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n my way to the office to write this editor’s note, I stopped in at a supermarket to buy a Powerball ticket. The jackpot is $145 million. As Dorothy Parker once said, “I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.”
I mention Parker (who, you might say, paved the way for the women of Saturday Night Live, by proving that women can hold their own against men in the humor department) for a reason. The women of MAKING BREAD recently sat around the same Round Table in New York’s Algonquin Hotel where Parker and other great writers of the 1920’s held court regularly. We were gathered there to hold our own brainstorming session, sharing martinis and Cosmopolitans and ideas, and trying mightily to live up to Parker’s wit.
A lot
has been written about the symbolic power of the circle. The power of all
of those wonderful women gathered around that table, contributing their
talents to make MAKING BREAD a success, was
palpable. The odds of starting a magazine without the support of a
mega-million-dollar
media company behind you are about as good as my odds
of winning the lottery tonight. But, listening to the
enthusiastic voices of everyone
at that table that day, sharing their money stories, their
advice and strategies for making MAKING BREAD’s
bread “rise,” I was
convinced that the odds-makers wouldn’t call us a long shot. If you have a
dream,
One of the best money stories that I’ve heard lately is the story of Elin Danien—a woman who got so much satisfaction out of going back to school to get her college degree that she started a scholarship fund to help other midlife women do the same. “Feel Like a School Girl Again,” written by Elizabeth Kaminsky, describes why Danien started the “Bread Upon the Waters” scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania and how it changes the lives of the many women who receive it. Kaminsky also offers a list of other women’s scholarship programs around the country.
Like Danien, Rosemary Rys wanted to find a way to “give back,” and so, last summer, she embarked on a volunteer vacation to Mexico. “At first, it seemed as though I’d stumbled into an episode of Fear Factor,” she writes in “No Makeup? No Glitzy Clothes? No Spa? Yikes!” “Where were the comforts of home? Was I all talk, or could I really make a difference?” She did, big time. (She also saved a bundle on 10 days in Mexico.)
We round out our Summer Loafing Guide with two other fine pieces: “My Roman Holiday,” in which Clio Alexandra Mallin, who is passionate about all things Italian, shares her insider tips for best free sights in the “Eternal City”; and “Souvenirs of a Carefree Me,” in which our “Funny Business” columnist, Jane Resnick, gives a name—Vacation Shopping Syndrome—to that irresistible impulse we all have to buy things we don’t need on vacation.
In “My Money Manager—or Me?” Patricia Schiff Estess, the former editor of Sylvia Porter’s Personal Finance magazine, describes her search for a financial adviser to help her invest a windfall. Along the way, she offers some entertaining insights into the different ways men and women approach investing and let’s us in on what financial experts look for in a financial adviser.
There’s so much other good stuff in this issue: We dissect where the women of The Apprentice went wrong, interview a woman who’s making money selling her used books on Amazon, suggest best places college students can stash their summer paychecks, and offer strategies for what to do now—before interest rates rise.
Finally, in this issue, we’re very happy to share with you our second “MAKING BREAD Financial Makeover.” We’re even happier to report that, after five weeks of working with our experts, our makeover subject is “Finding Money Everywhere.” Believe it or not, she even bought a winning lottery ticket! _________________________________
Gail Harlow is the Founding Editor of MAKING BREAD. Send your comments, questions and suggestions to gail@makingbreadmagazine.com. __________________________________
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