Stache

December 13, 2011 in Blog, Embrace Your Dork

I shave my face. Yep, that’s right, starting three weeks ago, I am THE smooth upper lip chick! I am thrilled!  But I have gotten some uneasy glances when I ask my friends to feel how smooth my lip is.  Not because I am asking them to pet me, but rather because I am talking… Read more »

Inflation

December 8, 2011 in Blog, Humor/ Funny Finding

This time each year, it happens every time I drive along the streets or walk the sidewalks of my neighborhood.   I am calmly going about my day, when suddenly I turn the corner and one of THEM appears right before me. They are appearing like mushrooms. They are taking over. They are Inflatables. I feel… Read more »

Expectations

November 16, 2011 in Blog, Humor/ Funny Finding

I had to sprint the last two blocks but I made it just as the bus doors were hissing closed.  I had only recently moved to Chicago and was just getting the hang of the bussing system, but I knew from painful experience that missing one, could mean nearly an hour of my life trickling… Read more »

54 West 70th

November 9, 2011 in Blog, Motivation/ Go. Be. Do!

For a couple of years in my thirties, I lived in a studio apartment on the Upper West Side (UWS) of Manhattan.  Studio is New York for teeny.  It was two hundred and fifty (250) square feet.    You know your walk-in closet?  Yeah,  twice that. Here, let me give you a tour… come through the… Read more »

Swoosh

November 2, 2011 in Blog, Healthy, Wealthy & Wise

FEMALE NARRATOR VOICE OVER:   We’ve been together almost four years now.   It is kind of a miracle when I think about it.   It sure didn’t start well.  When I think back to the beginning, I remember how very difficult it was at first – painful even.  No therapist in the world would encourage a… Read more »

Smell My Feet

October 25, 2011 in Blog, Relationships

His first Halloween, Becket was a puppy dog.  The costume, a gift from England, was a pair of footie pj’s, and a hood with ears and a puppy face.  We lived in a NYC high rise and when he crawled down the carpeted hallway from door to door, the tail sewn on his bottom wagged… Read more »

m braceable u

October 18, 2011 in Blog, Embrace Your Dork

The room is cram-packed with people in schmancy clothes, amazing food and wine everywhere.  I am so excited to be out, wearing high heels and spanx that I don’t even see her at first and very nearly run her down. It has been a while (a long while) since I have been out.  I have… Read more »

About Mush

October 14, 2011 in Becket, Blog

“Heeeeere we GO!”  Becket squeals as the airplane slowly lifts off the ground and becomes airborne.   I have been on over 200 flights in my life, and I still find this moment miraculous.   I love that my son shares my penchant for the window seat and the amazing perspective it provides as we make our… Read more »

Believe It Or Not It’s Just Me

October 10, 2011 in Blog, Relationships

The phone call comes late in the morning.  A friendly lilting voice saying hellohowareyou.  Then, the tiny waver that lets you know something is amiss.  “We are in a bit of a tight situation here this morning… we wondered if you could possibly help out?”  It is the conference director of the local Resort.  The… Read more »

Au Revoir Fromage

October 5, 2011 in Blog, Healthy, Wealthy & Wise

I am in a toxic relationship.  It has been going on for years and it has to end.   The truth is, I have tried to get out before… multiple times, actually, but every time I do, something happens to make me dive right back in.  Usually, with a thin slice of baguette pinched firmly between… Read more »