Class Note 2006
Issue
September-October 2020
Hi ’06s,
It was great to speak with everyone for this column and hear how you are all staying busy.
Stephanie Lawrence recently launched Traveling Spoon online cooking classes. The company now has more than 70 private online classes and was dubbed by Forbes as “reinventing the future of food tourism.” Traveling Spoon also announced its acquisition of Meal Sharing, a Chicago-based company. Meal Sharing founder Jay Savsani will join the Traveling Spoon team, and his hosts will be integrated into the Traveling Spoon host community.
Echo Brown was named on Esquire’s list of Black authors telling essential stories. Her debut young adult novel, Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard, is about a fictional Echo Brown. The book was deemed by Esquire as “the arrival of a bold new literary imagination” and tells the story of a teen wizard who travels between two dimensions: the troubled dimension where her family lives and the rarefied dimension where she attends school.
Helen Parsons was named the 2020 Order of the Eastern Star Scholar. This honor recognizes Helen’s commitment to the Masonic Cancer Center and to the order’s commitment to supporting the development of novel therapies and new treatments in the quest to cure cancer.
Brian Taylor executive produced Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, starring Ethan Hawke in his television debut. The show is based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name. The series tells the story of fiery freedom fighter John Brown, who dreamed of a land where all people could live free and equal—even a boy who chose to dress like a girl. The series premiered on August 9.
After studying Python on her own for a while and getting to know Insomniac’s engine and tools, Alexis Ruegger has accepted the quality assurance engineer position she has been working toward for a long time. Husband Nate’s short horror film Trust Me now has a home on YouTube’s top horror channel, Alter.
Sean Anthony and his wife, Kaitlin, had their first child, Noah Wells Anthony, on May 30. They are loving life as a now bigger family in Columbus, Ohio.
Laura Liston married her longtime love, Jason Greenberg (Penn State ’00) in a beautiful sunset ceremony on her sister’s five-acre property. After a change to all the original wedding plans, Laura’s mom and sister pulled off an intimate celebration, including nuptials that took place under a gorgeous birch arbor chuppah. Laura and her husband hope to celebrate with all of their friends and family in 2021. They reside in the Haddonfield, New Jersey, area and Laura would love to hear from anyone looking for personal training in the surrounding area (laliston@gmail).
As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.
I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!
—Cindy Tsai, 343 West Wolf Point Plaza, #1310, Chicago, IL 60654; cindaaay@gmail.com
It was great to speak with everyone for this column and hear how you are all staying busy.
Stephanie Lawrence recently launched Traveling Spoon online cooking classes. The company now has more than 70 private online classes and was dubbed by Forbes as “reinventing the future of food tourism.” Traveling Spoon also announced its acquisition of Meal Sharing, a Chicago-based company. Meal Sharing founder Jay Savsani will join the Traveling Spoon team, and his hosts will be integrated into the Traveling Spoon host community.
Echo Brown was named on Esquire’s list of Black authors telling essential stories. Her debut young adult novel, Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard, is about a fictional Echo Brown. The book was deemed by Esquire as “the arrival of a bold new literary imagination” and tells the story of a teen wizard who travels between two dimensions: the troubled dimension where her family lives and the rarefied dimension where she attends school.
Helen Parsons was named the 2020 Order of the Eastern Star Scholar. This honor recognizes Helen’s commitment to the Masonic Cancer Center and to the order’s commitment to supporting the development of novel therapies and new treatments in the quest to cure cancer.
Brian Taylor executive produced Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, starring Ethan Hawke in his television debut. The show is based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name. The series tells the story of fiery freedom fighter John Brown, who dreamed of a land where all people could live free and equal—even a boy who chose to dress like a girl. The series premiered on August 9.
After studying Python on her own for a while and getting to know Insomniac’s engine and tools, Alexis Ruegger has accepted the quality assurance engineer position she has been working toward for a long time. Husband Nate’s short horror film Trust Me now has a home on YouTube’s top horror channel, Alter.
Sean Anthony and his wife, Kaitlin, had their first child, Noah Wells Anthony, on May 30. They are loving life as a now bigger family in Columbus, Ohio.
Laura Liston married her longtime love, Jason Greenberg (Penn State ’00) in a beautiful sunset ceremony on her sister’s five-acre property. After a change to all the original wedding plans, Laura’s mom and sister pulled off an intimate celebration, including nuptials that took place under a gorgeous birch arbor chuppah. Laura and her husband hope to celebrate with all of their friends and family in 2021. They reside in the Haddonfield, New Jersey, area and Laura would love to hear from anyone looking for personal training in the surrounding area (laliston@gmail).
As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.
I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!
—Cindy Tsai, 343 West Wolf Point Plaza, #1310, Chicago, IL 60654; cindaaay@gmail.com