Monday, February 8, 2010
 The Linkery in San Diego’s North Park is one of the hottest, if not the most recommended, farm-to-table, high caliber restaurant around. But if owner Jay Porter were in the same position now as he was in 2004, he certainly wouldn’t open a restaurant again. Jay is an unlikely restaraunteur. A former...
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 Changemakers is a community of action where we all collaborate on
solutions. We know we have the power to solve the world’s most pressing
social problems. We’re already doing it, one project, one idea at a
time. How do we do it? We talk about the issues, share stories and mentor, advise, and...
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Giorgio Armani tried to kill Fabrice Penot. At least, it seems his business almost did. A perfume designer, Fabrice worked for years on the House of Armani brand. But even though he was brought in to run the fragrance division, he was constantly called to answer to the financial and marketing...
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My partner and I have an ongoing debate about identity, and the possibility of being aware enough of how we’ve constructed our own identity to be able to change it. This gets particularly messy when we talk (oh so calmly) about “types” and what it means to be a member of a group or to identify as...
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 "Wait a minute... where are you?"It's the day before my 31st birthday, and my brother is calling me to wish me well and to catch up. It's been a few weeks, maybe months, since we've talked this time, and though we have a vague notion of what's going on in each other's lives, the daily specifics are...
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Signature Theatre on 42nd Street in NYC is a unique institution,
focusing each theatrical season on the work of one living American
playwright. Through ambitious outreach to underserved communities and
aggressive grant aquisition, the theater offers a wonderful cultural
experience at low cost...
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February 8, 2010
Brooklyn Mammal has had a good several months since we initially profiled them back in October 2009. Since then, Adam Lesser and Michael Miritello, the two behind this Red Hook-based sustainable wood shop, have sorted out several aspects of their business and its ongoing plan, but that doesn't mean that they still don't face hiccups in the realization of their new enterprise.One major hurdle that...
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February 3, 2010
A Special Announcement from the American Independent Buisiness Alliance: Locally-owned
independent businesses outperform average retailer sales during 2009
holidays. Those with active Buy Local campaigns fared best.
More holiday shoppers deliberately sought out locally
owned businesses this year, according to a national survey of more than
1,800 independent businesses.
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January 27, 2010
If you are anything like me, you probably suffer from Student Syndrome every so often. I didn't know that Student Syndrome was real, nor that it is slightly different from procrastination. Yet, it is, at least according to Wikipedia: the phenomenon where people will only start to complete a task at the last possible moment leading up to a deadline. Says Wikipedia, "The student syndrome is a form...
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January 25, 2010
As a Manhattan girl on a budget, I relish the opportunity to have a nice meal out every once in a while. But when I find out that the Underground Food Collective is making a trek to New York City for one of their many-coursed meals, I lose all sense of fiscal responsibility and drop few nice dinners’ worth of dough without a second thought in order to attend. And after partaking in their dinner...
Projects
On June 11, 2009, leaders of educational, cultural, and socially-driven
organizations, along with friends and collaborators of Sheepless Co,
gathered at Green Spaces in Brooklyn, NY, to celebrate the inauguration
of the new business.With the help of our friends at Brooklyn screen printing shop Post Expose, guests had their favorite second-hand tee-shirts (and in one case, a tote bag) custom...
"Wait a minute... where are you?"It's the day before my 31st birthday, and my brother is calling me to wish me well and to catch up. It's been a few weeks, maybe months, since we've talked this time, and though we have a vague notion of what's going on in each other's lives, the daily specifics are often unknown—or more interestingly, filtered through our parents. So it's not surprising that he...
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