Success
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. The surprises began with dinner at the swankiest restaurant from their hometown in Brussels and progressed to skydiving, matching tattoos and a “bachelor’s” weekend in Ireland.
Success
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
She was the founder of an award-winning, modern-Chinese fast casual restaurant in Shanghai, and her work has been featured in The New York Times , BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal , Fast Company , Fortune and more. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2024 issue of SUCCESS magazine.
Loosely Speaking
OCTOBER 29, 2008
My aunt had recently died and I had a small inheritance that we were going to invest in finding another line of work for my husband (Chef/Restaurant Mgr.). My husband found an article about the IVAA so I joined. That was in 2001. I started to support him and thought, hey this is cool. I maintain, but I can always use more work.
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