From opening through closing ceremonies, we love the Olympics. It is a world event intended to show the best of the world stage. Of course, it doesn’t always happen that way but the goal is always the same. We particularly like watching Gymnastics and Swimming. I really like the synchronized diving but the rest of my family is not as intere …
With 200 of my Gotham friends. What a nice night, again! This Gotham event just keeps getting better and better. Our now annual outing has become a Gotham tradition. It (almost) doesn’t matter which team you decide to cheer for. My son, an ardent Mets fan, brings a friend who rivals him as a Yankee fan every year. It’s really just about co …
I go through cycles. Sometimes I am really charged up about getting to the gym, working out hard and planning my next workout. And there are there other times when I literally drag myself to the gym thinking only about how fast I can get through my workout and get home. I like it better when I am in the former, rather than the latte …
As many of you know, my daughter has been working in Australia this summer. Happily, for her mother, she comes home in now less than two weeks. Jaclyn is a bit of a world traveler, you may recall. Last summer she worked in India and who knows what next summer will bring. Tonight’s message made me smile. Without even “Hi Mom”, I opened Facebook …
I am confident I have written this blog before but it has been a very long time -- and this world changes fast. I am interested in hearing about your favorite apps. There are a few that are my recent favorites which includ · Citymapper – this replaced HopStop a little while back and is a great tool for planning trips around the city b …
My son is taking Drivers’ Ed this summer and very much looking forward to being able to drive. (How that happened in the blink of any eye is the subject for another blog. He was just in nursery school yesterday. I promise.) In our family, my husband is the driving instructor. He is really good at it, both of my children report. As for …
I will let you all in on a secret. I enjoy the part of my job that involves building our business. I enjoy meeting new people and hearing their stories. Our community is filled with so many experiences. I feel like I learn something new from every conversation I have. And, in my experience, the rest happens kind of organically. You k …
Friday afternoon I was busily working away at my laptop. To be completely honest, I was multi-tasking – talking on my cell phone, sending an instant message and reading an email. Really, I am not sure how I was doing all of those things and probably wasn’t really. But all of a sudden my mouse froze the computer. It wasn’t going anywhere and …
So many lives lost. So much senseless killing. So much suffering. Watching the news unfolding on Sunday morning, I was struck by one mother. She had no idea where her son was. He went out for an evening of entertainment but early in the morning the world had changed. Her excruciating pain, fear and raw emotion were everywhere. Every interview …
Last week, a colleague called to ask me a question. It didn’t have anything to do with work. She had a need and was trying to figure out how to go about filling it. So she called me – and paid me the most extreme compliment. “I thought of you because you know everyone”, she said. I paused, flattered that that was her vision of me. But then I s …
With Memorial Day now past, summer is around the corner. We spent Sunday at the beach. Not our usual trek to the busy beaches we typically visit on the south shore of Long Island. This weekend, we went to a small, quiet, pretty beach on the north shore. The views were spectacular even if the beach was rocky. Our afternoon made me start thin …
We have been talking recently in my house about what counts as an instrument. My son sings. It’s actually pretty amazing how much time and attention he devotes to his craft. We counted yesterday. Between the five choral groups with which he performs, NYSSMA, All County, the school musical and a few more performances, he had to learn nearly 100 …
Some of you will know right away what my blog is about. With the city running out of phone numbers, new area codes pop up with some regularity. In fact, New York City currently has six area codes. But I remember a time when all of New York City was in the 212 area code and the exchange was tagged by its name first, not by its number. My Br …
We spent Mother’s Day celebrating with my cousin’s family. For the first time in as long as I can remember there were young children in the room. Lots of noise, lots of running, lots of things flying across the room and lots of fun. It was striking to me that my family doesn’t have little ones any more. Our youngest cousin is going to turn …
Around a table recently I listened to the following conversation. A group of friends asked each other – “Where do you think you will be in ten years?” The answers were great and varied. Some said “retired on a beach somewhere.” Others said “Exactly where I am right now”. Another said – “Peeling away more of the things I don’t enjoy and adding …
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