Growing Bolder Community

Recently my roommate broke up with his girlfriend. They have been an on-again off-again couple for a little while – but when I saw the UHaul truck pull up – I knew it was serious. She had never lived at the condo – so I found it near-amazing that she had invested so much into our little condo. At this moment – the living room is empty. No couch. No table. Bits of sand are the only things...

When I moved to Orlando from New Jersey, my old friends from up there came up with the idea that we would have an annual party, like The Big Chill movie. All (or most of my good friends) would meet every summer at the beach house in Beach Haven, NJ. My best friend, Stewart Bacheler's, parents owned it, so we never had to worry about finding a place. Every year, each of us would take turns with the...

By: Camilla McGuinn MACWORLD 2010-GEEKS COMMUNICATINGDuring the early hours of January 27th, we watched from our balcony as the Queen Victoria glided through the fog under the Golden Gate Bridge for its maiden port call in San Francisco at Pier 35.After one last meal a Table 18, goodbyes were said to the staff and to our new friends, then we caught a taxi to the Nob Hill condo we had...

Today is the first Saturday in the third month of the year 2011. The past month was filled with filing the tax return, reading so many contracts that I felt like I should have gone to law school and unpacking suitcases. I woke up remembering that we always called the last day of the week “creative Saturday.” Our travels have kept us away from my desk for so long, that notes were coming in from...

There was a mouse in my stove, and this time I vowed "no mercy!" Yeah, right. Like we haven't...

I don't leave home much. I rarely travel, in fact, I rarely go out except to shop. That may seem...