Word: pinks
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...Despite the grim employment outlook, Maciejowski isn't the only white-collar worker to respond to lay-offs by planning a vacation; across the country recently unemployed white-collar workers are taking similar pink-slip trips to places near and far. Some are like Maciejowski, hoping travel will help her clear her head and plan her next career move. Others are simply trying to escape the harsh realities of job hunting. "After weeks upon weeks of searching job boards for that next great gig, it is nice to just take off and forget about everything for a few days," says...
...surprisingly, the already battered travel industry is eager to capitalize on the trend. Carroll Rheem, director of research at PhoCusWright, a consulting firm in Sherman, Conn., that follows the travel sector, says pink-slip trips are particularly common among those who receive sizable severance packages - i.e., the lawyers and Wall Street types who are confident they'll find another job soon enough. ?If they have the time and they have the money, people are stepping back after a lay-off and thinking, 'Hey, why not?" she says...
...grandmother’s old Singer sewing machine, under my fourth floor window, and looked out over the white flower box filled with her pink, purple, and white impatiens. They tumbled over the sides of the box, pampered by her green-thumb treatment. That was 1993 and I was six years...
Bouquets of pink balloons and glass cases filled with dainty cakes welcomed enthusiastic students and Cambridge residents alike at the highly anticipated grand opening of Sweet in Harvard Square. The famed Boston cupcake boutique opened its doors on Zero Brattle Street at 10 o’clock this morning...
...charming pink-white-and-brown themed décor, nearly identical to that of Sweet’s original Back Bay location, features freshly varnished hardwood floors, café tables by the window, and a flat screen TV displaying Marie Antoinette...