This is my friend Diallo. He’ll play down everything I’ve written here, but he’s a badass talent. He’s a writer, a graphic novel creator, a web designer, and a triathlete. We met on marathon team, but right now he’s training for an Ironman Triathlon and raising money to fight cancer. He came up with this […]
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Running Against Cancer, the Golden Gate Edition
There’s a song that says “I left my heart in San Francisco,” and for me that’s true. I was a fresh faced consultant, commuting to SF on a weekly basis from Detroit. I remember taking the BART from my “home away from home” in Downtown SF, off Powell St, into the bowels of my client’s […]
Why I Run
It’s the middle of February, and I’m working on a personal goal: to run 1,000 miles in 2016. As part of that goal, I’ve been running with my friends at Team in Training (TNT), raising funds on behalf of The Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS). And training to run my first trail race in April. (This one.) It’s […]
Storytelling = Connection
Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of performing in a storytelling show in Downtown LA. The Lexington Bar is a tiny black box theater with a bar in the back. When I arrived, the room was mostly empty, except for a few folks nursing their happy hour beers into the evening, and the performing comics […]
#GivingTuesday
A little bit of philanthropy today. It’s #givingtuesday, and if you feel so inclined, I hope you donate to a cause that’s worthy and near & dear to your heart. If you need some options, let me share two that are near and dear to mine: Minds Matter of Los Angeles mentors high school students […]
Philanthropy Friday: The Road to the LA Marathon!
It might be crazy for someone to willingly get up early in the morning to pound the pavement and trails with miles of running. But for me, it’s something I love to do. I’m super grateful that I can even do this at all. (And with these fun people!) For the past 4 weeks, I’ve […]