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Do It So You Can Dream It

April 25, 2025April 8, 2025 by Laura Gassner Otting

I spent this past weekend running the famed Cherry Blossom 10 Miler, through the monuments and mayhem of Washington DC. I was lucky to get this bib because the event is done only by lottery, and it sells out almost immediately. But, I got the bib because a keynote speaker manager who follows me on … Read more

You Can Have It All (and here’s how to start today)

April 25, 2025April 1, 2025 by Laura Gassner Otting

When I was 25 years old, I went to a bar to meet my best friend Jina. Madam’s Organ (in Adam’s Morgan) was halfway between our two apartments and, thanks to her special relationship with the bartender (ahem), we never paid for drinks and he looked the other way when we got up on the … Read more