It’s hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.

That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

The pillow smells like the sunlight, a precious smell.

Haruki Murakami

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NYC does this magical thing called Summer Friday’s.  Meaning I get to take a half day on 5 Friday’s of my choosing.

Leaving my office in 6 minutes to hurry back to Brooklyn to see Melanie!  She’s here for 1.5 days and I need to maximize my time with her!

Full house this weekend: Mel and Zak, Nicole’s cousin, and the lovely, Duncan the dog.

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I’ve been in NYC for 6 months!

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tequila, backyard party, park, park again, rooftop, explosions, sparkler portraits, heat

that’s a wrap for the past 36 hrs

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we proudly accept the title of best party hostesses

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Catchy little piece for Follow Magazine from DM9 DDB Sao Paulo.

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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

nora ephron

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Nora Ephron, writer and filmmaker, died today. As a huge fan of her work — Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, Julie & Julia and editor-at-large of the Huffington Post — this is terribly sad.  She always seemed like a fine, fine woman.

“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady,” Ephron told Wellesley’s Class of 1996 in a commencement speech. “I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women.”

Ms. Ephron’s collection “I Remember Nothing” concludes with two lists, one of things she says she won’t miss and one of things she will. Among the “won’t miss” items are dry skin, Clarence Thomas, the sound of the vacuum cleaner, and panels on “Women in Film.” The other list, of the things she will miss, begins with “my kids” and “Nick” and ends this way:

“Taking a bath

Coming over the bridge to Manhattan

Pie.”

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off to randall’s island for the weekend!

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went to Connecticut on Monday for a UX workshop at Nestle Waters; went to Long Island on a Tuesday for a football game sponsored by one of my clients; on Wednesday Nicole came home from Paris

blistering hot in NYC today.  had dumplings for lunch.