Plenty of people talk about making the world a better place. Ann Marie Bick actually did it. “Ann Marie firmly believed that everybody has the ability to do good in this world,” said her husband, Rob Bick. “If you met...
Year: 2018
WBOC Leading Woman: Diane Rizzo
By Jamie Jenson Some might say Dianne Rizzo became a life coach by chance. But for Dianne, who had spent three decades as a registered nurse, it felt like a natural progression. “I had been coaching people through nursing —...
Give yourself the gift of self-care
By: Susie Ippolito Self care is a practice and should be as grand or as simple as your life allows for. The simple pleasure of a cup of tea, or twenty minutes of reading for pleasure, or taking time to...
In her own words: Alexis Cohen
Alexis Cohen is director of special events and community engagement, Marriott Syracuse Downtown. SWM: What’s your first memory at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown? Alexis: I was a flower girl for my uncle’s wedding in the Grand Ballroom. Fast forward 20-plus...
Syracuse Eats: Pizza Man of Baldwinsville
Gar-broc-tom pizza By: Gabby Reagan If artisanal pizzas, craft cocktails and farmer’s market-inspired charcuterie plates seem all too prevalent on your Instagram feed and you’re not sure how many avocado toasts you’ve liked in the past week, you are not...