Tuesday, December 20, 2011 I feel grateful and honored to have been part of a very special, heartfelt celebration of the marriage of our friends Silvio and Danielle. Silvio, an American of Honduran and Guatemalan descent, and Danielle, an Australian, have started their new life together in Hong Kong. For their wedding celebration, they brought 15 of their friends and family from literally around the world to Ireland. We all spent a few days together ahead of the wedding, staying at Bansha Castle, exploring the beautiful countryside during the day and cooking for each other and visiting the local pubs at night. What a way to start a life together! 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

I feel grateful and honored to have been part of a very special, heartfelt celebration of the marriage of our friends Silvio and Danielle.

Silvio, an American of Honduran and Guatemalan descent, and Danielle, an Australian, have started their new life together in Hong Kong. For their wedding celebration, they brought 15 of their friends and family from literally around the world to Ireland. We all spent a few days together ahead of the wedding, staying at Bansha Castle, exploring the beautiful countryside during the day and cooking for each other and visiting the local pubs at night.

What a way to start a life together! 

Saturday, October 8, 2011What would the 15th Annual City of Presidents Pub Crawl be without someone ending up in a shopping cart? And there’s no one more appropriate for said shopping cart than my brother, Tommy, and no more appropriate place and time than Quincy Jade at the very end of the night/morning. Final note: It must be said how grateful I am that despite many long, slow, tense moments of staring down racist douchebags, there were no actual punches thrown. Whew…

Saturday, October 8, 2011

What would the 15th Annual City of Presidents Pub Crawl be without someone ending up in a shopping cart? And there’s no one more appropriate for said shopping cart than my brother, Tommy, and no more appropriate place and time than Quincy Jade at the very end of the night/morning.

Final note: It must be said how grateful I am that despite many long, slow, tense moments of staring down racist douchebags, there were no actual punches thrown. Whew…

Friday, September 30, 2011 Today I’m grateful for getting together with three of my favorite girls from high school: Suzanne, Laurie and Rachel. It was the first time the four of us have hung out together in more than 10 years! So much has changed, yet so much has stayed the same, and I’m grateful for both.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Today I’m grateful for getting together with three of my favorite girls from high school: Suzanne, Laurie and Rachel. It was the first time the four of us have hung out together in more than 10 years! So much has changed, yet so much has stayed the same, and I’m grateful for both.

Sunday, August 14, 2011 Today I’m grateful for being introduced to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire by our good friends, Andy and Katie. I know, it’s ridiculous that I’ve lived in Massachusetts most of my life, and never quite made it up there. I’ll just have to make up for lost time in the future. Stayed in Meredith, NH, the first night, and turned what was supposed to be a brief trip into a full weekend because it was so beautiful and fun. Grateful for many things… First night staying free with our friends, Andy and Katie. Meeting friendly locals.  Access to a quiet, private beach which we took full advantage of. There’s no better exercise for me than swimming, and doing so in the clear waters of Lake Winnipesaukee might be the best version of exercise ever.  Crossing “skinny dipping” off my bucket list. :) Finding one of the last available rooms at a place with an amazing view of the full moon over the lake and mountains.  Can’t wait to go back, again and again! I may just have become a lake girl after a lifetime of being an ocean girl….

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Today I’m grateful for being introduced to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire by our good friends, Andy and Katie. I know, it’s ridiculous that I’ve lived in Massachusetts most of my life, and never quite made it up there. I’ll just have to make up for lost time in the future.

Stayed in Meredith, NH, the first night, and turned what was supposed to be a brief trip into a full weekend because it was so beautiful and fun. Grateful for many things…

  • First night staying free with our friends, Andy and Katie.
  • Meeting friendly locals. 
  • Access to a quiet, private beach which we took full advantage of. There’s no better exercise for me than swimming, and doing so in the clear waters of Lake Winnipesaukee might be the best version of exercise ever. 
  • Crossing “skinny dipping” off my bucket list. :)
  • Finding one of the last available rooms at a place with an amazing view of the full moon over the lake and mountains. 

