If you are trying to come up with a festive theme for your upcoming New Year's Eve Party, consider a Great Gatsby New Year's Eve Party! The Great Gatsby era was all about decadence, over the top parties and speakeasy bars; a combination perfectly suited to New Year's Eve celebrations of all sizes! INVITATION The first step when planning your Great Gatsby New Year's Eve Party is the invitation. According to the website TinyPrints, the invitation is the best way to communicate to your guests what it is that you are celebrating and what the event is all about. Be clear on your invitation what the theme is and if you want guests to participate in the theme, such as dressing in Great Gatsby attire. Plan to mail the invitation approximately four to six weeks prior to the … [Read more...]
Must See One-Woman Show: MotherStruck!
(Disclosure) I participated in the MotherStruck! blog program as a member of the One2One Network. I received compensation, but all opinions are my own. Recently a dear friend of mine invited me to join her to see the one-woman show MotherStruck! written and performed by poet and LBGT Activist, Staceyann Chin, directed by Cynthia Nixon and produced by Rosie O'Donnell with NYC Culture Project. Having never attended a one-woman/person show, I was unsure what to expect. The show sets forth Staceyann Chin’s personal journey to motherhood as a single woman, lesbian, and activist who does not have health insurance or a “serious, stable financial setup,” but wants to have a child. Told through Chin’s uniquely personal and poetic lens, this solo show explores how the process changed her life and … [Read more...]
5 Secrets Successful People Don’t Tell You
By Dr. Sharon Ufberg from Elevate GenY It’s common knowledge that successful people are hardworking and determined. And we can all imagine that they create lots of regular habits to facilitate their success . But what, specifically, are they doing that ensures their success? Below are the critical ways that the most successful people make sure they become and stay a success story: 1. They don’t spend time on stuff they’re not good at doing Bakers bake, speakers speak and writers write. They do not spend their days doing spreadsheets or accounting. One of the best ways to get ahead is to spend your time on the things that you’re best at (which will be the activities that produce real results) and shift and outsource the other stuff to someone else with that expertise. 2. They … [Read more...]
