Don’t Pity me Because I walk everywhere: I am a cool New Yorker like that Every day I wake up to the sound of a little boy saying “mom, mom, mom. Are you awake.” Groggily I get up and go heat some milk up for him and […]
Yes! The Olympics are over. Now we can go back to our regularly scheduled programming. Our selfie obsession has now officially spread to animal kingdom realm. Animals have been stealing cameras and taking selfies in the forests. It’s been a weird work week for me. Quiet surreal […]
Bomba Y Plena: Dancing Whimsy at a Leadership Development and Training Event I grew up in the South Bronx in a fairly predominant Puerto Rican neighborhood. We would do parrandas (a version of caroling) around the Christmas holidays and drink coquitos. However, it was not until I went […]
A blaze of comfort on a crowded plane with crying babies and grumpy passengers I hold on tightly to the little toy. I finger the heels and a wistful smile spreads across my face. Anyone watching me, although everyone is deep into their iPad or cell phone, would […]
The prophetic nature of my Puerto Rican dreams I come from a highly superstitious family. Every body part, for example, has some superstition attached to it. Itchy palms means money is headed one’s way and ringing ears means someone is talking about you. White fingernail spots means […]
Never having had a birthday party I worry about how to throw one for my son All weekend long I have been fretting because my year-old son has been sick. It appears that a cookie he bought on his own at the school bake sale was a bit […]
Glowing antlers, wigs and crumbs: Art is in the eye of the wacky beholder. Is the Olympics almost over? Does anyone else feel underwhelmed by the Olympics or is it just me? Blah. This past week one of the news items that went viral very quickly was that […]
Whimsy in a bottle: Rock concerts, cocktails and slides Because of the nature of work lately, I was not able to go on holiday vacation this past season. I had a little bit of a staycation during December but I still somehow managed to work. Ok. Let me […]
A new pink sensation for this New York power girl Back in my college days, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I had a ritual. I would do what the so-called BPs (beautiful People) did on college nights. I would get all glammed up, put on my clunky high […]
The day I negotiated the purchase of local artwork behind a telephone pole in Havana, Cuba The humidity was creating a grand frizz on my head. I didn’t care however as I sauntered down the Paseo del Prado. How vibrant and eclectic and entirely intoxicating. Cuba was so […]