And then there were five: Through the push of the deafening howling winds I have a love of travel. I love encountering new cultures, new foods and new people. That love of travel is not just for foreign lands. I love traveling across the United States. Its […]
Bark, bark, bark around the world It is Monday. Go ahead shout and bark out loud. Get the sillies out. Back in high school, I took one of my very first photographs of note in my life for my photography class. I was so proud of it. It […]
Let the Puerto Rican Superstition Be: I will not wear bobby pins to sleep tonight My mom was a very typical Puerto Rican woman. She voted in every election and passed that habit onto me. She spoke Spanglish with gusto. She loved rice and beans and dark, […]
Tell me a lie: I will laugh with you as you mend I have always considered myself a storyteller. I grew up entering storytelling contests and getting quite far in my endeavors. My mom was quite proud as she herself always wanted to be a novelist. Our […]
Those awkward 5pm moments and how you wish they would fly away It’s 5pm and you want to head out quickly, catch the elevator and run out to catch the train home so that you can veg in front of the television for a few minutes. By 2pm, […]
Little New York Conversations are keeping me awake Nighthawks by Edward Hopper is the ultimate New York scene. It is deep into the night and the lights still shine bright. Hopper plays with the light giving a hint of how fragile even the strong can be. Ever since […]
Someone came in: better flush the toilet If you are a woman you know what the title of this diddy refers to. If you are a man you may be puzzled or you may be like my friend Hal that heard about it through the grapevine. One day, […]
The green-eyed monster’s disruptive tentacles in the workplace In nature, greenery is soothing and tickles the bare feet. In nature, on a hiking trail green is welcoming to the eye, soul and mind. Grass and more grass. I remember at boarding school, we were not allowed to walk […]
How to ride the subway in New York City while Keeping Clean and Sane It is in my opinion always better to take the subway than to ride a cab or ride a bus. Although, I prefer good old-fashioned walking. I walk over two miles each day. Used […]
This Week’s Wacky, Weird News With a bit of stickiness, loonyness and extra flavor When you need a drink, you need a drink. A drunk woman really wanted another drink. She was super thirsty and eager to get her drinking on. What is a drunk woman to […]