Welcome back to Second Act! We’re starting the new year off with Bonnie’s fellow Brooklyn native and high school alumni, and Editor-In-Chief of Town & Country magazine (America’s longest running magazine still in print), Stellene Volandes. They talk about their days at Poly Prep in Bay Ridge, what they did after high school, and everything that’s happened since then. Stellene has had many acts over an incredible career – in the editorial magazine world, as a published author with an amazing new book called “Jewels That Made History: 101 Stones, Myths, and Legends”, and even as a public school teacher at LaGuardia, a.k.a. the “Fame” school (which Bonnie wasn’t accepted to!). It’s a great conversation about life, careers, Brooklyn accents, and their shared love of history and jewelry (Stellene is a jewelry expert – you’ll probably pick up on Bonnie’s envy). Hope you enjoy it, and Happy New Year, everyone!

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