Lisa Byrne

Now We’re Expected to Opt OUT of Social Sharing?

I’m fed up with mobile apps and websites using my Facebook network to promote their product, slyly. The current guilty parties in question are Socialcam, a video mobile app, and Newsle, a website that tracks stories about you and your friends in the news — both of which I love, BTW. Big fan of Socialcam. [...]

Bar Harbor is Aptly Named

A couple of weeks back I spent a long weekend celebrating a friend’s birthday in Bar Harbor, Maine. And I’m smitten. Given that water and bars are on my list of favorite things it was a shoe in really. So many wonderful moments made for a magnificent trip… Flying co-pilot from Boston to Bar Harbor [...]

Live Your Talk, I Did

As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, 2012 is the year I face my fears. One of those is public speaking. Alongside participating in some panels and presenting for an hour at my agency (traumatic, but not as horrible as expected), I went whole hog and signed up for a public speaking “bootcamp” — we [...]

A Long Weekend and a Wedding in San Miguel de Allende

A little overdue but still worthy of sharing nonetheless. Last month I travelled to San Miguel de Allende — a gorgeous historic town in Central Mexico — to attend the wedding of my good friend and college bud, Alex. We ate, we drank, we danced…and in the interim someone got married. Noted by The New [...]

A Photo-Video Journal of One Year Since #MyBootcamp Began

Tuesday, April 17th marks one year since my first workout with Grant Hill of MyBootcamp. I can still recall the moment he pulled up in a Range decked out like this! Then he pulled out all these toys…. Yes, that’s a fire hose and 65-lb rubber tire. It was a tough start — and it [...]