I love Passover. The Jewish holiday is meaningful, joyous and delicious. I look forward all year long to the celebration around the table with friends and family. What’s not to love about a dinner that lasts all evening and ends with the poignant words “next year in Jerusalem.” It is always a memorable night. So [...]
Archive for March, 2009
30 Minute Seder
Posted: March 30, 2009 in Children, Judaism, Media, Middle East, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Religion, WomenTags: Blackberry, Elijah, Haggadah, IPhone, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, New York Times Magazine, passover, Seder
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Slum Tourism
Posted: March 28, 2009 in Business, Global Poverty, News, News and Views, Poverty, TravelTags: brazil, Favela Tours, Ode Magazine, Poorism, rio de janeiro, Rocinha, Slum Tourism
Check out Ode Magazine for my story on slum tourism or “poorism” as it is sometimes called. This is my first magazine article and it came as a result of stories I introduced on my blog. Thanks to all for reading. http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/62/slum-tours/ For more information about Vicky Collins visit http://www.teletrendstv.com
Columbine Revisited
Posted: March 21, 2009 in Children, Colorado, Education, Media, Movies, News, News and Views, School ViolenceTags: 1999, Andrew Robinson, anniversary, April 20, April Showers, Boulder, Cassie Bernall, Clement Park, Colorado, Corey DePooter, Craig Scott, Daniel Mauser, Daniel Rohrbaugh, Darrell Scott, Dave Saunders, Germany, Isaiah Schoels, John Tomlin, Kelly Fleming, Kent State, Kyle Velasquez, Lauren Townsend, Littleton, Matt Kechter, NBC News, Rachel Scott, Rachel's Challenge, school shooting, School Violence, Steve Curnow, Virginia Tech
Has it been 10 years already? The anniversary of the deadly shooting at Columbine High School is less than a month away and as I dive back in to the story I’m flooded with memories of that Tuesday. I haven’t really thought about Columbine much over the last few years, except on the painful occasions when [...]
Tech Support
Posted: March 12, 2009 in Business, Computers, Random Thoughts, TechnologyTags: Computers, Hewlett Packard, Manila, Philippines, Qwest, Tech support, wireless
It was a daunting problem. How to get the laptop to talk via wireless to the new HP All-In-One printer. It had worked before but suddenly nothing. I spent a couple hours on the problem a week ago. My husband did the same. He told me to return the printer. It didn’t work and was [...]
Grateful Traveler
Posted: March 4, 2009 in Africa, Global Poverty, Media, Natural Disasters, News, Poverty, Travel, WomenTags: Aspen Food and Wine Classic, BeadforLife, Grateful Traveler, Jamie Simons, kampala, NBC, Peter Greenberg, Today Show, Uganda
I recently got to know a fabulous freelance writer named Jamie Simons who writes the Grateful Traveler article for Peter Greenberg’s blog. Peter Greenberg is the travel expert who is a frequent guest on NBC’s Today Show. I met him a couple years ago when I was producing for him at the Aspen Food and [...]
