January 2012
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Weekly Dish... what's on your plate?
With New Year’s Eve, expiring gift certificates, and friends visiting from outta town… well.. I was out and about a LOT this week.
On New Year’s Eve, I had to hit up the South End Library and swing by Pure Hair, so of course, I went to Myers+Chang (@myersandchang) for dim sum. Ok, ok… let’s be real, I based my errands around going to M+C. ;) Braised pork belly buns,...
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Dating and unrealistic expectations...
Saw a tweet from Thomas Edwards (via Chad Ochocinco) today asking his followers if romantic movies give women unrealistic expectations and ruin relationships. I’m on both sides of the fence.
As a single lady, a part of me sees these movies and wonders, will I ever meet a guy that gives a damn? In movies, you see men buy fields of flowers or even travel through hell for a woman … but...
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Some things that happened in 2011...
I quit my full-time job with nothing lined up because… well, I wanted to be a bit selfish this year and do something I loved as opposed to just doing something I was good at
I realized that wanting to find a job you love isn’t being selfish or silly ;)
I got into a magazine for being single (See ma? Some folks appreciate it… haha)
The news filmed me meeting one of my...
December 2011
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Sneak in some end of the year good juju...
… and donate a couple bucks (or more if you can afford it), to some really awesome organizations in your neighborhood.
I’ve been getting a lot of end of the year newsletters from non-profits that I’ve been involved with in some way and since I can’t donate to all of them, I’m hoping some folks out there can! Pass this along and make sure to donate before midnight on...
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Boston Python Workshop for n00bs
Funny enough, I first heard about the free Boston Python workshop for women from Tuan Pham. While this particular workshop of theirs is geared towards women, men are welcome as guests of female attendees (he snuck in with Abby Fitchner… heh). I’ve been trying to wrap my head around programming by using sites like Code Academy, not to become a coder myself ( I heard somewhere that...
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It happened one tweet... (or, how I ended up...
My boss, Dave, always tells me that our memories change each time we recall them. That could be true and my memory might be going… but… tweets are forever. This is the story about how I got my job at Vsnap.
I first heard about the pay-it-forward networking event, Ruby Riot (nothing to do with Rails), from Jake Cacciapaglia (Runkeeper).
Thanks to my incredibly supportive network, I...
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Save the date...
Nope, this probably isn’t the Save the Date that you’re used to or that my mom insists is coming soon.
January 31, 2012 - My birthday slash the first fundraiser in the Benefits For Brains series. Mark it. I’ll be doing my first triathlon this summer and raising money for the Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology Department. I’ve got my letters of endorsement from MGH,...
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November 2011
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thankful for swing sets…
belly laughs…
fleece blankets right out of the dryer…
orchids…
music…
“just go”…
Flour Bakery…
a job I really like where I learn something new every day…
the roof over my head…
and of course the friends and family that accept me for being a sap sometimes. heh
Thankful for...
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The Politics of Thank You
(took this shot on my way home from work tonight)
If you follow my work life at all, you know that my company Vsnap has launched a campaign called Vthankyou. For every video message of thanks to our veterans that’s sent to vthankyou@vsnap.com via Vsnap, $5 will go to the Wounded Warrior Project. To be honest… I was slightly hesitant about this project at first, but in the end I...
October 2011
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So you wanna be an entrepreneur?
en·tre·pre·neur/ˌäntrəprəˈno͝or/
Noun:
A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
A promoter in the entertainment industry.
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneur)
I didn’t have a lemonade stand growing up, but I did try a few businesses. I tried to sell my art (watercolor and the stuff I did at those paint me...
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Legacy
I took this photo outside the Apple store on Boylston Street the day after Steve Jobs passed away. It was a small start in the crazy string of tributes that happened across the nation that week. I’m not a total Apple fan girl. I do love my Mac, but I have an almost equal love for my Droid. I guess what really hit me about Steve’s passing was his legacy. The fact that people left...
August 2011
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From my company blog: Take Vsnap For a Test Drive
» And yes… that’s me in the pictures. ;)
vsnap:
by Trish Fontanilla, Community Manager at Vsnap
The rumors are true, our site is live and ready for you to play with. However, you will notice from our front page to our terms of service, we’re still in our test phase (or as Dave likes to call it, our MVP). But for those of you early adopters and the...
July 2011
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July 26, 2011 - I guess a lil bit of a personal...
I feel like a bucket of lame for not posting in over a month. Not because y’all are terribly interested in the minutia of my life, but because I’ve encountered some incredible people/companies/things in the past month and I feel like blogging has given me a way to say thank you to those folks. And well, I haven’t really been saying thank you as much as I’d like!...
June 2011
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A lil bit of celebration...
Popped into Modern Pastry for some cannoli and some of these guys. After a tweet asking what they’re called, I got a mix of people saying rainbow cakes and some saying rainbow cookies. Either way, the ones at MP are perfect.
On a recommendation from my friend Liz, I stopped by the North End Fish Market (aka Mercato del Mare, @northendfish). They’ve got a variety of fish cuts, but...
