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Vision Board
My best friend and I made vision boards.
It was surprisingly effective... and hilarious.
Please enjoy the first episode of "It's Happening Right Now!" The explosive new podcast from Andrew Meidenbauer and yours truly!
Posted on by Sarah Jackson
My best friend and I made vision boards.
It was surprisingly effective... and hilarious.
Please enjoy the first episode of "It's Happening Right Now!" The explosive new podcast from Andrew Meidenbauer and yours truly!
Posted on by Sarah Jackson
Did you just sign up for a marathon?
Are you "max'ing out" with Shaun T?
Maybe you just peeled yourself off the floor to do a crunch, not to come out of a day long depression.
Well, Happy & Healthy New Year!
Health & Fitness is the first goal on every one's list when the clock strikes midnight in Times Square. But this year, I recommend getting your career fitness on, too.
Thanks to my extensive freelancing experience, I've gotten pretty good at keeping my portfolio up to date and creating a presence for myself online and in person. Still, I found myself a little behind where I prefer to be when it comes to representing my work. After putting myself through a 2 week freelance bootcamp, I should be fully back in effect by the end of the month.
A freelance friend of mine always refers to her career as "her business". That tiny difference in language created a big shift in my how I treat my professional decisions. Every day of work I do, no matter what my current status-freelance or staff- I imagine it coming out of my own little store. At the best of times, it's charming, unique and orderly.. like Oleson's Mercantile in Little House of the Prairie. Say what you will about Mrs. Oleson, but she kept that shit TIGHT. How I maintain and update my media mercantile determines how happy my current customer is and how likely new ones are to visit.
So I wanted to offer some basic freelance fitness you can do right now, whether you are freelance or not... Actually, ESPECIALLY if you are not freelance. Whether you are happy at your job, miserable at your job, or not even really thinking about your job... promise me you will take a look at your store to make sure it is open for business when 2015 opportunities arrive.
Here's what I consider to be good Freelance Fitness...
1) BYE FELICIA FUND. Grab a calculator and figure how much cash you need to live for a month. Obviously, your rent, bills, student loan...BUT also include a health insurance estimate (if you had to cover it), mad money for drinks, dinner, metro cards-every single thing. And I would overestimate. In 2015, shoot to have three times that in a savings account. If there is a surprise layoff or surprise I don't wanna be here anymore!, you can be like "Bye Felicia!", knowing you're fine for a few months.
2) YOUR GREATEST HITS. Block 30 minutes out this week, grab a notebook and and list out the last 4 quarters of 2014. Working backwards from today, identify 1-2, maybe 3 of your strongest projects in each quarter. For creatives, this means the content that you enjoyed making the most, and got your boss and maybe even your boss' boss buzzing. (Note that I did not say huge ratings or returns for the company. While creating business value for the corporation you're working for is great, I have found that what gets me hired are the spots my peers and direct supervisors admire most. Good rule of thumb: if a friend/colleague "frolleague" texts you from a meeting where a piece of yours is shown with "holy shit! Great spot!" and you're like "I KNOW!", that spot goes on your reel.)
For line producers/project managers, identify the most complex campaigns you handled and determine the challenges you met and successfully navigated, the size and scope, etc. Editorial Directors and strategists, which presentations did you knock out of the park? How did you build bridges with other departments to communicate that vision and strategy? You want clear bullet points. If a potential new frolleague asks what you do, you should very clear on your job description and how you were successful fulfilling it.
3) COLLECT AND PRESENT Once your greatest hits are identified, collect all examples of that work or write up concise statements of each achievement, and make it presentation ready.
Update your resume and LinkedIn profile with all of this information. If you have not done in a resume in a while, (which you haven't because it's literally the most annoying thing on earth to do), start there. Then just copy and paste that info to your LinkedIn.
Creatives, open a Vimeo Pro account today and upload all of your latest work. Once you've done this back work, you should be updating on an ongoing basis. Every time you get the "killer spot!" text, upload that piece to your Vimeo going forward.
4) BUSINESS LADY LUNCHES Take another half hour this week and get dreamy about other types of work you would like to do. Even if it's not currently within your skill set or field. Actually, ESPECIALLY if it's not. Maybe you're a production manager who wants to direct a feature film? Or are you a motion graphics designer who wants to kick it old-school at a magazine? Or do you wanna cut the cord to be a chef or baker? (I regularly daydream about opening an oatmeal food truck.) Once every quarter of 2015, schedule a lunch, coffee or call with someone who works in that field for an "informational". This can be a friend, or a friend of a friend, or a friend of a friend of a LinkedIn connection who would be willing to give you a half hour of some 101 time. It doesn't need to be an interview. In fact, it's better if it's not. It's just to remind you there is a whole world of opportunity out there, which will bring you a lot of peace.
As far as I'm concerned, allllllll creative professionals can benefit from a freelance fitness program. We all know The Company can ask you to leave at anytime. Nothing is forever. But that works both ways. You are also free to leave whenever a new and exciting opportunity arises! Freelance fitness is not about Freelance freakout. In fact, it's the opposite. It's about having all your ducks in a row when it's time to go...whether it be two weeks or two years from now.
For those of you who are currently staff, I especially want you to consider "your business" in 2015. Why? Because no matter how happy you may be with your current employment situation, make no mistake...it is not YOUR business. Remember that. You do not OWN the company you are currently dedicating much of your time and energy to. Provide your service and do it well. But your business should come first every. single. day. Staff employees often attend large, all hands on deck events where the company's mission is laid out for the year.
Well, that's fine. But what's YOUR business' mission? How are your Gandalf-given talents serving your purpose and mission here on Middle Earth?
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Guess what? You can't just eat infinity hummus.
I mean, you can. Freaking open up that sabra and pretend you're at the Ponderosa if you want. But hummus, while healthy, is also calorically dense. Which means if we're looking to clean up our nutrition, we have to cool it. Hummus is a snack, not Mediterranean thanksgiving.
To make portioning out my hummus a little less depressing, I plated it up a bit so it was a thing. Very tasty/adorable.
Cucumber "Sandwiches"
1/2 Cucumber, washed
2 tablespoons hummus
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Homemade salads are depressing.
Great salads cost $275
Here's the in-between.
-Dress the greens before adding anything else to ensure flavor city. I hate when one piece of lettuce is drowning, while the rest is banished to the salad desert.
-Make your own dressing. It is the easiest thing in the world, and tastes a 1000 times better than any bottled variety. I used a homemade Dijon Vinaigrette, which didn't take more than one minute to make.
-All Egg everything! A fried egg makes everything better, even depressing salads. Hence the "frisee" title. But I couldn't do the legit frisee greens. They taste good, but I don't like their terrifying thorn look.
Club Frisee Salad
2 cups of your favorite mixed salad greens. (the darker the better, health wise.)
3 slices low-sodium turkey cold cuts
3 slices turkey bacon
1 egg
1-2 tablespoons homemade dressing (which ever recipe you prefer, but NO sugar added)
1 tsp olive oil
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Two weeks ago, I accomplished a pretty major 2014 goal. But unlike all of the fitness journeys that I livereal-time on Facebook, I've said nothing about it to the majority of my peeps. In my fitness challenge groups, I stress how crucial it is to state your goals publicly, encourage conversation about the highs and lows along the way, and then celebrating when your goal is accomplished. When you state your goals publicly, you build in a layer of motivation and accountability. When you track your progress with friends, you both offer and receive advice to keep you on track. And when you celebrate your own victory, you inspire others to do the same. I mean, right?
So why haven't I told anyone about this other big goal?
