Women’s Club: February 2025

WOMEN’S CLUB
The Women’s Club was lucky enough to welcome
guest speaker, Tracy Smith, to our January 9 meeting. Smith, an award-winning correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning” and “48 Hours,” spoke about her career highlights and celebrity interviews. In every interview, she tries to gleen a “nugget of wisdom.” We all enjoyed her anecdotes, such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s mantra, “It is nice to be important but more important to be nice,” and KeHuy Quan’s nineteen year hiatus from acting only to win an Academy Award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Several members remarked that Tracy Smith was their favorite speaker to date:
“Tracy Smith was a wonderful speaker! I found her to be so engaging. I loved learning about the start of her career as a journalist covering stories around the world before settling in OC with her family. She has inter- viewed so many amazing celebrities over the years, but the most interesting story was about Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Tracy is still involved with pediatric cancer research after covering this heartwarming story.”
—Anna Kwit
“What a treat to have Tracy Smith as our speaker this month! Fantastic to see a strong, interesting—and funny!
– professional woman share her work in such an engaging way. The range of her stories was extraordinary—and most importantly—each of her interviews highlighted a small and unknown aspect of people we think we know from their roles on the screen—but who expose a human everyday element during the interview showing who they really are as people.” —Marietta Hannigan
“Tracie Smith, famous in her own right, was an out- standing speaker and it was a great way to start the new year. It was fascinating to see clips of the many people she has interviewed—presidents, actors, musicians, and more. Perhaps my greatest takeaway is the nuggets that she gets from every interview she does and how she has even incorporated some of those nuggets into her children’s lives, like the Dick Van Dyke questions. It’s a good reminder for all of us to find even one nugget in each of our beautiful days” —Meg Schuler
We have two great events scheduled for February. The first is a sold-out Galentine’s Wine and Cheese Night at Avec Moi on February 11. The second is our monthly Luncheon Meeting on February 13 when our speaker will be Katie Sorensen, marketing director for Burnham- Ward, the company speatheading the revitalization of the Dana Point Harbor. Thank you to Carole Daly and Sharon Stewart for organizing such engaging and interesting
speakers for out club.
—Karey Palmer