Marissa Lerer: Blog

NPR Valentine's eCards

Marissa — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:59 +0000

I love these! I especially love the homage to Say Anything :)

See them all here.

I might be in love with Alan Grayson

Marissa — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:52:33 +0000

and I kinda hate PJ O'Rourke

I love when he says "Okay, I'll be that spokesman." Good on you Alan.

I do love me some PJ O'Rourke but only when he's on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.

Duet with Siri

Marissa — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:15:25 +0000

[via swissmiss]

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Marissa — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:58:24 +0000

There is no internet in Mexico

Marissa — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:10:06 +0000

okay that's not true but I will be doing my best to avoid it for the next week. I will be on a MUCH NEEDED vacation with my mom in Mexico.

See you on the flip side.

Lessons Hurricane Irene has taught me

Marissa — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:36:22 +0000

1) it is so important to have great neighbors. Get to know the people next door today - they may be lending you towels to sop up water tomorrow.

2) keep that plastic painters tarp that you've had in the closet for 4 years. You never know when you might need to cover a couch

3) when water starts pouring out from the light fixture, it might be time to turn the power off

4) take pictures - lots and lots of pictures - and a video doesn't hurt either

5) don't assume that because your apartment is flooding, that everyone else's is. Turns out you're one of the only ones

6) when you hear water at 2am - it's not the rain - it's the rain in your apartment

7) your friends are awesome and they want to help you

8) your parents are awesome and they want to help you

9) it's okay to feel totally helpless

10) your husband is a water dumping rockstar

11) work will understand that you're currently homeless and can't come in

12) no amount of preparation can ever actually prepare you for what happened

13) stuff is just stuff and it's totally replaceable and life will go on, with or without it

James Taylor wants to be your guitar teacher

Marissa — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:44:01 +0000

This is such an awesome little marketing thing. I love it. Despite how my husband feels about James Taylor, I'm psyched to learn to play all his songs.

Check it out at jamestaylor.com/guitarlessons/

Totally amazing crayon art

Marissa — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:00:52 +0000

As some of you may know, I'm totally obsessed with crayons. Over the years though, in an attempt to grow up, I have less and less crayon paraphernalia around the house. Which is why I was so thrilled to stumble across these beautiful crayon art works by JK Create on etsy.

I want one so badly.

via [Man Made]

Swagger Wagon

Marissa — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:52:44 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you to FIPS for dropping some knowledge on me with this one. Genius. All parents and (people who live in Park Slope)need to see this.

The Lytro Camera is officially on my wishlist

Marissa — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:23:24 +0000

Shoot first - focus later.

An amazing new type of camera is about to hit the market by Lyto. A blog post yesterday on their blog explains how the camera captures the entire field of light so you are able to pick your focal points later on. Check out their amazing picture gallery to see the possibilities.