I've thought about why this is for a few days, and it's def because the goal I achieved is a financial one. I have some shame attached because I probably should have accomplished the goal years ago. There is also the fact that money is just NOT discussed.
Well, that's not entirely true. We hear about it when it's some nightmare Suze Orman story, causing the viewer inner panic attacks about their own financial plan. Or it's the complete opposite end of the spectrume; the self-made millionaire on his way to becoming a billionaire. It's hard for most of us in the middle to relate to either story, so we simply don't talk about it. But guess who talks about money all the time? Rich people!
You know why rich people are rich? They talk about it all the time! I've met them! Dude, I swear to God... they have zero shame in talking about their failures and successes. Because that's how they learn where their next opportunity lives. They report back to each other- whether is was a failure or success with no shame- and then they are on to the next one.
I have found I can't solve any problem in any area of my life-fitness, career, relationship-without collaboration and consolation with my favorite trusted people. We offer each other support, guidance, advice, and the occasional real-talk if required.
I achieved a major goal that I know many people have, and just never get to. I thought I wouldn't either..until I did. So I feel it's my obligation to share what I accomplished and how I did it.
Zero balance.
Girl, bye.
I applied for my first credit card back in college at the campus center so I could get a free bag of Starburst. I'm not kidding. There was some kind of promotion to rope vulnerable, sweet-tooth prone college students. I had no intention of even using the credit card, but then I wanted this really big astrology book I saw at Barnes & Noble in the Galleria. So I bought it..and I guess it cost like $20,000 or something, probably more. Because once I started using it, I just didn't stop.
After college my credit score was pretty terrible, which is a nightmare if you want to find an apartment in New York City. So I did some good work in correcting that, paying back crazy past due stuff. But when my credit score improved, I learned I could just maintain some debt all the time so I could live the way I wanted in the short term, never considering what it was doing to my long game... because I didn't have one. It wasn't until I got back from that first long year of backpacking that I had a vision for my life and what I truly want to do. That vision requires freedom and flexibility, and that's impossible with the ball and chain of debt. I finally realized I could only go so far in my life, if I was dragging that behind.
Here is exactly how I killed the credit card this year, for those who have credit card assassination as one of their top goals for 2015. Please believe, I know little to nothing about money. And I don't think any of this is even super revolutionary. Other than I made the life adjustments and sacrifices required to get it done. I stopped thinking about it and did something. But in some ways I think my story might be more useful to you in that if I can do it, anyone can do it...for real!
Step 1: I took at a staff job.
-This wasn't because it was more cash. In fact, being staff often means a pay cut even after your insurance. It was just REGULAR cash. I wanted a locked amount of money every two weeks to make the budgeting and planning required easier. It also meant a year-end bonus that I wouldn't receive until the end of the company's fiscal year. This was a lump sum I knew was coming to me, but couldn't touch in the short term when temptation arose.
Step 2: I moved out of New York City.
-I could afford my apartment in Brooklyn. But like most New Yorkers, that was IT. There was no way I could pay my credit cards off in a short amount of time, which was imperative. The minute I decided this was a goal, I wanted it over ASAP. This was one of the harder choices for me to actually pull the trigger on within my plan. Any New Yorker who has done this feels a pretty traumatic set of "end of an era" emotions. Because I could not bring myself to do it, this is the prayer I started to say, "god, I know it's over..like, 98% I know it. But I will not be able to do it myself with even 2% of doubt out there. Please send me a sign so obvious, that it's not even a choice I have to make. It needs to be so obvious, it's inevitable. I'm not doing anything until I get it." Not soon after, my father went into the hospital with a serious bout of pneumonia. I spent days in my hometown with my family as he recovered, which was actually really pleasant considering the circumstances... and significantly cheaper. 5 minutes after I walked back into my apartment in Brooklyn (no lie!), my landlord called to tell me he was only giving me a year-lease retroactive 6 months, and my rent would be going up 5%. Sooooo, it was inevitable. "No thank you." I moved everything except my bedroom set into storage, and moved into my sister's second bedroom. This has brought my overhead down DRAMATICALLY. Like, I'm pretty much a millionaire up here. New York City is for trillionaires. And if you are not one, it's pretty much impossible to get ahead.
Step 3: I brought in a second source of income through online health and fitness coaching.
-During this time, I began re-focusing on my own health and fitness. I joined one of my sister's online coaching groups to focus with Shaun T. I found the experience super effective and inspiring on so many levels. I loved sharing my progress with friends at the office and on Facebook, and found that people were regularly asking me what I had done. With some nudging from my sister, I finally started running regular challenge groups myself. Not only do I feel immense personal gratification, helping people lose weight and building healthy lifestyles in a way I wish someone had done for me when I was lost and depressed, coaching also brings in regular weekly "mad money". Some weeks, it's enough for a dinner or two out. Other weeks it can cover my hotel bill at Disney world. While I was willing to make some sacrifices to pay off my debt, I was NOT looking to have a miserable year until it was all gone. The second job made sure that didn't happen.
Step 4: I scheduled my 2014 vacations around business trips in Los Angeles.
-There was no way travel and vacations could go away. None. That was a non-negotiable. But I was challenged in that my favorite destinations are all warm weather locales. Meaning, I'm at least traveling to the west coast, not cheap. My last job required frequent business trips to Los Angeles. So I scheduled all 2014 time-off at the end of a major project while I was already on the west coast. After the Kids Choice Awards, I spent a long weekend in San Diego. I crashed on an old friend's couch and only paid for a rental car and a few meals. After Kids Choice Sports, I flew to Honolulu from LA and splurged on the full Aloha experience for almost three weeks. In both situations, I saved a lot of cash by starting with the ending of a work trip to the West Coast.
Those four choices brought me to the moment, sooner than I expected actually. I was looking at my bank account two weeks ago and realized I could pay off the last of my debt at that very moment. Naturally, I had a total panic attack. I called my best friend hemming and hawing, "I don't know! is it the right thing?!" My sister was totally confused by my struggle, "I don't get it. This is why you moved up here..this is a good thing!" It is a good thing, a very good thing." I'm incredibly proud of myself..now. But I think I was just so used to being the girl who always has debt, that I was scared about becoming a woman who has no debt. I don't even know who the hell that is! What if she isn't funny?! But I stuck to my original plan and hit submit. So far so good..I can still crack a joke or two.
I offer my story up as we have only two more days to make our 2015 resolutions. If you have some financial albatross around your neck, please..get rid of it in 2015. It feels so great in ways I didn't expect.
I've been watching a lot of comic book shows on Netflix lately; Agents of SHIELD, Arrow, The Flash. I think I'm obsessed because they all work off of the "it's all connected" comic book theory. Meaning, ALL characters within Marvel and DC all live and exist in the same universe. So Arrow could be watching the news in Starling City, and hear about some crazy crime in Central City. He then races over his with his hot bod (seriously, please look this guy up) to help The Flash in a crossover episode. Agents of SHIELD was kind of a gener' but good show, until episode 17 "Turn Turn Turn". Captain America 2 was released in the theater, and effected the storyline of SHIELD so dramatically I was standing in front of the television with my hands on my head "What?! What is happening?! THIS IS SO GOOD!"
As your goals for 2015 come together, understand they all live in the same universe. How you do one thing in health & fitness, is how yo do it career and finance. If that's NOT the case- if you're killing it at your job but have dangerously high cholesterol because of poor nutrition-that silo'd life is keeping you from your potential. So this coming year, start with the scariest, most uncomfortable goal and watch the doors open in the rest of your life. Let's make 2015 a crossover year.
It's all connected.
