This week I am again thinking about engagements. Probably because my step-daughter, Danielle, got engaged on Saturday. Once that happens it’s difficult to think about anything other than the engagement. Danielle’s engagement led me to think about how couples meet. I met my husband, Philip, through our younger children, Ryan and Sydney. Ryan and …
A close friend of our family got engaged Friday afternoon. How did we find out? Within minutes of her engagement, pictures of her hand wearing her new ring went up on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook etc. Moments later, as I sat at my desk with a client, my phone started exploding with text messages from my family and other close friends telling me th …
My husband and I did it again last night. In fact we do it quite often. We fantasized about what we would do if we won the lottery (what were you thinking I meant?). When we engage in this discussion, we both admit that quitting our jobs would be the first thing we would do (wouldn’t everyone?). Then we would set up trust accounts for our child …
About eighteen months ago I was contemplating whether to buy my first Kindle. As an avid reader I wondered whether I could give up physically reading books. As such, I wrote a blog asking for opinions. Here’s my follow-up. I love my Kindle. I love the ease of being able to bring numerous books with me anywhere I go. I also love the ability to be …
In some sense, this blog is an unexpected follow up to my blog from last Monday. Last Wednesday, I had one of “those” days. I got into the office very early to draft papers for an emergency hearing I had scheduled for the next day. My day was consumed with my clients’ emergency issue, the papers I had to write, and my efforts to settle the iss …
It occurred while I was enjoying my birthday celebration dinner with my family. My youngest daughter is spending the summer in Buffalo and, thus, could not be at the dinner with us. During the meal, I stole a quick glance at my phone looking for the text message from her that I knew I coming. Instead, I saw a snippet of an email from a client which …
My Dad’s birthday was June 18, which usually fell on or about Father’s Day. This year it fell the day before Father's Day. A few days later, I went out to dinner with a friend and we spent a lot of time reminiscing about our fathers. It was amusing to hear that both of our fathers had interesting stories about their past. Here’s my favorite one abo …
They say when something happens to your child you feel it worse than if it happened to you. I found that to be true last week. My youngest daughter, Sydney, was driving home from school in Buffalo last week. After dropping her friends off in Westchester, she called me on the blue tooth in her car to tell me she would be home in about an hour an …
Thank you to my friend Lorraine Brennan for inspiring this blog. This blog is not about politics. This blog is about history. Throughout my career I have seen or have been the victim of blatant acts of sexism. I began my career in a "white shoe" law firm where the only female partner-- out of thirty five-- broke her water at her desk while p …
The New York Times ran an interesting interview last week with Paula Broadwell. Perhaps the name sounds familiar but you can’t quite place the face? She is the woman who had a romantic relationship with General David Petraeus. When the nature of the relationship was revealed, and the nature of the sensitive information he shared with her, he resign …
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