Well, sort of. Growing up, the day after Labor Day always meant the end of summer and signaled a sharp turn towards fall. Most years, truth be told, I’ve been ready. Don’t get me wrong. I am a huge fan of summer but I also very much look forward to all of the changes in season. This year, however, I am not ready and calling a “do-over”. …
Here is my question for our Gotham family today. My grandmother lived until just past her100th birthday. Pretty amazing. My mom always believed that once you pass a certain age, the medical profession just stops trying as hard. [Feel free to ask me which age fit my mom’s theory.] She was always concerned that something fixable would be mis …
Tomorrow morning my daughter starts school. OK, it’s a PhD program so she’s had a first day of school for more years than I will count. But it still feels fresh. As she was brimming with excitement tonight talking about the start of the program, it took me back to all of those first day of schools for her. Remember the excitement of new scho …
We are all in the people business in one form or another. We all service human beings. Those human beings might represent a business, but they are nonetheless humans. As service professionals, our job is to make those human beings feel important and appreciated. We could accomplish that goal in any number of different ways. So, let’s take a …
This feels like the old days of blogs when Don Bernstein would start us off with a story line and we would each move the story forward one day at a time. Now I’m picking up from Rona’s blog picking up from Fred’s blog. To Rona’s point that it is too easy to respond by text, social media or what have you. It is. But what gets me are the soc …
This past weekend we took a road trip. To Boston, to be exact, for the wedding of the daughter of a good friend. Tons of fun. But my blog is about the trip there and back. A long car ride, just my husband and me. After we have talked for a while and caught up, our car rides quickly turn to music and loud, very loud I’m afraid, singing. We h …
When my son turned junior in college, it was COVID. We really did not like the idea of public transportation and its contamination and I wasn’t leaving the house very much anyway. So, off to college he went that year with our old but reliable and easy to drive Honda. For the next three years, for the most part I drove a 22 year old minivan (wit …
What did you think of Prime Day this year? Are you an Amazon shopper and did you indulge? I completely passed this year, and I have to admit I am a bit of an Amazon fan. The convenience is hard to beat. But, the Prime Day hype just didn’t call me this year. Apparently I was in the minority as it seems this Prime Day 2023 was Amazon’s most su …
Last week’s blog was a conundrum – an absent conundrum. The July 4 holiday sent my entire calendar out of whack. By Tuesday evening when I realized I was off by an entire day, it was too late. So, my blog spot sat quiet, empty. I thought about hopping on for a quick blog late Tuesday night but decide quiet was better. A belated Happy 4th …
I very much appreciate technology. These days I can carry around – and find – any document I have ever created. OK, maybe that is an exaggeration, but you get my point. The convenience, completeness and efficiency is second to none. But, when it comes to actually studying a document – often the cornerstone of my workday – I prefer a hard cop …
In 1985, I bought my first car – a white Oldsmobile Omega. The car was a hand-me-down. It had been my dad’s and he was buying a new one. Literally, a new Omega. I had just moved home after law school and it seemed a good idea to have wheels. I remember the car made funny noises. This week, my son is buying his first car – a 2023 Honda Accord …
I have always been a fan of a good nap. In fact, I would be a proponent of communal napping spaces that could be rented or even borrowed for short times around the city. This season is my favorite napping time. A good back, a tall iced tea (or iced coffee), outside in the sun in a comfortable chair. I will be napping pretty quickly I admit. …
It’s a little creepy. My iPhone tells me, how far I walked, how long I slept, how many hours I spent on the iPhone, and then compares my usage to other weeks. Once that data is in that little device, I know that I am not the only one to know. I am convinced that Facebook hears me talking. Sometimes I think it hears me thinking. I may not even …
I hope you all enjoyed the long Memorial Day weekend and took advantage of sunshine and the start of summer. I also hope you had a minute to stop and think about someone in your world who served, or perhaps is currently serving, our country. For those of you who remember Debbie Lindner (who was with Gotham as our Director for many years), she ne …
Pomp and Circumstance just never gets old. The excitement just continues to grow as you try to find your graduate in a sea of caps and gowns, and the music crescendos right along with. Truth be told, from Eric’s graduation last year I have a string of pictures of young men in caps and gowns who I thought were my son – but were not. Eventually, …
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