A blog on Life, Love & The Pursuit of Techyness
As an avid viewer of Gossip Girl since the very beginning, I was beside myself when I was invited to attend a private screening of the Gossip Girl season finale with fellow beauty and fashion addicts in NYC. The sponsors, Gossip Girl/The CW and Birchbox just added to the excitement (and awesome giveaways). The [...]
On Tuesday, October 4th, @Twitter hosted a #party4good that showcased IRL their powerful reach as a social platform. The Twitter team did this effortlessly by combining the start-up and influential elite together for a night of music by Funkmaster Flex (so amazing) and showcasing a gallery of powerful tweets and images shared via Twitter around [...]
Friday evening was filled with hours of sugary, alcohol, and caffeine tastings at “SWEET,” the late-night dessert-only event during New York Food & Wine, hosted by Sandra Lee. As an attendee, one’s goal was to taste as many things as possible – and give your “token” (pictured above) to the single restaurant/bakery that satisifed your [...]
A night out with lipstick queen Poppy King, while surrounded by Kate Spade bags and champagne? Um, hard to say no to that one! On Thursday night, I ventured to the 5th avenue Kate Spade store to experience the infamous Poppy King lipsticks for myself. What I didn’t realize is that upon arrival, I would [...]
When was the last time you checked out a book at the library? While reading an article about Jane McGonigal’s most recent project, NYPL’s game, titled “Find the Future,” I thought to myself… how long has it been. High School? IT has to be about 8 years ago, which is rather incredible to think about. Now, if [...]
Charrette. A charrette (pronounced [shuh-ret], consists of an intense period of design activity [thanks wikipedia] Combine this with one super awesome laser-etched bamboo USB drive that is now a permanent part of my keychain, 36 students from schools/colleges across Syracuse University, and one amazing collaboration space, and you’re bound for some good stories. The Topic [...]
Since Friday is International Foursquare Day (Get it — 4/16), I’d like to honor this special day with a few of my favorite YouTube videos on the subject. Not up on the action? Luckily, there’s still time to find out if there is a Foursquare day event in YOUR city- check out the full listing [...]
Some believe that technology is better left at home while one is attending formal events. But what about gadgets that define elegance? While at a black tie event in Baltimore over the weekend (and trying to stuff gadgets into my small clutch) I realized that having elegant gadgets are part of the overall “look” at [...]
Sometimes one just has to make a shameless plug for the Alma mater – so, here I go. If you’ll be in the greater Syracuse area this Friday, April 24th, maybe I’ll run into you at the events on campus listed below: 2:30 PM – Women in Technology Panel, Room 111, iSchool. featuring yours truly. [...]