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One of the great culinary adventures you can take as a kid is eating a tuna sandwich at a friend's house. Every family's recipe is wildly different. Some dice pickles into their tuna. Others can't even taste it unless there is a pound of garlic salt. And secret communities of Miracle Whip lovers can still be found.
Tuna salad is specific. So I just went for it with last night's dinner. I "cleaned" the recipe up by swapping avocado for the mayo. Then I leaned into that with some Mexican spices, red onion, and lots of lime juice. I wrapped it all up in Napa cabbage leaves and served it with a side of sautéed mixed greens (collard, turnip and mustard). The measurements below are to my taste. But you should adjust as you see fit..get specific!
I can't wait to serve my nieces a green tuna salad. Their minds are going to explode.
Mexican Avocado Tuna Salad
1 5oz can solid white tuna in water, drained.
1/2 ripe avocado
1/2 red onion, diced very small
1/2 lime
21 Day Fix Southwestern Seasoning to taste
salt to taste
pepper to taste
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As of midnight tonight, the holidays are over, done. finit. Girl, bye. I will be going out with a bang; disgusting-delicious Tuna Noodle Casserole. I cannot WAIT... but I'm not going butt-nuts all day. Delightful-delicious smoothie lunch is as follows...
Vanilla Chai Smoothie
1 scoop vanilla Shakeology
1 cup brewed unsweeted Chai tea, cooled
1 tsp raw honey
1/2 frozen banana
2 or 3 ice cubes
cinnamon to taste (or allspice if you got it.... I didn't got it.)
Throw everything in a blender. Enjoy while binge-watching episodes of Transparent..because both are the bomb.
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Adapted from Martha Stewart's "Eat Clean" recipes...because they are so simple, tasty and they always freaking work. In fact, I'm about to order their new cleaning eating cookbook "Clean Slate", because clean eating and PREPARING IT MYSELF LIKE A GROWN ASS WOMAN WHO CAN MAKE HER OWN FOOD DAMMIT! is a big 2015 resolution for me. I used this recipe as the base and added an egg cooked sunny side up for protein.
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 bunch collard greens (12 oz) ribs removed, thinly sliced
1/4 cup pine nuts toasted
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
Coarse salt
12 oz whole wheat spaghetti (like farro)
1/4 cup freshly grated pecorino romano
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Pound this entire recipe all day, everyday for 7 days in between your healthy meals
60 oz distilled water
1 tbsp cranberry juice
2 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
40 drops Dandelion Root Extract
lend all ingredients together in a pitcher while playing around with your new tabletop photography studio, and shouting resolutions at your roommate, husband, wife, sister, brother..whomever is in close range.
"I'm gonna KILL it this year!"
"Can you believe I'm going to look like Beyonce in a month?!"
"What are we gonna eat tonight..HAS to be clean!..Eat Clean, 2015!!!"
Please note, recipe does NOT include the following:
Hershey Kisses
Crab dip
Kit Kats
Because the holidays are OVER.
Thank god.
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Adventure is for everyone... and so is Magic Mike.
Just ask my friend Kim.
She came to the movie because it was the only way we could hang out while she was in town. The town being New York City, of course that's not entirely true. We could have gone to a broadway show, or a coffee cupping, or a tour of the Stock Exchange. But none of those events involved Channing Tatum, which was a required element for any of my social interactions at the time.
I was committed to spreading the Gospel of Channing-a message of men with big arms who can really dance and "oh my god, he's funny too?!?!" (Please see 21 Jump Street.) But all of this was lost on Kim, who sat mortified as I and a hundred or so gay men hooted and hollered to Channing's thrilling interpretation of "Pony" by Ginuwine. Amen.
I don't feel that bad about it. 1) Kim made me try Bubble Tea that day- which would be super refreshing, if the thousand black gelatin beetles at the bottom were a little easier to swallow. And 2) She did walk away from the movie with a very positive view of adult dance crews. We should get one going immediately and call ourselves "Mixed Emotions", in reference to our biracial backgrounds. With a name like that, how could I say no?
While our hair challenges are different, (Kim is Chinese and White. I am Black and White. We'll never be able to share hair product.), all biracial people can come together around The Question. I bet you Olivia Munn gets it everyday on the set of The Newsroom. Someone asked Derek Jeter at a Little League game. And President Obama got so sick of everyone asking him, he wrote a book about it.
"Soooo, what are you?"
In my case, it is almost always asked out of pure, benign curiosity. No harm intended. But the fact that people are so curious about it, they feel compelled to ask a stranger their personal history is still amazing to me.
When I was younger, it was completely embarrassing. Imagine being a chubby high schooler and being singled out like that. "You! I can't figure you out.. but you're odd! You're just a little different than everybody else here. What are you?!"
No matter what my answer was, it was never sufficient. So many expectations are laid on biracial people to be tortured, or righteous, or misunderstood, or "caught in between". All of which I have experienced. But most of the time, I was just a regular kid who liked watching Ducktales while shoving cookies in my mouth.
The fact that I still think this sounds like a good time at 37 makes me a not so regular adult. As does a host of other personality quirks, which make the question "So what are you?" still pretty valid to ask of me, but...
..isn't it valid for everyone?
A biracial background is not required to be misunderstood. Your hair might be manageable, but your everyday life might be incomprehensible to others, even yourself. (How often have you thought, "how in the hell did I get here?" or "Is this all there is?") If a stranger took the time to ask you what you were, you wouldn't know where to start...
But they don't.
And that's a shame.
The Question that felt like a curse as an unhappy teenager, became a blessing as I got older. After college, I used it as angry motivation to establish a life that was easily digestible for anyone on the outside. I goal'd the hell out of my late 20s to get in shape, pay the bills, and snag a boyfriend. I established a grown-up foundation from which to function in society. It also got everyone off my freaking jock for a little while about what I was so I could just be.
But that time was also superficial, stressful, and limited. I had a good life by design, but not one that really reflected who I was or what I believed in. No spontaneity, variety, no fun, no meaningful connection. At 34, I felt purposeless and alone. I would have loved for someone, anyone to ask me the question again...but I got rid of them a long time ago. So the only person left to ask was myself.
What the hell am I?
Curiosity + Enthusiasm = Adventure
If you accept that as the formula to adventure, "So What are You?" is the problem to be solved. My life changed when I stopped approaching The Question with irritation and anxiety, and instead met it head on with curiosity and enthusiasm. I brought it forward and made a commitment to explore every single avenue that looked even 50% interesting. If after I took a few steps down that road, I was still digging it...I just kept going. I had absolutely no idea it would lead me to Ninety Mile beach in New Zealand in the ugliest, most comfortable pair of jeans I ever owned. Adventures are surprising like that.
So if you are interested in starting your adventure, the first step is getting super real about that question. Right now, at this moment... where you're sitting or standing..is this all you are? Will you only do this? Do you feel a part of the world around you?
If not, fix that. Now.
Consistent and focused work with this formula will lead you to creative, innovative and practical solutions for a more adventurous life.
This does not mean you will end up in New Zealand if you don't want to. It just may mean you finally sign up for that baking class. Or you french that guy sitting next to you on the train. Or you move to Philadelphia next week... Who fucking knows?
Or it could even be that sleeper hit; you make a new friend. (When was the last time you did that? BRAND new?) Once you start taking The Question seriously, you're going to have to make it public soon. There will be a moment when you cut through the generic chit chat you have with a casual acquaintance and say something like..
"Listen, I'm thinking about doing something totally weird. I'm so scared, but I think it could be AWESOME. But probably a disaster. Do you think I'm crazy?"
And she'll be like, "Hell no! do it..who cares?!"
