy Colasurdo on July 23, 2009
Funny that I just read and wrote about Karen Weinreb’s book about what it’s like for a wife to survive a husband who goes to jail for white collar crime and then I wake up to 44 politicians — including Hoboken’s brand new mayor, Peter Cammarano — and rabbis arrested in an FBI sting. There are a lot of troubled spouses around the state today and it brought back the scene in Weinreb’s book where the feds come to arrest the husband in the novel.
So sad.
