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Eat Your Way Around the World the Alumnae Way The next time you go out to dinner in Manhattan or stop at a café in northern Costa Rica, let it be at a business run by a Mount Holyoke woman. All of these alumnae—from the…... » Read more

Jennifer E. Jackson ’03: Just Your Cup of Tea

As a girl, Jennifer Jackson accompanied her mother to New York City tea rooms, but didn't develop a real appreciation for the beverage until spending her junior year studying in tea-loving England. Today, Jennifer runs her own specialty tea company, which offers unusual blends she…... » Read more

Dottie Segal Casper ’48: 83-Year-Old Standup

Dottie Segal Casper ’48 didn’t think of herself as funny for most of her life. But in her late seventies, she suddenly started knocking ’em dead as a stand-up comedian. On little more than a whim, she showed up for a 2004 comedy workshop at…... » Read more

Tattoos: Stories in Ink

I got my first tattoo a month after my twenty-first birthday. I had been imagining it for six months and was ready. Or so I thought. Having had surgery earlier in the month, I didn’t anticipate the pain being much of a problem. As soon…... » Read more