If you find that you're to scared to ask yourself the question, afraid of adventure...well, I'm asking you now.
What are you?
I push because I know it's worth it, and I promise you are not alone.
In fact, Kim and I have started an adult dance crew open to anyone filled with these "Mixed Emotions". The choreography is easy to learn, but challenging to execute. We host a Channing Tatum movie night once a month. Bubble Tea will be served.
Please join us.
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They say print is dying, but The Warwick Advertiser is immortal.
Right around this time 30 years ago, I was scanning the paper to find out which school bus I was assigned to. By the time I had made my friends on bus "J", The Advertiser was directing us all to Halloween events like the town costume parade- which if I remember correctly, only required that you be a little kid in a costume who showed up at the Grand Union parking lot at the designated time to participate. Donuts and Cider were served.
As we got older, the classifieds section is where we found our first job, first car and a free kitten for our good homes. And when we were older and crazier, The Advertiser called our asses out in the Police Blotter. In a public outing of the week's police incident reports, the whole town could see who got caught knocking mailboxes over with a bat or urinating in public. An old friend who was busted for the latter, (way too recently), framed his debut in the Blotter and set it on the mantle above his fireplace.
Now that I've finally made it to the Big Leagues, I know exactly how he feels.
I'm not gonna douche out here and tell you, "Do you know that pretty much every college aged student outside of the staaaaaates is encouraged to travel for at least a with little to no money?" Because who freaking cares. That is the douche'y truth. But I am as American as they come. I was raised to direct all my maturing towards the SATs. Once I survived that, I could live in a dilapidated house with 6 other students and no adult supervision. We ate Rice a Roni for dinner, followed by a cigarette on the living room couch we moved outside to the front porch, and paid our monthly bills with keg parties. It was awesome.
This is why I got obsessed with the idea of old-school travel slideshows during my last trip to Australia. For me, it's a model of adventure travel that we can all get our heads around. The wacky single aunt just back from her third trip to Japan, a cousin in the military who has been stationed in Asia, your parents' "party couple" friends telling you how big the pretzels are at the REAL Oktoberfest - we all know at least one these characters. And back in the day, they would break out a slide carousel for their neighbors and pass the authentic German beers as they shared their story in pictures...what's more American than that?! These are our great Adventurers.
All they did is examine the parameters or their own lives with a little more creativity (job, budget, schedule, etc), and then bend those parameters to pursue what they truly value. You can trash all of your stuff and head to New Zealand like I did. Or if you only have a long weekend, you can make those three days count by driving to a new state and explore it all by yourself. I've done both of those things, and I swear they are equally rewarding.
Wacky Aunts and Party Couples aren't rich or even particularly special. They are just brave enough to tell their family, "you know what..I'm skipping the family reunion this year. I need all my vacation days to go to Macchu Picchu"..
...Or France, or Tahiti, or Ithaca..where ever! It's about quitting the endless wait to become the perfect person, in the perfect place, at the perfect time; finally free to do something different. It's not coming. There will always be something in the way.
F--k that. Do it NOW.
Adventure is for everyone.
Adventure = Curiosity + Enthusiasm x Action.* Anyone from a kindergarten teacher to my friend the Public Urinator can apply this equation to their lives and create a measurable change. I know this from personal experience.
This information is important. It should be as practical and readily available as the date and time of the $29 Golf and Beer discount ad taking up half of the Advertiser's page. I reached out to the Albert Wisner Library, Warwick's amazing local library, and they agreed.
I called this talk You Are Here because that little phrase in English, was often the only thing that kept me from a full-on nervous breakdown in various parts of the world. Adventure is scary and exhausting, like 73% of the time. But that small reminder on maps from Tokyo to Budapest has grounded me just enough to take the next step into the unknown, where that 27% of Awesome lies.
For me, I think those next steps are about sharing those ideas, advice, and resources here. I'm going to post something every Wednesday around lunch time...because it's Wednesday and lunchtime right now.
Check it out. See what ya' think. If you've gotta question, holler at me. My hope is that it's the start of a really great conversation...but who knows?
That's part of the adventure.
This equation was inspired by Chip Conley's amazing book Emotional Equations. Really awesome approach to dealing with big, challenging feelings. I'm filled with those..so of course I loved it.
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Revisiting my Mary Blair problem.
I want to live in The Small World ride.
Sans music, of course.
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4 days in, and I'm already crushing 2013.
No doubt this will be my most successful year yet, because I'm not assuming from the jump that I will fail. In other words, no resolutions.
That shit's over.
I am a go getter-goal setter from waaaay back, boy. Starting in 2000 with the classic "I need to lose weight", I quit smoking, started counting Weight Watchers points, and learned how to run. By 2005 I had lost 50 lbs since high school and completed the NYC marathon.
Surprisingly, running 26 miles did not make me happy. Must be my career's fault! Time to laser focus on my job. After a year as an assistant in Comedy Central 's branding department, I was determined to write and produce at least one promo. I ordered cupcakes for department birthdays by day, and wrote scripts for "South Park" episodics at night. By 2007, I was a full-fledged writer/producer on the best in-house TV branding team there ever was or shall be. Another box ticked qualifying me as a successful, happy adult...
...Which was weird, because I wasn't.
My overall health and fitness level improved when I lost weight, good news. And I was psyched I found a way to pay the bills with a job that didn't make me want to kill myself...even better! Super useful stuff as you move from your 20s into your 30s; when it's time to become a functioning adult.
But at 36, I don't want to just function anymore, I want to thrive and contribute. That involves big decisions and risk taking in every single area of my life. In fact, there are no more separate areas to be partitioned based on clearly defined, very narrow goals; it's just my life. That's it. This is all there is.
And so help me freaking God, if I spend one more year boiling it all down to whether or not I gained or lost three pounds, I'm going to do a cannonball off the Brooklyn Bridge.
This new thinking started in 2008, when my best friend +Andrew Meidenbauer and I began giving tag lines to each New Year; a mission statement to live under for the next 365 days. We kicked it off with "Great in 2008!' after a particularly uninspiring few years. Then we lowered our expectations a tad with "Just Fine in 2009" after life got very real with a few sad and scary turns of events. We got brave again for "When? 2010!!". I decided to quit my job, ditch my apartment and New York City to travel in the South Pacific for a year. We kept the party going for 2011, with "2011: Double the one, double the fun!", as I continued to travel in between gigs back in NYC. And last year, under "2012, Treat yo' selve'!" I finally made a comfy, new home for myself in Brooklyn.
This year's new tagline is "2013: Rage Against the Machine". I refuse to beat myself up on the last day of every year until I am no longer on this planet. Instead, I will officially believe that I am totally sufficient the way I am right now. I will trust that I'm a grown-ass woman who knows how to take care of herself and navigate the world and doesn't need hard and fast rules to keep me in line. Instead of goal setting, I am VALUE setting; knowing that if I actively remember what is most important in my life and act accordingly, the rest will fall into place.
I will be brave and follow my epic values quest where ever it may take me. And if while questing, I gain 10 lbs...
So wot?! Who cayz?!
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I love these photos. If I stare at them for longer than a few seconds, my eyes get all wide and they start to burn from tearing up.
My parents are still with me, thank god. It's just intense for me to think about them as young people who had no idea what was going to happen. There was a time that my Mom and Dad didn't know each other. Then my mom saw my dad playing at a jazz club in Georgetown. They went out and made jokes and shared dreams and got married. (I guess, right? That's the order of operations?) They were regular people who felt lost sometimes and sucked at stuff. They shared great joy and great pain together- and after many years, went their separate ways to build new lives. In between all of that they managed to squeeze 6 children into their schedules.
