POLITESSE

My Birthday experiment

Last year I spent my birthday in Sifnos and had a wonderful time. This year I could have done that but yearned for a new adventure. So by the suggestion of my cousin I settled on Paris and put together a different kind of gathering for my birthday. Here’s the announcement I posted on Small [...]

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Spam me no more

Don’ t get me wrong. I love to meet new people. But what gets on my nerves is as soon as I have met someone through friends on a networking event, I am suddenly on their mass mailing list to promote their latest venture. It’s not that I don’t want to stay in touch with [...]

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Facing Down Facebook

Would you accept a friend request on Facebook from someone who hasn’t returned your phone call? A woman, who I recently met at a networking event exclaimed with glee, that “I” was the gal (professional-wise) that she had been looking for. We exchanged phone info and a week later, I gave her a friendly ring. [...]

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REALITY CHECK!

I don’t know about you but I kinda think this whole recession may be a hard but healthy dose of medicine that the world needs. What happened to a world where if you wanted something you had to earn the money? Our reliance on credit has been disgraceful. I was taught by my family that [...]

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Ipods-Friend or Foe

I love my red ipod. But I have found that when I wear my ipod in public it is a bit like walking around in a personal bubble. At first this sensation is kinda addictive but then I realized that it actually takes me away from being present in the moment. On the subway when [...]

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