On Saturday morning, I had thought of a fun blog idea. Running out to an appointment, I decided to set the idea aside and write the blog on Sunday morning. Then, on Saturday, the explosions in Chelsea and New Jersey occurred as well as the stabbings in Minnesota. And, with that, thoughts of a fun blog flew out of my head. And, I immediately we …
This past Friday during lunch in Princeton, my friend architect extraordinaire Josh Zinder asked each attendee to share a story. Since the next Friday (September 23) marks a special anniversary of sorts, I shared how I met Fred C. Klein or perhaps how Fred met me. A version of that story, perhaps the definitive one, appears in the March 2016 …
What's left after a bruising battle, a war, a conflict, an argument? Raw feelings, resolution, terror....? Can we as a country feel unified? Did we ever? We are fed a stream of news that is divisive and lopsided, you can pick the side. Social media feeds us what we want to hear...not what we should hear. Yes...it's true. Social media keeps track …
Rashomon was an iconic 1950 Japanese movie wherein a number of eye witnesses to a horrendous event each had a different version as to what happened. The Rashomon effect is contradictory interpretations of the same event by different people. It is said that the effect is not only based on differences in perspective, but occurs where such difference …
Recently, I was again reminded of the vagaries of life. Those chance occurrences that could make all the difference.We were driving to Washington, D.C. and were about 30 minutes away on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway when traffic suddenly came to a complete stop. Within minutes, at least 10 emergency vehicles passed us. The traffic app told us th …
...especially if you love women. Who knew that September 14 was such a powerful day for human rights and creativity? In 1879, Margaret Sanger was born, founder of Planned Parenthood and one of the very first outspoken advocates of choice. For all you lawyers out there, in 1921 Constance Baker Motley was born, first African-American woman to be appo …
I need a little help from my Gotham friends. You all “get it” about the importance of networking. That’s why you are part of our Gotham family. On November 13, I am running a workshop at the Ivy Leadership Summit. ILS is an annual conference of college students that tours the various Ivy League schools. This year, the conference is being ho …
What sort of eater are you? I think my husband would say I am a quirky eater. For instance, I love raw carrots and eat them by the handful all day long. But I will never go near a cooked carrot, no matter how lightly cooked it may be. My eating quirkiness extends to watermelon. I love fresh watermelon. But I intensely dislike anything that is …
Today is a somber day, a day of reflection. 15 years ago was a frozen moment in time like a snapshot, everyone one of us knows where we were, and what we were doing as the day’s events unfolded. Most of us knew people who lost their lives that day, or others by a quirk of fate that did not. We all lost something that day, some more than others. …
Yes it's true. Walled City Brewery in Londonderry, Northern Ireland posted an advertisement in a local newspaper seeking a 'beer taster.' The lucky person will be required to taste up to 40 craft beers once a month. And get this..."Training will be provided but ideally we are looking for an understanding of the nature of craft beers, for someone …
On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy Hearings in Washington, D.C. Joseph Welch, Chief Counsel for the United States Army, had had just enough and famously said "until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty, or your recklessness....have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"Have you had just enough?
Every four years, Labor Day marks the 'beginning' of the presidential election campaign. And every four years, two types of people emerge -- those addicted to the election news and those who purposely avoid the election news. Okay, I admit it. I'm addicted. I have become an election news junkie. I not only watch CNN whenever I can, I listen to CNN …
How do you handle them? Maya Angelou* says "I've learned you can tell a lot about a person the way they handle three things: rainy days, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights... I might add, the way they handle no access to their newly-moved-in office on Labor Day, but the point is the same. As Stephen Sondheim so gloriously wrote in Wes …
I am not athletic at all but I do enjoy walking. In nice weather, Bill and I walk around our neighborhood. This weekend, we decided to change the scenery and ventured out to Trailview State Park, a section of the Greenbelt Trail. The Greenbelt Trail extends essentially across Long Island from North to South – although the little section we …
My children tweet. Apparently, they tweet all the time. In addition, they use Twitter to get their news and information about most important events. I have tried to tweet. The opportunity to potentially communicate with someone I would normally not be able to reach is very intriguing to me. But the approach to tweeting intimidates me. I have a Tw …
