Category Archives: DAILY LIFE

life illustrated, npr gets down & true/false film

We launched  a new segment called ‘Life Illustrated’ on Weekend TODAY this Sunday, collecting photos from viewers about memorable moments in their lives, and I spent most of the morning scrolling through the amazing photos viewers posted with the hashtag #mylifeTODAY (there’s a post about it here). There have already been some really amazing photos [...]

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christmas cheer

In some ways I feel like I missed the “holiday season” this year — I crammed all my shopping in last week and just got around to baking Christmas cookies on Thursday. But this morning I all of a sudden snapped into the spirit and couldn’t be more excited to head home to Illinois tomorrow [...]

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chrismukkah-time is here…and so is The Tree

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, how busy 30 Rock gets with thee… yes, the crowds at Rockefeller Plaza get insane starting with the day the tree is lit, but I’ve come to the conclusion (only after spending one full holiday season here, sure, but still) that it’s definitely worth it. That tree is beautiful. [...]

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mash-up roundup 2011

I have no shame when it comes to what I consider “good” music. I don’t discriminate regardless of genre or target age demographic or overexposure… if it makes me dougie in my cube at work or belt out lyrics in the driver’s seat or alienate people around me as I get a little too “into [...]

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sugar & a soundtrack: quick apple crisp + noah & the whale

Autumn’s apple-picking season… right? To be 100% honest, I probably haven’t gone apple picking since I was ten (tack that on to a neverending list of fall-centric activities I haven’t done as much I’d like — hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, etc. etc)… but I have gone apple, um, shopping. And there’s nothing quite like [...]

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M-I-Z: 100 years of Homecoming (and how to tune in even if you can’t ‘come home’)

It’s been 100 years since Mizzou’s then-athletic-director Charles Brewer invited alumni to “come home,” sparking more school spirit and perhaps unknowingly starting a tradition that would spread like wildfire. Mizzou Homecoming is like nothing else — it’s a week (or more) of events and decorations and shows and parties and black and gold everywhere — [...]

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