I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
Today I celebrate not going on a business trip by heading down to Jersey. I will cross the river, despite the “swamp gas” misgivings, because I managed to get out of having to go on what promised to be a god-awful trip. It would have been yet […]
Surprisingly, sometimes, being part of the leadership of a non-profit can lead to receiving invites to galas, embassies, interesting White House events and Historical Mansions. Being part of non-profit management may not put you in the back room with the Goldman Sachs folks who ostensibly run this country […]
I grew up in the South Bronx, during a time in which it was still burning and crack epidemic was starting to take hold. It was some dark times then and some powerful music rose up in response. Yet, I didn’t know much back then about the emerging […]
Spring cleaning has been all the rage for centuries. The spring equinox brings with it a crisp air tinged with a promise of warmth to come. During the 19th century in America, the month of March was considered the best time for dusting because it was getting […]
Oh Canada! As an American, I find Canada fascinating. It’s so similar to the United States that Canadians easily blend into the US scene and people are often surprised when certain Canadians are outed as such. Growing up, I was flabbergasted when I found out that Michael J […]
Consider the following for a second: We are thirty years into the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, the International AIDS Conference just returned to the United States for the first time in 20 years, and we have our first ever National AIDS Strategy. Does it seem to you, at times, that […]
The past three weeks I have been on the road trip after business trip engaged in group level discussions as to how to motivate Hispanic/Latino Leadership. When I am brought to many of these meetings, I am brought to serve as a representative of my larger racial/ethnic identity; […]
If you are a road warrior –a frequent business traveler- you know you have seen and experienced many odd things that would make for an ongoing series of horror dramedies! In light of what is being discussed at the national level in terms of the GSA and Homeland […]
I always had a very active imagination growing up. Every Sunday I would perform for my mom-whether it was dance, singing or telling stories. I even won third place in a story telling contest when I was young. As a result of that effort, I won this amazingly […]
On this beautiful Sunday morning, en route to the supermarket, we came across several squirrels cross the road carrying fairly large nuts. They definitely had netted themselves a major score. Such a sight had us chuckling because of that “Post It” notes commercial where the squirrels use the […]
