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My son had looked forward to San Francisco last year. He definitely missed New York. However, he noted upon landing in San Francisco the first time, that it was beautiful and the water was so clean. I thought he was throwing shade at New York and had […]
Growing up, my mom played the numbers. She would play pick 3 and do a combination draw. Whatever that meant. I have never actually done any of those lottery games despite my mother’s grand belief in them. She actually did have some luck. She often played her […]
Stop for a second. Just one second. If you can’t, ask why not? Are you always running to and fro? Running from meeting to meeting? Running from errand to errand? Running like mad just to keep fit? And then what? Hey Mister: Can you spare a […]
I am jubilant. I am ecstatic. I am jumping for joy. After five months of commuting every other weekend between San Francisco and Los Angeles, I will be finally packing up my San Francisco place and moving down permanently to Los Angeles. Ok. Let me backtrack just […]
Selfie-taking is everywhere. An extended arm and an intense gaze can be seen on a hiking path, lava cave or crowded flight at 37,000 feet above ground. It’s how we are now. Our faces are always on display to ourselves and to others. We are constantly looking […]
Back in 1981, a little known group (ha!) named Duran Duran released a song called Planet Earth. I have liked that song despite it not being one of the more widely listened and downloaded Duran Duran songs. “look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life voices, […]
Admiration is something that has been both easy and hard for me to engage in. I see people that have done great things, accomplished many feats. However, I then also see defeats and moments in which people just walk away. I have admired my family members, and […]
My life has been a bit off the last year. Three jobs. Three cities. Multiple states in which I lived. I left a very familiar group of people behind in order to venture forth. I needed to explore new “lands”, sort of speak. As such, I […]
I love eating. I love eating out. I think eating is one of the greatest pleasures in life. As such, I expect every meal to be satisfying. I expect most of my meals to meet a deeper hunger. A psychological hunger. Maybe that is too much to […]
I think that at least once a day, I stop and wonder for a brief New York second what the future holds. As I am in my millionth meeting for the day and I sip (or rather down) my 4th cup of coffee for the day, I […]
