Elena Bowes

London J-School Alum love our pub nights. It was great to see both new and familiar faces. For all those who couldn’t attend, we hope to see you at the next round. Columbia Journalism School Columbia University Club of London

Here are links to two different articles on Staycations - one insightful and at times funny, the other just funny. Maybe we should make our everyday life better so we aren’t quite so desperate to go on vacation (and so low when we get home) argues serious article in NYT. And in funny article number two, from the New Yorker, a wife tries to look anew at life during staycation with hubbie of five years: maybe his hair clogging the drain is actually sexy, and how romantic is dinner en terrasse, ie on their fire escape. I’m all for a bit of staycation, having experienced one for the last bit of August- were it not for Stretch's knee surgery and the rain. On the other hand, we did have front row sofa seats at the US Open. And I learned first hand that I am not cut out for nursing. https://nyti.ms/2NgiT3e & http://bit.ly/2NjdF6M ... See more

What if I had put all that money and enthusiasm into my everyday life instead?

I interviewed Nicole and writer Mary Donnelly for Columbia College Todays Like Mind series about storytelling earlier this summer. http://bit.ly/2D1usH1

Listen in on a conversation between two alums with a shared interest.