Jackie Danicki

Yeah, WOW, you are such a bad liar.
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Okay, let’s count the many ways that this New York Times story chapped my hide.
1) If you don’t have a job and want one, your full-time job is looking for work. If you have “zero planned, not a thing” on your calendar, then you need to plan to be looking for employment.
2) If you’re […]

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It’s not really Oasis without Noel, and the whole fighting Gallagher brothers thing got old about 14 years ago. One of the greatest nights of my life was when I drove six hours to Detroit as a teenager to see this band, and it was easily the best live concert I’ve ever seen. (I don’t […]

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I tried to keep my expectations of this movie low, but failed miserably. Though I didn’t hate the film, I was disappointed and wouldn’t bother to watch it again. (Zooey Deschanel is horribly miscast, it’s too long, and the overall message is totally lacking inspiration.) That said, I was blown away by how cute Joseph […]

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I seem to be surrounded by people who are much younger than I am: At work, I have at least five years on almost everyone in the company. Thank goodness our co-founders are in their decrepit 40s!
Sometimes, I’ll reference something that no one else in the room has any clue about, and from time to […]

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Thanks to Ben Casnocha for this, which reminds me of words I remember every day, even though I forget their source: You have to take maximum pleasure from the little things, from the small moments, because there just aren’t enough big, heart-burstingly joyous events in life to keep you happy. So true.

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I’ve been getting some much needed relaxation outside of work for the last month or so, which has made me more slow than usual to respond to personal emails. On the one hand, I feel bad about this. On the other hand, I’m enjoying myself so much that it’s dawning on me just how much […]

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I took these pictures last November at a private party I was lucky enough to attend. First, Lionel Richie sang and played piano for us, then DJ AM spun until well after 2 in the morning. It was the best such party I’ve ever attended. Adam was amazing, mashing up the most unexpected tracks and […]

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Me + Robert Avrech outside our usual haunt, the splendid Pico Kosher Deli:

Brunch with the most sane people I know in LA, Debbie and Morgan Gendel:

Sign outside a Beverly Hills jewelry store:

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My best friend’s baby (aged 10.5 months) took her first steps, and luckily the occasion was captured on video. I can’t tell you how much I love watching this:

What follows is totally unoriginal, the sort of thing everyone says, but: I always knew that I would love any baby of Karri’s, but I had […]

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David Rensin totally surprised me on Friday night by coming to the LA Press Club:

Then Jeremy Pepper took me to Canter’s after I hadn’t eaten for nine hours:

Kelly Wearstler did an amazing job designing the Avalon Hotel, where suites are sold as rooms and everything is practical and aesthetically pleasing. I love staying here!

All roads […]

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What a massive contribution she made to the cause of freedom. The world would be much poorer - in every sense of the word - had she never lived and worked so tirelessly to raise so many out of poverty.
There are no YouTube clips of Rose that I could find, but this one of her […]

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I don’t eat wheat flour anymore, and before that often shunned carbs, so I’m used to ordering burgers without buns. But the burgers and gluten-free buns at Friedman’s Lunch in Chelsea Market, NYC, are the stuff of culinary dreams. Every time I am here, I have to go at least once…usually more than that. I […]

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