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YES, THERE ARE STILL TRAVEL AGENTS; AND YOU NEED THEM MORE THAN EVER
Planning your vacation is a full-time job. Admit it, you spend days, weeks… or if you’re like my mom, months clicking through websites, being lured in by a photo that promises paradise or perhaps, seduced by a price that seems too good to be true (hint: it probably...
read moreHOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS; Be the Cheer You Want to See In the World
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson, played by Holly Hunter, faces spending the holiday with her family. The holidays… so many emotions from...
read moreA STAR IS BORN; Do You Dim Your Light So Someone Else Can Feel Shiny?
I found the fourth version of A Star is Born, the most moving. Bradley Cooper mesmerized by Ally, beautifully revealed by Lady GaGa, thrusts her into the spotlight and… a star is born. Watching her struggle with her success as he hit rock bottom was heart-wrenching...
read moreHOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK; The Truth About Feeling Judged
Stella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah to take a well-deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica. As she soaks in the beauty of the island, she encounters a strapping, young...
read moreBLACK PANTHER; Designing Your Brand, Shaping Your Destiny
T’Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and confront a challenger from his country’s past. Wakanda is very much like your career path… anything’s possible. Before this movie, we couldn’t...
read moreSOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE; There Is No Such Thing As Balance
When Erica Barry meets her daughter’s womanizing boyfriend, Harry Sanborn, a life-changing event causes her to go from work to love back to work back to love and back and forth because, in order to have it all, something’s gotta give. I’ve spent my whole life trying...
read moreUNDER THE TUSCAN SUN; Are You Ready to Be Brave?
I often use Under the Tuscan Sun as an example of movies that make you want to travel. Having a lesson in mind, I decided to watch the 2003 film again to get my facts straight. You know the expression “the teacher will appear when the student is ready?” You can guess...
read moreBURNT; Control Your Brand Perception
In the movie Burnt, Bradley Cooper plays a chef who destroyed his career with bad behavior then cleans up his act and resurfaces determined to redeem himself. At times it’s painful to watch. That’s how I feel about watching certain people on social media. Their brands...
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