These photos were both taken before I was born. There was a time before they knew me-any of the jokes I would make or dreams I would have. Even now, we can really only share so much because of the parent-kid divide. Maybe that's why they had a thousand children? Perhaps some little voice told them this little girl will need a small theater ensemble in the living room to perform all the plays and newscasts she will write and produce. When I got to medium size, depressed and lonely in high school, my only friends were the ones at home. And when I got big, they became best friends, willing to visit me in Australia during my quarter life crisis.
Or maybe every time approached a new fork in the woods they were like, "fuck it... I don't know. Let's do.. this. I guess?"
Either way... it's comforting to know that a life that has worked out so perfectly for me, was designed by two people without a blueprint.
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Andrew has finally gotten it together to visit the new place in Brooklyn. He has lots of constructive feedback like, "You need more s--t on the walls! Why is this over here? You need another chair!"
In return for this criticism, I wake him up every morning with a song and dance number. Today it was, "I Can See Clearly Now" at the top of my lungs. I'm sure my neighbors enjoy it as much as Andrew does.
A real meeting of the minds.
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These are two images I pulled as inspiration for my site's new design. Jany Tran ate 'em up and designed 'em out.


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Geospace Technologies Corporation (the "Company") disclosed that one of its stockholders filed a complaint against it in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleged that the Company's proxy statement materials, dated June 21, 2013, impermissibly bundled two distinct proposals into one proposal for consideration by its stockholders. While the Company continues to believe that its prior presentation of a single proposal was consistent with the applicable rules, the Company has decided to re-solicit the proxies of its stockholders to give the Company's stockholders the opportunity to vote on two separate proposals. The Company's stockholders will be notified of the new date and time of the Special Meeting of Stockholders.
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How are the shuts holding up on this one? Been almost 20 years now since they were put in. I probably should have added another bolt between 3 & 4, but just bring some small TCUs w/ a long runner to protect the little move stepping up to bolt 4. Remember to stay on the right side of the arete through the upper section, the climbing is nicer! |
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You can get to the 4th bolt if you just go straight up the face off the ledge. You need to use holds on the arete but this seemed to be the best way for me and it was all there. Paul, anchor bolts looked just fine today (29JUL2012). Thanks for putting this one up...great line! |


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Alberto Guardiani launches SEATTLE , a successful new capsule range of sneakers and shoes, directed towards a younger generation of consumers with an eye for artisanal yet innovative Made in Italy.
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This collection is designed for a public that is primarily young, for a new generation that views vintage as a contemporary renewal of history and tradition. The careful selection of materials and the methods of treating the leathers are key features of this capsule collection. A mix of methods is combined in calfskin leather or in brushed and reversed suede buffalo leather, which is used on the lace-up for women and on the boot for men. Also, the shoe undergoes a special washing process that creates cracks in the leather. Another innovative artisanal experiment regards the natural colours of the sneakers that are made with the collaboration of designer Andrea Bra. Each is individually garment-dyed by hand and then is studded with small flat-head studs. A special colouring technique confers various colour tonalities in the upper, in the super-light sole, in the studs, and in the leather laces. This mini collection will also be included in the next Spring/Summer 2014 season, with iridescent and metallic colours airbrushed directly onto the shoes, with the application of additional studs and metal rings; deconstructed leather soles appear on men's shoes, while women's sneakers have an internal platform. For more information about Alberto Guardiani visit http://www.albertoguardiani.com. Contact: Elisabeth Cook on +39-02-76021697 SOURCE Alberto GuardianiCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Introduction and Early Life
Today, Abraham Lincoln is seen as one of the greatest presidents of all time. He is seen as one of the most inspiring and marbles figures in American history. Yet, these were not his intentions. Lincoln was born in a cabin in Kentucky. He mainly spent most of his youth taking products by boat to New Orleans. In 1830, his family moved to Illinois and at that time he entered a career in the military, politics, and law. Lincoln then affiliated himself with the Whig Party and after several failed attempts to enter Congress (one in which he famously debated Democratic incumbent senator Stephen A. Douglas) he joined as a Republican. In 1860, he had become a leading national figure, despite being mainly regulated to state politics, and ran for the Republican nomination.
The Presidential Election of 1860
The union was in chaos. Four major political parties rose up in the election of 1860. After three ballots at their convention in Chicago, the Republican Party nominated Lincoln over New York Senator William H. Seward. Meanwhile, the Democrats were divided between the compromise wing of the party and the pro-slavery wing of the party. It could be well said that the Democratic nominee, Stephen Douglas, had not won the nomination at all. This was because after 57 ballots at the convention, the Democrats just gave up and nominated Douglas, who had been in the lead on the final ballot, but had not won a majority of delegates. This outraged southern Democrats who nominated their own candidate, John C. Breckinridge, President James Buchanan's vice president. Adding more confusion, a new political party made up of strong Whigs and Know Nothings held their own convention. After two ballots at their convention in Baltimore, Maryland, the new Constitutional Union Party nominated veteran politician John Bell over Sam Houston, the governor of Texas. In the 1860 presidential election it was clear that the country was deeply divided.
Northerners favored Lincoln, southerners favored Breckinridge, and in the middle, Douglas and Bell were getting support. When the results came in, Lincoln won with 180 electoral votes and 39.8% of the popular vote (despite not getting a single vote in ten southern states). Breckinridge came in second with 72 electoral votes and 14.3% of the popular vote. Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee voted for Bell giving him 39 electoral votes and 12.6% of the popular vote. Despite having 21.5% of the popular vote, Senator Douglas and the northern Democrats only won 12 votes in the electoral college (all from Missouri). Lincoln had won and the south was outraged.
The Civil War Begins
When Abraham Lincoln entered the presidency, he hoped to preserve the union, but slowly the war would drive him to make a radical change in the country. On the day he entered office, he received a letter from the commander of Fort Sumter. The commander told the president that he could not hold on if he did not receive supplies. Lincoln decided to send them, but before they arrived, the Confederacy led by President Jefferson Davis opened fire on the fort. After the bombardment, more states left the union and now eleven states were in the Confederacy. Two other states, Missouri and Kentucky, were on the fence and were called border states. To extend his authority in this incredible emergency, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and blockaded all southern ports and increased the size of the army. He now had to deal with the military who was commanded by the same man who led it in the Mexican War and ran for president in 1852; Winfield Scott. In 1861, Scott was 74 years old, incredibly overweight, and had numerous health problems. He eventually developed the Anaconda Plan which was to strangle the south through a blockade. Eventually, Scott was removed. Lincoln hoped to replace him with Robert E. Lee, but begin from Virginia, Lee joined the south. So the command of the Union army went to George B. McClellan. Scott would retire and die in 1866.
Meanwhile, Lincoln's shrewd calculating had baited the south into starting the war by firing on Fort Sumter. Now battles were raging all along the USA-CSA border. In order to gain military experience, Lincoln went to the Library of Congress and read books on military strategy. However, the president was not prepared for dealing with his generals. While the CSA seemed to have decent generals, the USA generals were rather mediocre and eventually General McClellan was removed from his duty. However, Lincoln would go through several generals that had to take command of the Army of the Potomac, the Union force stationed in the eastern United States. Then, in February 1862, Lincoln dealt with personal tragedy when his 11 year old son Willie died of typhoid. Dealing with such tragedy, Lincoln and his wife made a summer home out of an asylum for wounded soldiers nearby Washington D.C. and this made Lincoln a commuter for a fourth of his presidency. He then returned to the Civil War and worked usually all day (sometimes all night), seven days a week to steer the Union to victory.
