pretty in the city: Olive Tapenade

“If ever there was a musical waiting to be written, it's Karyn Bosnak's tale...”
— Los Angeles Times
“That endearing Holly Golightly of the digital age...”
— Gawker
“An annoying twenty-something who needs to be sent to her room. Without supper. And pronto.”
— Austin American-Statesman
“Sweet and sincere...”
— Toronto Sun
“Almost pathological...”
— The Times of London
“Smartly coiffed.”
— Chicago Tribune
“The best reason yet to euthanize the Internet...”
— The Orange County Register
“Utterly shameless...”
— Detroit Free Press
“An undeniable success..."
— The Associated Press
“Admits to owning such luxurious but questionable items as the 'Darrin's Dance Grooves' video.”
— Rachel Sklar for The New York Times
“Sad but true...”
— Daily Mirror
“A smashing success...”
— BusinessWeek
“The everywoman... who you would want to hang out with, who you would want to be your friend.”
— Janelle Brown for Salon.com
“Witty and amusing...”
— Sunday Mirror
“Intriguing, in a scratch-your-head kind of way...”
— The Charleston Gazette
“Jobless, broke and stuck with a queasy cat."
— The Seattle Times
“Entrepreneurial...”
— South China Morning Post
“Laugh-out loud funny...”
— A Socialite's Life
“Chatty and chirpy... with an apartment on East 57th, a cat with a sensitive stomach, and a guilty little secret...”
— The Independent on Sunday
“Professionally perky, easygoing, slightly gushy and, in a disarming way, winsome.”
— Janelle Brown for Salon.com
“A small-town bubbly girl, a winsome lass...”
— Los Angeles Times
“If there's one thing the broke former TV producer has, it's style.”
— New York Daily News

Chicago Love

"No matter where you stand right now - on a hilltop, in a gutter, at a crossroads, in a rut - you need to give yourself the best you have to offer in this moment." — Oprah
"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." — Obama
In lieu of a quote...
Let your game speak.
Failure.
Tell me. — Jordan
"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life, you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed." — Kanye
"You know my old saying: live it up, the meter's running... If you don't have fun while you're here, then it's your fault. You only get to do this once." — Harry
"You're gonna be doin' alotta doobie rollin' when you're livin' in a van down by the river." — Matt Foley