Can’t wait to go back, again and again! I may just have become a lake girl after a lifetime of being an ocean girl….

Thursday, March 3, 2011 Today I’m grateful that: So many friends and family came out on a cold, crisp day in Maryland to pay tribute to one of my husband’s best friends, Adam, who passed away suddenly a few days ago at the far too early age of 35. I believe Adam’s parents received some level of comfort being surrounded, literally, by so many people who also loved Adam. Chad was able to hold it together to deliver his eulogy to Adam. I don’t know that I would have been able to be as strong as Chad was today. I’m grateful that Chad was able to somehow find and speak such beautiful words to convey perfectly the kind of person and friend that Adam was. Below are the words of Chad’s eulogy of Adam… When I first started putting these words down, I kept getting mad at myself for not remembering specific quotes or every detail of a particular scene. But then I thought “Hey, that was Adam’s job!”Adam was so good at remembering; I’d often email or call him to try to remember details of what happened in MY own life. While he takes with him a big piece of my heart, he also takes with me a piece of my own memory, because I grew so accustomed to leaning on his. I remember the day Adam graduated with two degrees faster than I graduated with one. He chose to not wear any pants under his gown, and thoroughly enjoyed telling me that vital piece of information. For someone with such a great laugh, that was perhaps the best one I’d ever heard him share. One part happy and proud of earning the first of many degrees he would go on to earn, and the other part thoroughly enjoying being just a little bit devious and living life in the moment. Adam loved to tease. He LOVED to tease me about how long I took to graduate, or about any number of predicaments I found myself in that he often witnessed firsthand. But, because it was Adam, it never ever got under my skin. He had a way of laughing when he teased you that reassured you he really did care about you and was happy to be part of all of your adventures. I loved WATCHING Adam listen. He wouldn’t just sit there and nod. You could actually see his whole body turn, or shake, or contort and really ABSORB what you were telling him. Adam was the best resume editor I’ve ever met. And unfortunately for him, I put that skill to the test. A lot. I can only imagine how many resumes, cover letters, technical documents, legal briefs articles and papers he was asked to edit for people over the years. Every time he would put his attention to what he was editing, the subject matter got better. His edits were so good, and so thoughtful that they actually made the people who originally created the document a little better too. And in reading all of the outpouring of sympathy, and special memories on Facebook it’s clear that Adam treated his friends like he treated his editing, with focus, perspective and a strong desire to bring out the best in them. Adam appreciated those who he benefited from, and made sure to give back. I believe that’s why he committed so much of his time and energy to giving back to the young journalists and editors at school newspapers at Maryland. That’s also why he was so committed to his friends, because he appreciated what others had given him, and in return he gave back even more. Adam’s been there with me and for me. We’ve been through tremendous highs and lows together, and more than our fair share of the absurd. These facts do not make me unique, but rather one of a fortunate and sizable group of people who have benefited in innumerable ways from knowing him. Those benefits do not end here, they only deepen in focus and meaning. Adam, I will miss you always and laugh and cry at the same time when I think of you. You taught me the wonderful saying from one of your favorite writers, Hunter S. Thompson, who said “Buy the ticket, take the ride.”  Though the ride was way too short, I’m a better man for having taken it with you. Mahalo. - Chad Capellman

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Today I’m grateful that:

  • So many friends and family came out on a cold, crisp day in Maryland to pay tribute to one of my husband’s best friends, Adam, who passed away suddenly a few days ago at the far too early age of 35. I believe Adam’s parents received some level of comfort being surrounded, literally, by so many people who also loved Adam.
  • Chad was able to hold it together to deliver his eulogy to Adam. I don’t know that I would have been able to be as strong as Chad was today. I’m grateful that Chad was able to somehow find and speak such beautiful words to convey perfectly the kind of person and friend that Adam was.

Below are the words of Chad’s eulogy of Adam…

When I first started putting these words down, I kept getting mad at myself for not remembering specific quotes or every detail of a particular scene. But then I thought “Hey, that was Adam’s job!”Adam was so good at remembering; I’d often email or call him to try to remember details of what happened in MY own life. While he takes with him a big piece of my heart, he also takes with me a piece of my own memory, because I grew so accustomed to leaning on his.