Emancipation Proclamation
As 1862 rolled on the, the CSA and the USA battled at Shiloh, Bull Run, and Antietam. After Antietam, (which took place on September 17, 1862) Lincoln was encouraged by it and his Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. This freed all the slaves in the southern states. However, the Emancipation Proclamation did not win battles and the war was continued. To major battles ended on the same day. At the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee lost to Union troops in the turning point of the war. On that same day, Union general Ulysses S. Grant won the Siege of Vicksburg. The siege helped in cutting off CSA communications along the Mississippi River. In the 1864 presidential election, Lincoln faced Democratic opponent and former general, George B. McClellan. McClellan and the northern Democrats believed in preserving the Union, but not ending slavery.However, Lincoln's support from soldiers and the Union victory at the Battle of Atlanta gave him the victory in the election. He won by a landslide with 212 electoral votes and 55.0% of the popular vote to McClellan's 21 electoral votes and 45.0%. Lincoln was the first president to win a second term since Andrew Jackson in the 1832 presidential election.
Ending the War
On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate army to the Union commander Ulysses S. Grant. The Civil War was nearly over. During his last speech, he talked about giving fair terms to the south and calling for the nation to heal itself. He also had further plans for the former slaves. He hoped to return them to their homeland that they were stolen from. In other words, he wanted to transport all slaves back to Africa. This was similar to James Monroe's plan for slavery. On Good Friday, 1865, the Lincolns attended Ford's Theater to see the comedy "Our American Cousin". Among the actors was a man named John Wilkes Booth. While he was off stage, Booth went into Lincoln's box and shot him.
Lincoln was not the only victim. Booth had targeted Ulysses S. Grant, but he had left town. Two of Booth's men went to Secretary of State William Seward's house. While one man waited outside, the other entered in the house saying he had medicine for Seward. Chaos followed in the house as he attacked hacked at Seward's faced. Luckily for the secretary of state, he was in bed and wore a mechanism to keep his jaw intact after a carriage incident. The blade from the assassin did tear Seward's skin, but did not enter his head because of the mechanism. As this occured, another man was sent to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson, but he lost his nerve and decided to drink at a bar. The whole plan was supposed to be a changing of the guard, but only the president was killed.
Booth tried to escape as fast as he could, but had injured his ankle when he lept from the balcony onto the stage. He quickly limped to his horse and galloped south with another accomplice. Eventually, Booth was held up in a barn and was killed over a week later. All of his allies who took part in the assassination were either jailed or executed. The body of Abraham Lincoln was loaded onto a train that would it to Illinois. Lincoln's body would be buried in Sprinfield's Oak Cemetery. Thirty million people watched the train pass by to pay their last respects to the president who had so dramatically changed the country.
Abraham Lincoln is mainly seen as one of the greatest heroes in American history. He entirely transformed the presidency and himself during the Civil War. He truly gave everyone the potential of having liberty and justice, which was denied to the slaves. The Civil War was the greatest crisis in American history and Lincoln guided the Union to victory. Some say that he went too far. Many libertarians argue that he was in fact on of the worst presidents for his actions of not letting the south secede (which has been debatable subject ever since the Civil War ended) and suspending habeas corpus. Nevertheless, Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most important figures in American history.


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Lewis Hamilton doesn't want a repeat of the Bahrain Grand Prix drama, which saw him racing wheel-to-wheel with team-mate Nico Rosberg throughout the race for the lead.
The Briton - who's won the last three races - is hoping to avoid any close battles with the German, despite it pleasing the fans, and says he'll try to repeat what he did in Malaysia and China where he opened up a big lead to those behind.
"Nico will be massively quick at every race we go to," Hamilton is quoted as saying by Autosport.
"I was determined to make sure that in China we were not close, like we were at the last race [in Bahrain]. It was definitely feeling a bit more like it was in Malaysia.
"I am going to keep on working and keep with the approach I have, because it is working perfectly for me."
When asked if he was confident he's got the measure of Rosberg, considering he's beaten him at the last three races, he said: "He is still leading the championship, isn't he?"
"In sports, it is all a psychological game," he added. "So of course, getting good results you cannot measure what effect that has on people. But I know how positive it is on me."


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Parker® Concorde 175-lb. Crossbow with 1X Multi-reticle Scope Package
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Parker® Concorde 175-lb. Crossbow with 1X Multi-reticle Scope Package. Sublime 300 f.p.s. performance in the world's first-ever automatic cocking crossbow!
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- 175 lb. draw weight
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"Excellent Location"
First time in Barcelona and what was important was to be in a accessable location to historic sites, eateries and evening entertainment areas. The hotel certainly proved favourable.Genuine Expedia guest review
"No Frills Budget Hotel... Reasonable Central!"
Have been here before so knew in advance what to expect. It was a good price and reasonably centrally located... directly opposite the Franca train station. The hotel rooms are incredibly thin & you will scarily think at times that someone else is in your bathroom! You can distinctly hear conversations & other things in adjoining rooms!!! Rubbish collections […] will wake you as will general street noise! The rooms themselves are adequate but the whole hotel is showing signs of wear & could do with a makeover! The Staff are ok, it's a bit hit & miss whether you'll be greeted with a frown or scowl... rarely a smile & they will happily keep you waiting at the desk whilst they attend to anything else.. Not making you feel entirely welcome or wanted but after all, you get what you pay for!!! The breakfast is very like any other continental breakfast & is adequate in variety of hot & cold choice! I chose this hotel because I wanted somewhere reasonably central for a reasonable price & wasn't planning on staying in much! I arranged a taxi myself from the airport to the Park Hotel & it cost €25... However I asked the hotel staff to arrange a taxi for my departure & it was the worst experience ever.. The driver had long white/grey curly hair with a bad attitude... Drove like a manic, took a detour.. Took us to wrong terminal then wouldn't let us have our suitcases from boot before we parted with €50 ... Our elderly relatives were scared to death by the experience! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great location"
Great location close to the beach, train station, underground, bars, retuaruants, par and some amazing shops! We didn't have to go far to fi d anything we needed to see Barcelona! Staff were very friendly and even let us check in early! Will definately visit again!Genuine Expedia guest review
"Terrible hotel with rude staff"
The hotel was of very poor quality. When I arrived the receptionist was rude. I asked if there was a storage space for cases and my bike, he said they did not have one. Normally hotels do have this space. He was generally abrupt and rude. I checked into a room which smelled strongly of cigarettes although I had booked a no smoking queen size room. […] When I asked the receptionist he said there was no other room available, although he did not look. The receptionist sent a foul smelling air freshener which I did not use, I ended up opening the window, however outside it was very noisy. This left me at night from time to time opening the window and closing the window, giving me a poor sleeping experience. When I checked out I noticed the door open to a storage room. I asked the morning receptionist about the room and he confirmed it was a baggage storage room. Therefore the night receptionist was lying. I would like a refund for the entire sum, or a voucher redeemable at a good hotel, to compensate if that is achievable. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Modern, stylish hotel."
Very well placed, very friendly and helpful staff, stylish rooms -- very well laid out and equipped bathroomsGenuine Expedia guest review
"Nice hotel, Great location"
On arrival there was nobody waiting at the front desk, but the man working was siting some papers. He didn't acknowledge us for about 5 minutes and then carried on with paperwork before asking for name. He then pointed at 3 places to sign on a form while talking on the phone. He finished the call and quickly gave us 2 room keys and said third floor. […] I appreciate sometimes hotels get busy, but this reception did seem unnecessarily rude. Other than the initial greeting the hotel was nice, all people working at the hotel were pleasant and friendly and we had no complaints Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Lovely break"
Lovely hotel friendly staff clean room comfy bed nice hot shower good location would recommend and would defiantly stay there again few minutes walk to beach ... Nice choice of restaurants few minutes walk .. Food at hotel very good sit outside watch the world go by ..electric shutters on windows was great made room completely dark at touch of button […] for a lie in ... Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Shop til you drop"
Ideal location for shopping!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Excellantly located for touring all of Barcelona!!"
