After a rather brief and restless night of sleep, it was time to face the day at Ham-tech (that's Hamilton, for you non-insiders). Luckily, we didn't have to face it too enthusiastically, easing into it with a quick breakfast at the dining hall and then off to our morning massages! We grabbed our meal tickets for breakfast and headed over to the Soper Commons, or Commons, as it's more commonly known. Its original purpose was as a church, as directed by its benefactor, but when he passed away, the college repurposed it as a dining hall. It still has its architectural [View Full Entry]

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This weekend, I am at one of my favorite places on earth - my alma mater, Hamilton College. It's finally my five year reunion time - I can't believe it's here already. I was both dreading and looking forward to the four hour drive earlier today. Since my pinched nerve has been acting up this week, four hours is a LONG time to spend in the car, especially without cruise control. But it's also a very pretty drive and as I headed up the thruway, past Albany, I started to get that feeling of coming home again. I do love this [View Full Entry]

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The main New York attractions that we saw on our final day in New York were food-related ones (well, except for the companions who were able to do some really high end shopping). The lawyers and I once again spent the morning in meetings. We were treated to another presentation by my marketing hero, Ross Fishman, who once again gave an engaging show that made the audience laugh and think strategically about their marketing. Then, we were off to the offices of our host firm for our breakout sessions. Since I was leading mine, a marketing-focused session, I was a bit [View Full Entry]

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Yes, I am here in New York, and no, I haven't been missing for the past two days. Unfortunately, a raging migraine has been holding me hostage for a couple of days, which has made focusing on a computer screen rather difficult! I'll do my best to recap before it's off to dreamland for some much-needed rest! I arrived on Tuesday morning at eight am with my sister in tow to help me with the mounds of work to be done. We were squirreled away in a windowless conference room all day, but fortunately, the room had a lot of character. [View Full Entry]

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After a day that I can only describe as wildly stressful, during which I took the afternoon off to avoid a total breakdown, it was time to head off to Ellis Island. I am one of the most popular people during our conferences, not because I am awesomely cool, but because I have all the answers and control a lot of the trips. So of course, the phone calls from people needing me started before I had even finished getting dressed or put my makeup on. I was also running a little late due to some wardrobe malfunctions - dressing alone [View Full Entry]

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Perhaps I am biased, but I believe that going to a Devils' playoff game is a great way to spend a Saturday evening! I've been to see the Devils in the playoffs before, but this game would be particularly special because if the Devils were to lose, it would not only be the last game of the season, it would be the last game ever played in the Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils have a new arena being built in Newark which will be finished for the 2007-2008 season. It's still up for debate as to whether I will ever go [View Full Entry]

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Nothing like flying to Chicago just for lunch, I must say. It is a great city though, so I always enjoy going there. I just normally like to spend a little bit more time, especially when I ended up being in the airport longer than I was in the city itself! I woke up Monday morning around 4:45am, mostly because I hadn't slept well, being convinced that I would oversleep and be running late. I did underestimate how much time I would have, so I wasn't able to get any work done before the car arrived at 6am. Oh well, what [View Full Entry]

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Although I do get to take a number of exotic trips, I've found that there are still a lot of exciting things to do much closer to home. And so you can see how great the Garden State is, I'll make sure to blog about any special events right here in NJ (at least those that I'm attending!). On Saturday, I headed to Giants' Stadium for my third annual draft party. Now, you may say, if you're not a follower of college football and the draft, "So what?" I'm not into the draft myself, but it's definitely a fun day. When [View Full Entry]

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This morning, I received a question from a reader who says, "I am a single gal thinking of taking off from AZ this summer for some adventure in Spain or Italy. Have you been to both? I didn't see Italy in your blogs, but maybe you didn't mention it. Anyway, I was just wondering if you had a favorite place that you had been overall in all of your travels and secondly if you think I could get around easily enough being solo and not speaking any other languages." I thought it might be useful to discuss my answer on here, [View Full Entry]

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Tonight's Gala Dinner was held at the Georgia Aquarium - and since it hadn't yet opened during my last visit to Atlanta, I was gung-ho to go. As I met the bus, I was rescued by a nice woman who became my friend for the evening. Sometimes, going alone to these things is hard, because even when you know a few people, the chances of running into them are slim! The aquarium is only about three blocks away, but the about 600 people in attendance were too many in number to walk down. The buses dropped us off and we wound [View Full Entry]

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