I didn’t always love coffee. When I was in my early 20’s I didn’t like the taste one bit. But when I started my first job at Ogilvy & Mather Public Relations in the mid-eighties and had to get up early, I acquired a taste for it. Now, nearly 30...
Can You Be Happily Married? Here’s Some Tips! #SwifferEffect
It always amazes me to talk with couples who have been married 40+ years. My parents were married for 50 years and although they had their ups and downs, they were happy. My in-laws were also married nearly 50 years and they too seem to be happily married. With the...
My Long Beach, NY Photos Appeared in the #SonyStore in Roosevelt Field!
I love everything tech. As soon as a new device becomes available (and if it's Apple related), I'm in the market to buy it. Recently Sony reached out to me. I'm not quite sure how they found me, but I'm glad they did. They offered me a Sony NEX-5R camera...
How’s Your Management Style? More like Kirk or Picard?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was originally posted on October 8, 2008. In celebration of HilaryTopper.com's fifth anniversary, this post is a re-post from HilaryTopper.com. Please be sure to comment to be eligible to win a prize pack at the end of the month! Thanks for reading! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was in...
Chevy, Oreos and All Other SXSW Sponsors Need To Rethink Their Strategy…
After spending this past weekend at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, I had some suggestions for the sponsors: 1) Chevy -- I loved the idea of having all the new Chevy vehicles at the conference. I even loved having the opportunity to test drive the Volt, Chevy's newest all electric...
Will Sensors Control Us and Our Future?
South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive has been filled with old concepts re-defined and new ideas about the future. Interestingly, futurist, Josh Clark, and former Vice President, Al Gore, talked about what’s likely to happen in the future, specifically addressing sensors and how they will be used. One of the examples...
Wegmans… Wegmans… Wegmans…
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This was originally posted on March 5, 2009. In celebration of HilaryTopper.com's fifth anniversary, this post is a re-post from HilaryTopper.com. Please be sure to comment to be eligible to win a prize pack at the end of the month! Thanks for reading! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Have you ever heard...
Hair and Spirituality…
This post was first published in HilaryTopper.com in 2011. This is the first of many repeats during the month in celebration of our fifth annivesary! ----------------------------------- I'm one of those people who believe that things happen for a reason and that when someone enters your life, even if it's for...
On Being Positive…
I love meeting positive people. When I meet them, I can feel their aura, their positive energy. Unfortunately, there are not many of these positive people. I remember growing up, my mother used to call these people “polyanna’s” or “phonies.” She used to tell me that they had their head...
It Had To Happen Around the Holidays?
With the Christmas holiday approaching, I went to TJ Maxx to buy a few things. As I was walking around, I saw two young girls between the ages of 8 and 10. They were adorable and they were buying presents for their parents. As one little girl wheeled the cart,...