Clean and tidy hotel. Rooms a bit small, but then again, we only slept there so didnt need much room. Had everything we needed. Was a great location for seeing all of what Barcelona has to offer in the way of food, drink, shopping and sightseeing. Was opposite the train station and was a doddle to get to and from the airport. Would recommend this hotel […] and would return. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"nice place to stay"
hotel was good. Easy to find your way about from. Near to Zoo. Food was good and waiters helpful. Evening meals are tapas. Other types of restaurants nearby.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good spot for a weekend break"
Good location across road from train station making trip from airport very easy and much cheaper than a taxi. Neighbourhood was nice with plenty of bars/places to eat nearby but without being ripped off at tourist prices. Near to Gothic quarter and Port Vell. Could walk to Ramblas and hop on/off bus stops nearby. Hotel room was not the biggest but very […] clean with everything needed for a short break. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
room was clean and we did not have any problems with noise it was also a good size,staff were friendly and helpful,also good location with lots of bars and restaurants close by and within walking distance to lots of sightsGenuine Hotels.com guest review
THE HOTEL WAS FULL BUT THE STAFF WERE ALWAYS HELPFUL AND MADE US FEEL MOST WELCOMEGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"All round good hotel"
The location is a little away from the main parts of town however close to the beach and the old town. All round good stay and not too pricyGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Central location"
A very clean, well situated hotel- ideal . Good sized room and bathroom. Room with balcony overlooking busy main road but very little noise with doors shut. Superb location- Park Cuitadella and Zoo at end of street, bus tour stop 2 minutes away, many shops, cafes and restaurants on the doorstep. Very easy to reach hotel from airport- €3.80 train ticket, […] 4 stops, about 30 minute journey. Leave the airport via the walkway to train station get off at Passeig de Graçia- stay where you are and get on the next train ( arrives in 2 minutes) get off at next stop Estacio de França- hotel is directly opposite. An excellent location, free wifi, safe in room, clean and comfy beds. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Good struation - handy for everything in Barca"
We go to Barcalona for the cultural experience - Picasso, Joan Miro, MACBA, Tapies, MNAC etc. It is a shame there were no classical music concerts being staged while we were there - other than classical Spanish guitar. However, we ate well - avoiding city centre rip-offs - and met with kindness and gentility from the local people. Barca is one of our […] favourite places. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Excellent location for sightseeing"
A very clean, well situated hotel- ideal for families. Good sized room and bathroom. Room with balcony overlooking busy main road but very little noise with doors shut. Superb location- Park Cuitadella and Zoo at end of street, bus tour stop 2 minutes away, many shops, cafes and restaurants on the doorstep. 10 minute walk to beach, cable cars and Maremagnum […] shopping centre. Very easy to reach hotel from airport- €3.80 train ticket, 4 stops, about 30 minute journey. Leave the airport via the walkway to train station get off at Passeig de Graçia- stay where you are and get on the next train ( arrives in 2 minutes) get off at next stop Estacio de França- hotel is directly opposite. Staff were polite and efficient, didn't use restaurant so can't comment. All in all excellent location, free wifi, safe in room, clean sheets and comfy beds -no complaints! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"If we can help it, would stay somewhere else"
The best things about this hotel is its location, but when we arrived our room had sugar and chocolate on the desk and the floor wasn't very clean as you could feel lots of bits underneath your feet, couldn't walk around bare footed. The top blanket had lots of stains on it, some not that old, we asked for it to be changed and it was put in the cupboard […] with nothing to replace it. The photos all seem to be of the first floor rooms, where the corridor looked a lot nicer, the rest of the hotel was out of date and the rooms very small. The location of the hotel is great, so if you can't afford anything more than this and want to be around great resturants and just off the main tourist bit, it is great for that. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Lovely clean hotel"
Lovely hotel, great location. Blackout blinds let us have much needed sleep ins!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"great location hotel"
At arrival, the person at reception was speaking on the phone with his mate and never even acknowledged us. After a few minutes, he did hang up but was not a pleasant welcomer either. Room and bathroom were ok, apart from some hairs stuck to the walls in the bathroom. Wifi connection was rubbish, until I rang reception to complain and spoke to a very […] helpful man who sorted it out straight away, Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Good all rounder for Barcelona"
Minutes from Barceloneta metro. The room (425) had a black out screen for the window and cannot say there was ever excessive noise from outside. The wifi signal was a bit sketchy. There was a luggage room we could leave he bags on checkout day. I left a piece of jewellery in the room on check out and it was handed in to reception by housekeeping by […] the time we got back to collect the bags. Never used bar or restaurant so cannot comment on that. Overall would recommend and would stay again. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great City"
Amamzing City. Hotel was great. Fantastic locationGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great place even in the rain!"
The staff were very friendly and helpful. Although the exterior needs a make over the interior is fabulous. Spacious bathroom, comfortable bed and spotless. Great resturant and gorgeous decor thoughout. Great place to relax after you have shopped 'til you dropped!!!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice little hotel."
Superb. Good location, clean, tidy, friendly. Does what it says on the tin. Room is not huge but it doesn't claim to be either. Safe in the room, good shower, comfy bed.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Good Hotel"
Good quality hotel, clean and in reasonable location.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
The hotel is nice, perfect location for the Barceloneta area/sea front, helpful staff and the room was nice. Just one little problem with a leak in the bathroom above (so it rained in my room) but they seemed happy to sort it out quickly.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Decent hotel in heart of Barcelona"
Decent hotel in a good position. Positives : good position, clean, helpful staff Negatives : bed not very comfortable, lot of noise from street outside until around 3am, and one life a bit dodgyGenuine Expedia guest review
"location !!!"
Nice hotel in great location . Walking distance from las rambla and right in the heart of the old town. Easy travel from airport ( €26 in a taxi ) or opposite train station. Hotel is also on the red route tourist bus.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"nice central hotel"
pleasant hotel with helpfull staff clean and tidy with a good selection of food for breakfastGenuine Expedia guest review
"In Barcelona, in 1972, Colin Stein scored one..."
For our first trip to Barcelona, we were advised by friends that the Gothic Quarter was the area to stay. Based on reviews, we decided to book with Park Hotel. We couldn't have picked a better hotel in terms of location. There was an abundance of good restaurants and many lively bars within four blocks, Barceloneta Metro stop less than 5 mins walk, […] and Port Vell harbour and Parc de la Ciutadella ten mins walk away in opposite directions. The hotel itself was good value. Staff were extremely helpful and rooms always clean. The shower was one of the best and most powerful I have had in a European hotel. Minor criticism was that WiFi was quite temperamental with being able to log on - that said, it was free to guests so not a big issue. Overall, we would happily recommend Park Hotel to anyone visiting Barcelona. A great base to explore a wonderful city. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great location."
