Last but not least I’d like to thank my Latina Mom twice This past weekend saw the celebration of Mother’s Day. Sunday was a gloriously beautiful day in New York. Everywhere one turned you saw flowers, bird houses and pies on sale as part of the Mother’s […]
Missing my mom’s voice on my birthday I shall be taking a leap by going blonde A few days ago it was my birthday. Typically it rains on my birthday parade. Amazingly, this time around there was no rain puddles for my feet to step in. There was […]
Literal, physical and existential sticky situations while traveling If you love to travel and do it quite often, then you must have a hardy core and quick-thinking brain (of sorts). Cultural and language misunderstandings are the items Du jour oftentimes while out on the road. I […]
A fiery spring morning Spring comes and goes in a colorful blur The thrill is to catch the morning fire For it serves as a soul’s liqueur Synchronizing nature’s uplifting choir Earlier sun rays permeate the room The groggy-eyed morning travel is captivating The offshore waters […]
Surfing world cities through the subway and metro train systems As a New Yorker I have an intimate knowledge and understanding of the underground. I understand what it means to be a straphanger. I know to never hold onto a subway pole below the waist. Trust me […]
Wait! Did I wear this dress yesterday? Much has been made of the fact that both Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton have worn some of their dresses on more than one occasion. Apparently, it is a major social faux pays in the celebrity world to wear a dress […]
Seven and a half things to do this spring Monday to feel the spring-hue happy blues It is a lovely spring morning in New York today, despite it being a Monday. Indeed it is a blue sky Monday with the chubby squirrels gathering up their nuts on the picnic […]
New Yorkers terrorized by a rat and a nine-month attempted murder: this week’s weird and wacky news for me to obsess about Close to two decades ago, I became obsessed with monitoring the news. I vividly remember the television coverage, and that in particular of the […]
What my spam email says about me… or not I try to not take many things personally. I laugh and giggle a lot and get over arguments fairly quickly. I most assuredly hardly ever get bothered by the crazy things staff or partners have to say. […]
The everyday monuments we live in and travel through around the world Everyday I walk from Grand Central terminal in Manhattan to my job which is 20 blocks away. I live Grand Central However, every morning as the work masses muddle through on a few cups of […]