Manifest Destiny: Preparing for the Journey

Planning a 5-day, cross country road trip–on MY budget–has been no easy task, but thanks to The Internets, I’ve found some useful tools for vacay planning:

Memo to VH1: Gloria Steinem and Maxim Do Not Mix

I read the other day that marketers are starting to get smarter about when and where they advertise on TV. I think it’s a stretch to say that The Godfather will make you want to run out and buy olive oil, but I think it’s true that the inverse could be even more effective—or ineffective, [...]

Manifest Destiny – Prelude

The day I turned 19, my house in Southern California, where I had spent the last 14 years of my life, was in boxes. I remember lying on my belly on the twin bed in the spare room, adjacent to my own bedroom, looking out the front window onto the street, as I usually did [...]