Stayed here for 4 nights in November 2012. We had a standard room which overlooked the side alley way. The room was small but clean. Fine for a couple or a single person. Maybe friends/relatives would like a bigger room. There was a large wall mounted TV, and reasonable sized bathroom. The shower was fantastic. The room was serviced everyday and kept […] v clean with all toiletries replaced. It had double glazing which did block out a lot of noise but as its a city you will still hear some city life. Inside noise was OK although we could hear phones ringing in other rooms and clattering of maids carts v occasionally. Ear plugs block this out completely for a great nights sleep. Breakfast staff were v nice and pleasant, but sadly staff on reception were pretty indifferent. They got the job of checking in and out and few directions done but with no warmth or care really. Breakfast was included for us and was fine - a selection of cooked meats, and eggs, cheeses, breads, fruits, yogurts and a nice coffee machine. It set us up for the day and was of average quality. the location was a major plus point. directly opposite Franco station and not far from the metro for v easy traveling. Located near to plenty of spa type shops, restaurants/tapas bars, and bars in the lovely gothic quarter. No problems finding anywhere to eat, or shop. And very near to tourist attractions and the beach. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Fine place"
The hotel was nice and are placed great. Got wheelchair and had a room at 7th floor (722). It had bathtub, which are a misunderstanding by many, cause a chair are easier for many disabled, but the tub are nice. The room has 2 queen size bed which I prefer when not traveling with my husband. Wi-fi wasn't great there (didn't contact them about it) […] unless the weekend. Cleaning was not the best, but again we didn't contact them. No clean glass in the 12 days we had the room :O (neither bathroom or the drinking glass). The lifts are small - the right are smallest, but a regular wheelchair can be in it. Think the width of door are about 68cm and the room a little more). Outer doors are manual - open 2 doors at once to get in/out. The breakfast was fine, and they got a ramp down to the area. The fruit was whole and not cutted, which I prefer, so I didn't eat as much of it as usual, there wasn't many changes in fruit, meat, cheese ect when we lived there. Love the location and I think that they would have changed some of the 'nots' if we had told them. Will maybe choose it again next time. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good location and very convenient for Franca stn"
The room was contemporary and a good size. Unfortunately the bedcover was stained and some of the bathroom fittings didn't work. The location is excellent for the harbour area, the older part of town and for Franca railway station (literally opposite).Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great budget price hotel in good location"
great location, friendly staff, clean rooms and great value. would reccomend!Genuine Expedia guest review
"More than I'd like to spend."
I had a good stay and had a single room so it was tiny but safe. The staff is extremely helpful and speak all languages (english, french, spanish and german). The breakfast was also yummy! I booked at the last minute and spent more than I would have liked but it was worth it. While on this trip I had friends that stayed at hotel Oasis and six rooms […] got broken into and they had stuff stolen so whatever you do don't stay there. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Ideal hotel for business or sightseeing city visit"
Appeared to be recently refurbished. Good buffet breakfast with juice, fruit, cereals, hot & cold selection, good DIY coffee machine; but very slow chain toaster. Very smart en suite with Porcelanosa fittings which were not so good to actually use. Helpful reception staff with locking cupboard for holding cases. Hotel cafe bar with pavement tables.Genuine Expedia guest review
"within walking distance to all must see sights,"
located opposite Estacio de Franca rail station, excellent hotel, we will defiantly be coming back and have told our friends as well.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice, quiet hotel"
We liked the hotel. It serves all your basic needs. It's nice and quiet, and in a good location.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Park Hotel, Barcelona"
the hotel is based in a fantastic location as it's opposite stacion Franca (only four stops from the train station platform from the airport) and based within walking distance to La Ramblas, El Born district and the Gothic quarter. The Staff at the hotel were polite, helpful and welcoming and the use of the bar below/alongside the hotel was a fresh […] option to utilise for breakfast incase you didn't want to wander too far when starting your day. overall, great value for money and great location to be based to be able to see some of the best sites in the city. Would thoroughly recommend to any visitor new or otherwise to the city and would happily stay again. 4/5* Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Excellent location for all the sights"
Overall a good hotel, comfortable room although I would have preferred a carpeted floor rather than wood effect. Very good light/sound shuttering, excellent wide screen TV, and good breakfast buffet. All good, no complaints !Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Firstly, the location of this hotel is simply the best for the Estacio de Franco train station (directly opposite) which made it an easy trip to & from airport, but it's central location also makes easy work of sight seeing, it really is as central as is possible, but wasn't noisy from either street or road. Our room was spotless, comfy and large double […] room size with excellent bathroom facilities especially the shower. A self activated safe was handy for valuables. The entrance hall, lobbies & communal areas were tastefully decorated & clean & tidy. Lifts are available, but the staircase is beautiful!! The dining room was clean tidy and generally attractive. The breakfast was more than adequate. A good continental style of cereals, fruit, breads & pastries & cooked sausages, bacon, eggs (boiled, fried, scrambled) coffe juices etc. The staff were friendly, welcoming & helped us with anything from directions, to advice on tours and were happy to supply pots of boiling water for my own tea making in the my room. They were also kind enough to look after our bags before & after check-in/out. Also kind enough to print out our boarding passes for us. All in all, this hotel served it's purpose beautifully, I wouldn't hesitate in returning and would highly recommend it. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Perfect location"
I stayed with my friend for 3 nights in Park Hotel. We had everything we needed in the room and we missed something it was not a problem as we didnt spend much time there anyway. Hotel is close to everything so we walked everywhere. 2 metro stations r close too if you need to get anywhere further or tired of walking. One minor we couldn't get AC working […] so had to keep windows opened at night which was a bit noisy because of the bar nearby. But that didn't ruin our night sleep. Staff was helpful and kept out bags locked the last day as our flights were in the evening. Nice hotel if you want to stay in the middle of everything. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"1950's character & style in great location"
Had a fantastic stay at this hotel. Well worth paying a little extra for a superior room and our balcony, on the top floor, was simply out of this world. Probably not for children, anyone unsteady on their feet or with vertigo, but rooms are available on lower floors. Our superior room was ample size, incl. kingsize bed, comfy bed settee, large bathroom […] with window and minibar. Minority of rooms have balconies, so worth asking if you want one. Don't come to this hotel expecting the latest in new-fangled designer furnishings or technology (though there is a large flatscreen TV in all rooms). However if you want a stylish 1950s design classic, refurbished by the original architect's son, worn in places but full of quirkiness and character, then this would be a good choice. It's also very well-placed on the edge of the gothic quarter, trendy El Born and close to 19th century fisherman's quarter, Barceloneta. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great stay"
Good serviceGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice hotel close to the beach."
everything was on a very good level, clean room, nice service,Genuine Expedia guest review
"Walking distance to everything"
Very comfortable hotel with good service. The restaurant is very good as the night I arrived it was pouring rain so spent time in the bar and then had dinner in the restaurant. Great tapas...!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Good hotel located in a great part of town. Many restaurants etc but not as crowded as nearer to to las rambles.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Really Nice Area"
Hotel was in a very pleasant area (in Old Town) near a Metro station, and right across the street from a train station. Room was nice, and I was even given one with a small balcony. The only issue was the shower was very small, and hot water (I mean, scalding hot) would abruptly come on at least once during a shower, so I had to be careful and try to […] dodge it that when it happened. I enjoyed staying there otherwise, though. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great Location"
My only complaint about this hotel was the lack of storage. There was not one drawer in the room and the shower - no place to put anything. No shelf so you landed up balancing soap on the shower fixture and shampoo on the floor. A little too minimalist for me.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good hotel, nice location"
The hotel was clean and the hotel desk clerk was friendly and efficient. My room was small but tidy and worked fine for a one night stay prior to departing on a cruise ship. The bed was not the most comfortable, but again, for one night it was acceptable. The surrounding area is lively with lots of sightseeing, shopping and restaurants within walking […] distance. I would stay there again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
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