I don’t know how I fell into such luck to be your Tuesday blogger – rather than any other day of the week. Being your Tuesday blogger means that every year I get to tell you all about our golf outing. Here is the lesson of the day – always, and again this year. When you bring 80 professionals together for an entire day to have fun, enjoy the be …
Although technically not correct, Labor Day has always felt just like starting a new year to me. Maybe it is because the time of year brings back that feeling of the end of summer and start of a new school year. While summer always ended on a sad note, the excitement of new clothes, new books, new friends and old was an ample replacement. That …
I have been putting off upgrading my license to the Enhanced version. I just could not bring myself to spend an entire day at DMV to get it done. I decided recently that it was time to “get over it” and just get it done. Of course, I started to do my research. I was determined to be so prepared when I walked in the door, that I was going to …
After being in a relationship for a long, very long, time, sometimes the small things speak louder than the large ones. You know what I’m talking about. Those small acts of kindness and caring that feel as special as two dozen roses felt early on. Don’t get me wrong – I am a fan of two dozen roses and big displays of caring. But as more time …
What is your “go to” relaxing scene? For me, my wish list is simple – holding a glass of wine in one hand and a good book in the other while sitting outside in the warm sun. This scene could unfold literally in my backyard but each of the components must exist. Sometimes, my “go to” involves an episode or two of a binge worthy show and some go …
Our flight was scheduled to leave NYC at 9:36 pm Friday night. It did not. At some point, we lost count of the number of delays. Soon, it was almost midnight, and we learned that while the flight crew had arrived, the pilot had timed out. What did that mean? You guessed it, no flight out of LaGuardia that night. We were given several unat …
In the last few days, I seemed to have wandered into the same conversation with entirely different groups of people. I am not sure where I am landing in conclusion. Maybe you can help. I Roku. Do you? But I Roku in order to is supplement what is otherwise available to me to watch on network and cable, not as a replacement. Frankly, that neve …
I was recently chatting with a friend about the traits that make for success. The premise of our conversation was to be profession or vocation agnostic and try to get down to what traits cross all types of work and are the bedrock of a successful career. My answer was curiosity. To be successful at whatever you choose, I think you must be curi …
No, not that one. Baby birds happily floating from the antennae on top of my roof to the long branch of a well rooted tree. Mama bird showing her babies how to take advantage of the musical bird feeder next door. The warmth of the sun dancing through the leaves while watching this season’s nests build way up high in the tree. Dinner on the …
Do you give it? And if so, how? Constructive criticism is not always easy to give. Both of my kids (now very grown) will tell you that when they were young, if I started a sentence with “Can I make an observation . . . “, they knew what was coming. I suppose for better or worse, but I always thought better. They may not have agreed. In th …
Following in the footsteps and by the examples of our stellar Manhattan and LI Dinner groups, as I write my blog this evening, I am getting ready for a fun LI Womens meeting tomorrow. I am sitting here with an envelope full of questions on little slips of paper ranging from – “If you were an animal, what would you be?” to “What is your least favo …
Anyone else feel like this year is going particularly fast? I was talking with a friend recently about the proportionality challenge of time. You know what I’m talking about. At a young age, the passage of one year feels like forever. Yet later on, not so much. It’s the proportionality challenge rearing its head. As we gain experience (my e …
Saturday night, Rock Voices (Long Island West) came together for their Spring Concert at Walt Whitman High School. When Bill joined this chorus last year, he and we really had no idea what to expect. He knew only that the group was a non-audition necessary chance to sing with others that enjoyed the experience as much as he did. What he fou …
I’m curious if you have a story or a tip. To some degree, most of us have responsibility for bringing in new business. It is one reason we come to a networking group – to expand our business referral sources (of course, in Gotham along with the strong sense of community inside our family). I am curious to hear your thoughts and advice for “cl …
Some family traditions stick and just remind you of special times. In my family, one of those traditions is full of frogs. When my children were in nursery school many, many years ago, they learned a song about frogs. That meant, we all learned a song about frogs – frogs here, frogs there, frogs are jumping everywhere. Come on, I know there a …
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