The Latest, from Capital Style Staging

I’m stuck in a corporate career....wait; let’s start again...I’m stuck in year EIGHT of needing to maintain a corporate paycheck.  Yes, that’s better; more to the point, really.  So I began squirreling away tiny tidbits of money for my emotional and creative rainy day, which by the way, began to...

For me, there's always a tightrope to walk.  Unlike the professional tight rope walkers, I get better at this as I age.  I'm not sure there are many 50 year old "real walkers" out there, but I could be dead wrong.  As a parent, I constantly wonder if I said too much or too little.  Did I speak to...

PREAMBLE:  My Mother My mother was born in 1918, oldest daughter of a hard-working German family in Pennsylvania coal country.  Money was scarce for all, even though entire families, down to the youngest of the children, contributed to their family's survival.  Still, there was always time for s...

A Channel girl, I'm not.....trust me.  But I was a model in 7th grade, mostly because I was 5'9 and hadn't yet broken 100 pounds.  That experience taught me to stand up straight, but it didn't last more than a few years.  High school dances are tough on the posture of Amazons.  But I digress.Bein...

Ask anyone in the business where it is, and they’ll draw the line for you..  The problem:  the line is in the sand.  Tides are high, the wind is picking up, and everything shifts....all the time.  The line keeps moving.    I’ve been criticized (not harshly), corrected (at length), and, uh.....sq...

1.  IntroductionAt a cocktail party, you hear about Active Rain from an associate.  You wonder about the stupid name, but decide to investigate; hey, looks cool.  You receive an invitation from your friend, but you're a busy professional, so you ignore it.   They send it again, so you join, and s...

FORGOTTEN!  I get the limitations on posting and commenting.  I get the 10 words, the 50 words, the 10/day, and the 10/week.  I also get the posting to five groups only.  HOWEVER...I see posts in many more groups than five and don't understand how this happens.  Not everything I have to say is wo...

In our vigilance to protect business profits, we all look for the best value in inventory.  For some, this means buying high quality pieces that will hold up over time, returning the greatest rental totals.  For others it means "recycling" by finding deals in bargain basements, thrift stores and ...

For years I've subscribed to Debra Lynn Dadd's free newsletter on healthy, green living.  In this morning's issue I see she's moving!  Well....let's see....do I know any Realtors in Florida or California?  Might they have time to follow up on a lead?  Let's see!  With Debra being such a guru on g...

Okay, everyone here knows about bamboo flooring, out-gassing from chemically-treated fabrics and carpet, and denim as wall insulation, or if not, there are dozens of websites dedicated to fixing that, so that’s not what this blog is about, deep intake of breath. This is about thinking green, and ...