Risky Business for this Girl born in the Year of the Rat There is an old Seinfeld television episode where three of the main characters talk about luck and how they consistently have a certain type of luck. One always has great luck, the other always bad and […]
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 […]
There is a first time for everything. And like other firsts, I am wrapped up with anxiety, excitement and trepidation. Many have said it will be heavenly; that I will feel like I am floating. Others have said it will feel like a little prick and be somewhat […]
Being silent nevermore: I now raise the roof on behalf of those whose voices have been muted Growing up I was labeled as “gifted”. I was offered the opportunity to skip a grade, which I wisely declined. Teachers in the South Bronx loved me. I was studious. I […]
A Three Year Old in Japan Discovering the Art of the Selfie Weekly Photograph Challenge: Selfie When my son was three years old, we traveled to Japan where they treated him like the little Prince that he believes himself to be. Being that current times are those in […]
Born to Run and Surf on the Sunset Daily Prompt: Machine Bruce Springsteen said it best when he sang Born to Run: h-Oh, Someday girl I don’t know when we’re gonna get to that place Where we really wanna go and we’ll walk in the sun But till […]
The Psychology of Managing Across Multiple Generations in the Workplace: The Sandwich Method The Daily Prompt: Generation X,Y, Z At home I have a rambunctious five year old son. Until recently, I had a stubborn talkative, storytelling mom. I bought a house for both him to run around […]
The dodo bird is known in pop culture for two things: being extinct and having been stupid. Yes, they appear to have been a little off-kilter in that they were flightless birds that would try to eat rocks. Although, they were also quite chubby from all the other […]
Daily Prompt: Giving My 26 Bones a Time out in a New York Minute I am the quintessential New Yorker: I have never had a driver’s license, I speed walk everywhere and I tend to eat lunch either on my feet, at my desk or with a cocktail. […]