By Becky Larson, SacMidtown.com It’s been said with age comes wisdom. I think in most aspects of life this saying can be found truthful. I feel wiser in my professional life now than I did when I first stepped into the workforce after college. I feel wiser about my financial choices and even most of [...]
By Carlyn Spangler, SacMidtown.com Alone…a word many of us are scared of. The word “alone” can conjure up many feelings or images, such as peaceful, quiet, dark or cold. No one wants to go through life in solitude. We long for that partner to hold our hand through the darkness and lead us into the [...]
By Carlyn Spangler, SacMidtown.com A rose can symbolize many things: love, promise and hope. For the women on the Bachelor, it symbolizes an idea that they can end up with the love of their life. A little dramatic? Perhaps, but that is the basis of the ABC reality show, The Bachelor. I am a guilty [...]
By Carlyn Spangler, SacMidtown.com The commercial for online dating sites love to broadcast the phrase “1 in 5 relationships begin online.” This phrase make you wonder as to why relationships are now beginning in the “viral world” as opposed to face-to-face. I remember the days in school when if you liked someone in your class, [...]
By Becky Larson, SacMidtown.com Just when it felt like we would never see the sun again, spring is finally in the air and long summer nights are on their way. It’s time for Midtowners to come out of hibernation and bust out the tank tops, BBQs and baseball. One highlight of the warmer weather we [...]
By Becky Larson, SacMidtown.com How often do you meet a Midtowner whose mother’s cousin’s wife works with you? Or whose father’s best friend dated your mom back in high school? Forget six degrees of separation. In Midtown, it’s more like two degrees at best. This is part of the reason we love it here and [...]
By Carlyn Spangler, SacMidtown.com Me, myself, and I … in the end, that is what we are left with. We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and hold ourselves accountable for the decisions we have made. When it comes to relationships, many of the choices we initially make are with good intentions. We [...]
By Frances Macias-Phillips, SacMidtown.com 19 days from today, I am getting married. And that means it’s officially time to get excited. So this past weekend my fiancé and I marked the time-honored traditions of bachelor and bachelorette parties. I am opposed the basic premise of these types of parties. I generally think of them as [...]
By Carlyn Spangler, SacMidtown.com Knight, cowboy, quarterback, hero … someone who will defeat evil, score the winning touchdown or ride off into the sunset with you. These things have been culturally ingrained into our minds since Cinderella met Prince Charming at the ball. We search and search for the hero, someone to save us from [...]
The physical address book deemed the “little black book” may still exist at the bottom of a drawer in your closet somewhere. But as our lives have moved from sharing contacts and information via the written form, to typing the information digitally, the little black book continues to collect dust.
