About a year ago, I wrote a blog about a memorandum which was sent to only the female attorneys in one of the largest law firms in the world. The memorandum was created by the firm’s Women’s Committee in order to improve their female associates’ presentation skills. Included in the memorandum were “tips” such as, “Your friends will still like you …
Memory is a funny thing. There are some things I have a lot of trouble remembering. Several times a week, I’ll find myself walking into the pantry in my house or the file room in my office only to forget what I went in to get. And five minutes after I take my daily vitamin, I find myself trying to remember whether, in fact, I actually took the pill …
Fred’s blog about his morning swim made me anxious. I cannot conceive of waking up that early so many mornings in a row to travel to a pool to swim. I practically force myself, by taping my favorite trashy reality television, to wake up forty-five minutes early three days a week to go downstairs and walk on my treadmill. I am definitely not a morn …
While I enjoy a morning cup of coffee, I am not a coffee connoisseur. I cannot tell by taste alone the difference between a dark roast, medium roast, or a light roast. So I was shocked when, in New Orleans, I became enamored with the coffee served at The Café Du Monde. I liked it so much that I brought two cans home with me. When thos …
I am a huge proponent of vacations. I truly feel that we work very hard and deserve our time away. Moreover, I believe that taking the time away helps us to do our jobs better. Giving ourselves time to “recharge our batteries” can only be beneficial to our job performance. In the “old days,” we went on vacation and, generally, no one could g …
Every year, on Labor Day, I labor to write a meaningful blog (pun intended). I am always cognizant, and hopeful, that my Gotham family is out enjoying the last days of summer. Therefore, if you choose to spend some of that precious time reading my blog, I have wanted to make it worth your time. This year I am spending my Labor Day preparing f …
It happened again a few nights ago. I was having some trouble sleeping so I began channel surfing. As I came upon one certain movie, I knew my surfing would come to an end. I can never seem to get past it. Whenever it comes up on my television screen, I have to stop and watch it. The movie was “Goodfellas.” I have seen it more times than I ca …
When Fred offered the suggestion of “Happiness Week,” my first thought was this is going to be a “cinch.” Just the evening before, my husband and I were in our kitchen when, one by one, our kids each walked in from their evening out. We wound up spending over two hours in the kitchen talking and laughing with them. It was the perfect moment in time …
A recent article about Madonna caught my eye. She appeared at the Supreme Court building in New York City in response to a jury summons she received. She was dismissed, however, within two hours, was not questioned for any case, and spent the wait in a clerk's office instead of in the sprawling juror waiting room. A spokesman for the state court …
Mitch’s last blog inspired me to write about this topic: I have a confession to make; I do not like and prefer not to eat meat. My older daughter feels similarly. I am not a vegetarian because I will eat poultry in any form as well as fish. This is not a political decision for me, rather it is simply a matter of taste. I do not normally di …
With all the unhappy events that are in the news recently, I wanted to take a moment to write a short blog about a fun topic. And, of course, one that’s summer appropriate. So, here’s the question: Ice cream; are you a vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry person? And, of course the follow-up question, soft serve or hard ice cream? I am a v …
One of the only rules for Gotham bloggers, that I am aware of, is that we are supposed to stay away from “political topics.” Understanding the reasons for it, I absolutely agree with this rule. But I find it so difficult to write today without acknowledging the tragedy of Malaysia Flight 17 and the conflict in Israel. Both incidents have made me pr …
While I was contemplating posting the lyrics to "Monday, Monday," I thought the following would be more fun. The first concert I went to was BTO when I was in tenth grade. And while I thought these lyrics were fun then, they mean something entirely different to me thirty-five years later: You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning T …
A recent article in the Sunday Times made me squirm. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, there is a growing movement on college campuses to provide “trigger warnings” to college students that the materials they are about to read might upset them. Given as examples of works that might, in the future, require warnings were “The Adventures of Huckleberry F …
Last Saturday morning almost all of my family was out of the house by 8:00 a.m. Other than myself, the only other person left in the house was my sleeping daughter. I was essentially alone and had the whole house to myself. There was so much I could have gotten accomplished during that time. I could have answered emails, walked on the treadmill, cl …
It's Monday, Monday. Let me know what you think about. . .
