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Looking within the Kaleidoscope:
Mixing up Philanthropy from Coast to Coast

Saturday, May 4th, 2013
by on Living Around

The Kaleidoscope Ball was held recently in Los Angeles at the elegant and historical Beverly Hills Hotel. For an inaugural event, it was very well

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Steve

The Agony and the Ecstasy of a Call for Action

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
by on Playing Around

Caveat: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs isn’t really about Steve Jobs. Oh sure, he’s mentioned. There’s a comparatively brief slice of Mike

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Georgette

Woman Around Town: Georgette Mosbacher–Country Girl

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
by on Woman Around Town

Highland, Indiana seems a long way from Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. But after talking with Georgette Mosbacher, CEO of Borghese Cosmetics and Republican fundraiser, one gets

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And A Star Appeared: Books By And About Luminaries

Saturday, December 17th, 2011
by on Reading Around

We all love the stars. We read about them, we listen to them sing, we eagerly watch them on TV and in films. This year,

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Gifts for Him

Saturday, December 10th, 2011
by on Shopping Around

For the men in your life-fathers, brothers, nephews, husbands, lovers, associates…some of you have too many, some too few (why is that?!) but all of

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Celebrating Adoption

Saturday, November 19th, 2011
by on Living Around

Adoption is a hot topic these days. After his death and the release of his biography, Steve Jobs has become the most famous adoptee in

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Success

In Praise of Failure

Saturday, November 5th, 2011
by on Living Around

“The man who’s been beaten is worth two who haven’t.” Russian Proverb I never thought I’d find myself quoting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in

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Putting a Ding in the Universe*: Mission Accomplished

Sunday, October 9th, 2011
by on Living Around

The year was 1992 (or was it 1993?). I was five. Ish. My parents had just bought my brother’s first computer. I know it was

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