Seek the unique.

Believe it or not, this photo was taken in Oakland, California. Yep, there is an authentic gondola, piloted by an authentic Italian, available for passage on Lake Merritt. Recently my beau and I set up an outdoor picnic in the Bonsai Garden near the...

Failure is not a dirty word.

Maya Stein, poet, writer, teacher, feral hairdresser, and chef, joins us as our guest at Happy Hour today at 12n PST. Below is a snippet of conversation from our Lively Conversation, Drive into Your Dreams, with Maya. And below that, a poem of hers...

Pocket Instructions.

This post comes courtesy of Lisa King, a new friend I met at Happy Hourlast week. (Isn’t the Internet wonderful sometimes?) I visited Lisa’s blog and loved so many of the things I discovered there. One of my favorite parts of Lisa’s site...

Come as you are.

It’s Monday again. That means Happy Hour for us at Simply Celebrate. Hope you’ll join us. This week we’re inviting everyone to “come as you are.” This theme was born out of my crabbiness of the last week. I kept trying everything I...

Sweating It Out Past the Doubt

Simply Celebrate September Newsletter 2010 By Sherry Richert Belul I’m trying to write about creativity and am having a meta moment. You see, I want to believe that we simply invite creativity in, as if it were like sending out a whimsical invitation, setting...