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#CharityTuesday Roundup - June 14th
Skipped and jumped a week with #CharityTuesday because I’ve been on a bit of a volunteer bender. I started my new gig today (post soon!) and so I wanted to get in a few volunteer trips before things got super hectic. During the last couple weeks I worked the registration table at AIDS Walk Boston (@aidswalkboston), did a bit of painting at the Mary Lyon School on Tech Gives Back Day...
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#CharityTuesday roundup - May 31st
Busy week already so let’s just jump right in…
* Tuesday, June 7th - Thursday, June 9th * The 29th Annual Scooper Bowl to benefit The Jimmy Fund (@TheJimmyFund). As if you needed another reason to eat ice cream, now you can eat (as much as you want) for a good cause! The hours each day are 12-8PM. Adults are $8, kids ages 3-9 are $4, and all the munchkins under 3 are free. If...
May 2011
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Well that didn't happen...
(taken by me… popped up in Brookline last week)
I got offered a job last Friday, so naturally I thought it might be the end of the world. Turns out it wasn’t and I will be staying in Boston. I’ll report back with more info once things are completely settled. :)
(Sorry for no #charityTuesday post this week… craziness!)
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#CharityTuesday Roundup - May 17th
(Photo taken by me at the Avon Walk Boston 2011 this past Sunday. Every 3 minutes, someone is diagnosed with breast cancer… so every 3 minutes, day and night because cancer doesn’t sleep, someone on the walk was given a sash like this one.)
Did you know that in Massachusetts the estimated dollar value of volunteer time is $26.18 (in 2009… the national average was $21.36 in...
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#CharityTuesday Roundup - May 10th
(pic I took over by the riverway before the rain knocked off the flowers)
I’m hoping for some good weather this weekend… 1) Because isn’t the saying, April showers bring May flowers? 2) It’s Avon Walk weekend! My first brush with the walk as a volunteer was in 2003 and I ended up doing the walk in Long Beach in 2007. If you’ve got some time this weekend, you should...
A funny thing happened on my way to the save...
Kinda felt like that red tulip a couple weeks ago. I wrote a post to accompany this picture (which I took at the Boston Public Garden on Saturday)… but the internet decided to delete it. The Cliffs Notes? Last week was amazing and Boston won me over, so I decided I’m staying til June. The NYC vs Boston battle over my residency will be hashed out again at the end of May. It’s...
April 2011
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(Weekender) When I see TGIF in my feed...
… I feel a little like it’s 1990, but it also tips me off that it’s Friday. Unemployment/freelancing has turned every day into a Tuesday. Or two days before a deadline. Or something. This Sunday marks the start of May and holy balls, there are a lot of events this weekend. Been tweetin’ all week about these but I figured I’d write them down just to keep my head...
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#CharityTuesday Roundup - April 26th
Another week, another roundup. :)
I’ll be bopping around town this weekend… helping at the Bacon & Beer Festival (sadly sold out, but benefits Lovin’ Spoonfuls, Community Servings, and Share our Strength) Saturday morning then off to Dash for a Difference with Boston Cares (@BostonCares) in the afternoon. On Sunday, I’ll be at the Walk for Hunger (@WalkForHunger) as...
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#CharityTuesday Roundup - April 19th
Wow, it’s been awhile… but instead of making excuses, I should probably just launch into the nitty gritty huh?
Spring means a lot of things, one of them being the Boston Marathon. This year I knew far too many folks running it and while I’m super proud of them, being unemployed means not being able to give as much as I’d love to… so why not pass along their...
February 2011
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#CharityTuesday Roundup - February 22nd
(This burger picture will make sense in a few paragraphs)
Hey hey… hope folks are having a good week thus far.
For those of you out there that aren’t familiar with Twitter, there’s this hashtag (aka… a keyword that makes topics easier to search… when you click on it, you see all the tweets/posts that include that hashtag) called #charityTuesday. People often post...
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Balls
It’s been a little over a month since I quit my full time job. I’ve gotten plenty of reactions to my decision. Most of them positive… you go girl and whatnot. There has been a percentage of… you’ve got balls, why would you quit your job in this economy?
Well folks of the latter mindset, this blog is for you.
Last October, my boss called me into her office for a...
January 2011
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Just realized that if you change themes, Tumblr erases all of your comments. Awesomesauce.
December 2010
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August 2010
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Restaurant Week Tips and Trips
Ah, Restaurant Week is here again. I often feel that there’s far too much debating and not enough eating. So without further delay here are some Trish tips:
-I know it’s already into Restaurant Week in Boston, but if you’ve been meaning to go to a restaurant for awhile, reserve as soon as you hear the RW dates. Prime times like 12PM and 6PM are generally the first times to get...
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THERE ARE NO STRAWS...
Many moons ago, my very first job was at a theme restaurant. I guess you could also say we were an entertainment emporium catering towards small children with an affinity for human sized rodents and their parents who had lackluster birthdays growing up. Because our target audience were the vertically challenged who could barely see over the counters, many of our signs were in very large font....