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I have recently just completed the first year of my MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management.  It's been a whirlwind year with little time to come up for air. 

One major endeavor was organizing and participating in an MIT Sloan Study Tour.  I was the Co-Lead for the PR & Social Media for the Clean Energy Study Tour to Denmark and Spain. The objective of the study tour was to gain...

We have arrived in Warsaw, the last leg of our trip! Though my long-time boyfriend and I may pop over for a day in Gdynia or Gdansk, it will be five nights at the Rialto and then a flight home. Speaking of which, our room is covered in lovely Art Deco touches, dark wood furnishings, and a sixth floor view of Nazi-delivered bullet holes in the nearby buildings.

Stepping out from the...

I am writing from The Two Marys in Cesky Krumlov, a restaurant serving 15th century Bohemian food, like millet, pheasant, and amazing potato pancakes. My leg is still on the road to recovery, or sitting by the side of the road, rather. My boyfriend and I took a six hour canoe trip yesterday down the Vlatava and managed not to tip over (though there was some fruitless spinning). A few days...

My boyfriend and I are now in Prague after having travelled from Staufen and Munich and Nuremberg. The four days in Staufen were well spent hiking through the Black Forest, and getting only a little lost but recovering with a little creative bushwacking, eating our weight in white asparagus and pfifferlings (tan seasonal mushrooms), walking through the local vineyards to a castle ruin on a hill, and drinking prodigiously. The Gasthaus...

Hello from Strasborg, France. I am just in to Strasbourg from Mount St- Michael on the western front of France. Very interesting to go from one extreme in the country to the other. Near Mount St-Michael folks are Bretons and my inn keeper and local pub owner were British. We then traveled directly east to Alsace, where the food and architecture feels very German. Had a lovely dinner last...

I have just started my 70 day backpacking trip through Europe. I am in Paris at present and am enjoying it immensely. I have been blown away by the food, art, architecture, and hospitality. I wish I had scheduled myself to stay in Paris longer. Thanks to all 85 Broads members who gave me such wonderful recommendations! Any more suggestions for Strasbourg, Nuremberg, and Munich? Email me at mhubley@85broads.com!

On this day I recall a quote from More Than 85 Broads in the Adventurer's Chapter:

"Adventure by its very nature involves risk. It's supposed to be hard. It's supposed to be uncertain. It's supposed to be daunting and sometimes overwhelming. But it's also supposed to be exciting. To be exhilarating. And ultimately to be self-defining."

Today 85 Broads member Alison Levine certainly accomplished a feat that perfectly captures this description of adventure.

Alison...

I am honored to be supporting Alison Levine as she returns to Mount Everest this spring! 85 Broads member Alison Levine will climb to honor the memory of a friend and fellow 85 Broads member Meg Berte’ Owen. I had the honor of "meeting" Meg soon after starting to work for 85 Broads in fall of 2006. I was in awe of her grace under pressure and...

Today I am being mindful of one of my favorite quotes by Janet Hanson:

"The most powerful and courageous voice any of us can listen to is our own, but it is often the one we spend the least time cultivating as we yield to the demands and perceived "boundaries" of our lives. "

- Janet Hanson

This letter was also submitted via http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/

"I am a New York Resident who works in Greenwich, CT and I am disappointed by your apparent lack of support for health care reform.

In Nicholas Kristoff's recent NY Times column, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/opinion/29kristof.html?src=tp, he eloquently makes the case why we can't delay health care reform. People are dying for want of proper health care. While I'm not suggesting we pass inadequate legislation,...