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08 Mar 2010

This Is What 40 Looks Like

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

There’s a terrific post over at Women Grow Business today on “the incredible disappearing woman” by Liz Scherer, one of WGB’s regular contributors. As editor of WGB, you could accuse me of being biased, and I suppose that would be understandable… though not, IMHO, accurate, but that’s neither here nor there.

When I read through Liz’ post, these words of Gloria Steinem when told she didn’t look 40, as relayed by Mollie Katzen, struck a particular chord with me:

“This is what 40 looks like.”

What an incredibly empowering phrase.

I celebrated […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 8, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: 40th birthday, ageism, empowering women, gloria steinem, liz scherer, london, mollie katzen, Women Grow Business|14 Comments

04 Mar 2010

In Perpetual Motion: Reflections On a 2.0 Vacation

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

That’s me coming out of a London phone booth on Heddon Street last week. If any David Bowie fans are reading this, they’re nodding their heads; and if the rest of you are scratching your noggins wondering what I’m going on about, here’s why Heddon Street is legendary to Ziggy Stardust fans, of whom my husband is king (and therefore, by association, am I queen).

In perpetual motion

You’re also probably wondering why I chose a photo that’s a bit fuzzy to illustrate this post. I did so because it captures me in motion, and […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 4, 2010|Categories: Personal, Social Media|Tags: abbaworld, bryce keane, david bowie, elvis, heddon street, howard riefs, kristin wadge, london, richard bagnall, russell pearson, sheema siddiqui, Social Media, tom aikens, vacation, ved sen|11 Comments

06 Feb 2010

That’s a Lotta Snow: #snowmageddon 2010

Estimated Reading Time: 53 seconds

Didn’t think you’d manage to escape another #snowmageddon-dogs video, didja?

To set the stage, though (remember I used to be in the theater business), here’s what our deck (which is what the kitchen door opens out onto, and the way we get into our backyard, and where the dogs… you know…) looked like this morning around 7 am EST, followed by Lola Elizabeth (don’t you know bassets always, ALWAYS, must have middle names) looking out of the window longingly. And once you’ve had a gander at the photos (more here), do enjoy […]

By Shonali Burke|Feb 6, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: #snOMG, burke dogs, dogs in snow, john burke, lola, snowmageddon, suzy|7 Comments

05 Feb 2010

Snowmageddon’s Upon Us!

Estimated Reading Time: 50 seconds

I took this video of my dogs the last time we had “snowmageddon” in the DC area, just before Christmas. That wasn’t even two months ago (dear Zeus, if you’re reading this, I’ve had enough, thank you).

I never got around to posting it the last time, though a few of my Twitter friends enjoyed it – and this time around it seems it’ll snow for quite a while before we can enjoy another canine romp through the white stuff.

Until then, for your viewing pleasure, here you go (and check out those abs on Lola the basset). […]

By Shonali Burke|Feb 5, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: #snOMG, basset, dogs in snow video, lola, snowmageddon|0 Comments