She describes making herself invisible to train the bird – part of a bigger disappearing act: "I locked myself away, left my poor friends behind and became a hermit, living off frozen pizza.
In this interview, which has been edited and condensed, she describes making the career switch from advocate to entrepreneur and how she turned an idea sketched on a napkin into a company whose revenues are estimated to exceed $5 million this year.
She describes making an appointment with a queer-friendly erotic massage therapist who was well-known in her community, and describes the experience as "therapeutic, emotional, and restorative.
She describes making a delivery to one of her clients' medical marijuana centers shortly before the bill was first proposed, and finding the owner engaged in backroom discussions with a state senator.
She described making a terrarium as a sort of science experiment, albeit one conducted with color, texture and visual composition in mind.
She described making soup from leftover potato skins, then listening to Roosevelt's speeches on the radio to nourish her spirit.
She described making sure that riders have a sense of control from the get-go, with a simple console featuring buttons that allow riders to start the ride once inside, as well as "Pull over" if they want to stop at any time, lock or unlock the doors, and also, crucially, get in direct contact with a live Waymo support agent at any time.
The way she describes it makes it sound like she's been invited to play a game in which the winner has already been chosen.
At Drenka's funeral, he tried to pick out all the men she had described making love to.
These days, she is working with an initiative to spread the Bloomberg ethos, which she describes as "making urban life better," to cities around the world.
