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Rona Gura
Nov20
How Do You Get There?
Posted By : Rona Gura

I have lived on Long Island since I was six years old. As such, I pride myself on knowing how to get to most anyplace on Long Island.    I still, however, use Google Maps as a backup if I am going somewhere I have never been or have not been in a long time. This recently occurred on Friday when I had to venture from my Garden City office which is l

Rona Gura
Nov13
Political Posts
Posted By : Rona Gura

Do you post political posts on social media? I posted something a few years ago about a political issue that is important to me. Unfortunately, I thought at the time that my Facebook was private. Apparently, it was not, and I lost a few clients who had seen my post. So, I decided not to post politically anymore.   In the past month, I felt the stro

Rona Gura
Nov06
More Good Advice
Posted By : Rona Gura

Mitch’s recent blog about the best advice he had ever received-which came from his father-inspired me to think about the best advice I have ever received. For me, it came from my former father-in-law.   Going through a divorce, with two very young children, was an extremely difficult time in my life. My former father-in-law, however, always tried t

Rona Gura
Oct30
A Day Off?
Posted By : Rona Gura

I intended to take Friday off. My daughter was getting married on Saturday (which is a blog for another day) and so I decided to take the day to attend to last minute details, get my nails done, travel to the venue, etc.    But, with my emails being pushed to my iPhone and my clients having my cell phone number, I still worked. There were several e

Rona Gura
Oct23
Joy In the Produce Aisle
Posted By : Rona Gura

Supermarkets are often hurried places with the routine of shoppers, carts moving, and register lines that seem to never move quickly enough.  It is usually a place where people come to quickly purchase their essentials and leave. But sometimes, in the most unexpected places, we stumble upon moments of pure joy.   It happened to me on a routine groc

Rona Gura
Oct16
Clean Much?
Posted By : Rona Gura

To me, there are two types of people in the world, those who like to clean and those who do not. I fall into the latter category; I am not a cleaner. My mother was a world class cleaner. My siblings, my father, and I used to joke that she would follow each of us around the house holding a sponge so she could clean as we were physically making the m

Rona Gura
Oct09
My Strengths
Posted By : Rona Gura

How do you utilize your personal strengths in your professional life?   I recently had to ponder this question as I was asked, by a judge, whether I preferred to orally argue a point of law or write a memorandum of law on the issue. Surprising my adversary, I choose to write the memorandum. A little dumfounded by my choice, my adversary agreed.   A

Rona Gura
Oct02
It's Friendship
Posted By : Rona Gura

I have been thinking about my friendships a lot lately. It’s probably because Nancy recently raised the topic of friendship at a Gotham Long Island meeting.    Admittedly, I have a lot of friends. But my thoughts have been centering on what makes certain friendships special to me.  I have friends that I have been close to for a long time, since hig

Rona Gura
Sep25
Getting it Done
Posted By : Rona Gura

When you really need to get some work done and you are in a time crunch what do you do to get it done? Before Covid, my answer to that question would have been, that I would come into the office very early-before the office phones started ringing-and get it done.   Since Covid my answer is different. If I have a document that I need to write, for e

Rona Gura
Sep18
It's Listening Again
Posted By : Rona Gura

I have another instance where my phone was listening to me. And this one really freaked me out. So, if you could explain it to me, I would appreciate it.   My husband and I have a home theater which we built right after Superstorm Sandy. The chairs are over ten years old and it’s time to replace them. So, a few nights ago, my husband and I, on his

Rona Gura
Sep11
A Gotham Story
Posted By : Rona Gura

In discussing Gotham I aways say that “Gotham is special, we care.”  And Gotham proves it to me again and again. On this day when we think about those we lost on September 11, I thought this story would be worth telling.   A few weeks ago I sent out the following email to Fredslist:   The writer of the email below is one of my closest and dearest f

Rona Gura
Aug28
Resisting Temptation
Posted By : Rona Gura

Have you fallen into this trap? You give a vendor your email address to receive a percentage off of your purchase? I have done so too many times to count. The email I typically give for those purposes is not one I use regularly.   Last week I was looking through the emails and clicked on one that looked interesting. As expected, it brought me to th

Rona Gura
Aug21
Online Reviews
Posted By : Rona Gura

How often do you rely on online reviews when making choices?   I have found that, if I am making purchases of clothing online, I tend to read the reviews to determine the proper size. Generally, however, I will stay with my usual size unless the reviews really stress that the item runs big or small.   With respect to restaurant reviews I rarely eve

Rona Gura
Aug14
A New Deadline
Posted By : Rona Gura

We all have our deadlines. Work deadlines are usually the most prevalent. We all know when deadlines are approaching, and we all handle them differently.    I seem to have a new deadline in my life, the Amazon shipping deadline. I have become very dependent on Amazon for many of my basic needs from food items to clothing etc. If I am going away on

Rona Gura
Jul24
The Good Stuff
Posted By : Rona Gura

One of my most vivid memories from childhood was my Mom’s “good” silverware, crystal, and China. These dishes, glasses, and utensils were only used on special occasions, the holidays or when my parents had dinner parties.   As an adult, I sort of rebelled against having good dishes that only made appearances during special occasions. I never bought

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