I remember the day Adam graduated with two degrees faster than I graduated with one. He chose to not wear any pants under his gown, and thoroughly enjoyed telling me that vital piece of information. For someone with such a great laugh, that was perhaps the best one I’d ever heard him share. One part happy and proud of earning the first of many degrees he would go on to earn, and the other part thoroughly enjoying being just a little bit devious and living life in the moment.

Adam loved to tease. He LOVED to tease me about how long I took to graduate, or about any number of predicaments I found myself in that he often witnessed firsthand. But, because it was Adam, it never ever got under my skin. He had a way of laughing when he teased you that reassured you he really did care about you and was happy to be part of all of your adventures.

I loved WATCHING Adam listen. He wouldn’t just sit there and nod. You could actually see his whole body turn, or shake, or contort and really ABSORB what you were telling him.

Adam was the best resume editor I’ve ever met. And unfortunately for him, I put that skill to the test. A lot. I can only imagine how many resumes, cover letters, technical documents, legal briefs articles and papers he was asked to edit for people over the years.

Every time he would put his attention to what he was editing, the subject matter got better. His edits were so good, and so thoughtful that they actually made the people who originally created the document a little better too. And in reading all of the outpouring of sympathy, and special memories on Facebook it’s clear that Adam treated his friends like he treated his editing, with focus, perspective and a strong desire to bring out the best in them.

Adam appreciated those who he benefited from, and made sure to give back. I believe that’s why he committed so much of his time and energy to giving back to the young journalists and editors at school newspapers at Maryland.

That’s also why he was so committed to his friends, because he appreciated what others had given him, and in return he gave back even more.

Adam’s been there with me and for me. We’ve been through tremendous highs and lows together, and more than our fair share of the absurd. These facts do not make me unique, but rather one of a fortunate and sizable group of people who have benefited in innumerable ways from knowing him. Those benefits do not end here, they only deepen in focus and meaning. Adam, I will miss you always and laugh and cry at the same time when I think of you. You taught me the wonderful saying from one of your favorite writers, Hunter S. Thompson, who said “Buy the ticket, take the ride.”  Though the ride was way too short, I’m a better man for having taken it with you.

Mahalo.

- Chad Capellman

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Tonight I’m grateful that:

  • I have two awesome friends like Tracy and Liz who understand intrinsically that Celebrity Rehab is quality television worthy of getting together for the sole purpose of viewing it. Holla!
Who am I? In a nutshell … The things most important to me in life are my family and friends — and I’m lucky those two groups overlap a lot.  I have sometimes unhealthy addictions to Facebook, the Bruins and the Red Sox, the beach, Bruce Springsteen, Ellen DeGeneres, (some) reality TV, caffeine (usually in Diet Pepsi), and sleeping. My addiction to various sports is not as bad as it used to be, but it’s still a daily part of my life in one way or another. I’m glad that you can read a good book while listening to good music because I wouldn’t want to have to choose between the two. I hate to fly but love to travel.  I consider myself lucky to have been able to work for many years doing things I enjoy — basically helping people connect online — and hope to continue to do so for many years to come. You can find more info here… Twitter: eesullivan LinkedIn: My professional background

Who am I? In a nutshell … The things most important to me in life are my family and friends — and I’m lucky those two groups overlap a lot. 

I have sometimes unhealthy addictions to Facebook, the Bruins and the Red Sox, the beach, Bruce Springsteen, Ellen DeGeneres, (some) reality TV, caffeine (usually in Diet Pepsi), and sleeping.

My addiction to various sports is not as bad as it used to be, but it’s still a daily part of my life in one way or another.

I’m glad that you can read a good book while listening to good music because I wouldn’t want to have to choose between the two.

I hate to fly but love to travel. 

I consider myself lucky to have been able to work for many years doing things I enjoy — basically helping people connect online — and hope to continue to do so for many years to come.

You can find more info here…

Twitter: eesullivan

LinkedIn: My professional background