April 15, 2020

Hi Gang,

Feels like we’ve entered into a new phase of this whole thing, which I’d characterize as: OMFG, how LONG can this go ON?! It’s like those long cross-country flights… the first hour or two are pretty relaxing, productive, a nice and quiet break. By hour three, you start worrying because you’ve completed all your tasks, but at least you’ve got a bad movie to watch. Then the movie ends… you check the time… and… ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! There’s still TWO more hours to go?!? This is where I go in those moments.

Wait… let me check… it must be a Wednesday (the most claustrophobic day of the week, you’ll recall)…

Yep! OK, I’ll attempt to share some helpful ‘content therapy’…

News & Resources

• How to Not Completely Hate the People You’re Quarantined With

• Napa’s Most Hard-to-Get Wines Will Soon Be Easy to Buy Online - for Two Days

• Ivory Power: How genetic scientists at Berkeley raced to the labs and created a high-speed test for the coronavirus

In Case You Missed It

Some favorites from prior issues

• The closet you’ll get to an international flight…

• Five stages of COVID-19 isolation

• Spouses Share the Hilarious Things They've Learned About Their Partner WFH (“I’m married to a ‘let’s-circle-back’ guy”)

News from the Community

• Here is a clip my friend and colleague Dana Maglio took outside The Brooklyn Hospital Center last night – first responders parked outside the hospital in a show of love and support ❤

• In a positive development, RRA’s China team is back in the office! They are sending us strength!

Food Fight – send me yours!

Love this cozy entry from Jeff Knapp, CEO of DNAtrix! I’m channeling images of the Matterhorn…

Chef’s comments: Fondue: Gruyère and Emmental cheese, white wine, kirschwasser, garlic and French bread. Ridiculously good but perhaps not so good for you!

A Little Levity

I’ve got a high level of tolerance for ‘Dad Jokes’ these days…

Speaking of dads, mine happens to be a big fan of old-school monster movies. Here’s what happens when Robert Ross has too much time on his hands… (Hi Dad! Thanks for reading!)

Namaste,

Jackie