We Did it! We Raised $33,298!
Raising $29,000 for charity: water and swimming from Alcatraz wearing nothing but my birthday suit!
Show up.
Show up. Every day, or as often as needs to be done. Figure out the schedule. Perhaps it’s once a week. It’s not about extremes. It’s not about doing a magnanimous or extraordinary thing on one singular day, or in one moment. It’s the...Do it.
If I’ve seemed a bit quiet in these parts lately, it’s because I’ve been doing a lot of writing in other parts of the interwebs, and I’d love to share them with you. Check out a few of these features: Homework, for Julien’s website In...Let’s Make It Rain. And You’re Invited.
How far would you go for clean water? (All images in this post from Charity:Water’s 2010 Haiti trip.) Updates to the Birthday Swim Campaign! I’ve got some pretty good news. So exciting, I can barely stand it. Six weeks ago we set out to raise $29,000 for...“To those I love.”
This post is in memory of my lovely, beautiful grandmother whose memorial party I had the joy of attending this past weekend. I am blessed to be surrounded by curious, fascinating, lovely family who chatter, chirp, and move like I do. We gathered to celebrate of the...Prizes, prizes, and more prizes! Donate to the water adventure and WIN BIG. Oh, and help the world.
Magic doesn’t happen without a whole lotta hustle. With the start of a dream, you put your thoughts to the world, you whisper a promise, you believe that something is possible—and then you get out there and you chase it. On July 12, I opened my big mouth and made a...The Proust Questionnaire
On wandering and lost conversations. Do you have a minute to wander? How about an hour to stop, pause, reflect, and think? Take notebook, some scratch paper, a word-document (if you’re brave, and can trust yourself not to wander over to the vast glorious...“What I Do”
Option 1: Landscape Architect, Explorer What do I do? I never know how to answer this question. Do I start with swimming? Architecture? Writing? All of the people and things and quirks I love about San Francisco? My incessant love of traveling? I’m never sure...Why You Have to Ask
What happens when you don’t ask? Well, one thing’s for certain: You won’t find out. So, ask. Say what you want. Often you can’t get what you want until you put yourself out there.