She’s no whiny starving artist

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...

On the waterfront

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...

Twitter for Sh-tters

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,”...

The best from the best

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...

Service with a smile

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...