30/20 Vision: New 20-something podcast series! |
I am really excited to share the debut of the new 30/20 Podcast series - especially for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life af...
Posted by Alexandra on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:24:00 PST |
Oh Montgomery County, How I've Missed You |
Here are a few of my favorites from a list I saw called "You Know You're from Montgomery County when:"-Having one of the best school systems in the US isn't enough, you still get an inferiority comple...
Posted by Alexandra on Mon, 14 May 2007 10:52:00 PST |
New Facebook Recruit |
Okay, so I finally broke down and set up a Facebook profile. I have to admit that I like it. The status thingy is cool, as is the fact that it allows me to import my career advice blog fro...
Posted by Alexandra on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:24:00 PST |
I've charted my ancestors to the beginning of human history! |
A few months ago, I submitted my DNA to the National Geographic Genographic Project as part of their worldwide study on human migration patterns. I just received my results, and fortunately...
Posted by Alexandra on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:30:00 PST |
9/11/01: My day as a New Yorker |
8:45AM. I'm on a headset at my desk. We have a press teleconference starting in twenty minutes, and all systems are go. Early bird journalists are dialing in already, and 2 out of 3 of our...
Posted by Alexandra on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:38:00 PST |
You know you're from Chicago when... |
You know what Kennedy, Dan Ryan, Eisenhower, Edens, and Bishop Ford, have in common and curse one of them daily. You can name three or four extra taxes nobody else pays. You expect corruption in local...
Posted by Alexandra on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 08:07:00 PST |
Commoners and Not-So-Commoners |
This is cool...
Body: Go to the following link and enter your last name to find out how common it is in the United States.http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/thesweetestsound/popul
arityindex.htmlAdd your n...
Posted by Alexandra on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:42:00 PST |
Ramblings from my "I turned 30" crisis |
So they're showing reruns of "My So-Called Life" on TheN Network here in Chicago. I cannot accurately describe in words what I feel when I watch this show. The high school scene ...
Posted by Alexandra on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:25:00 PST |
Ancestors |
I've just finished reading Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated, in which a Jewish twenty-something guy goes to the Ukraine to track down the remains of his ancestors' schetl (village) in ...
Posted by Alexandra on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:06:00 PST |
Who do you know with these dream jobs? |
Hi Everyone,
As many of you know, my next book for the Generation X/Generation Y set is on dream careers and will be published by Random House in early 2008. The results from my survey a...
Posted by Alexandra on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:22:00 PST |
