When Jennifer and I met in 2005, we liked each other immediately. It was just one of those things: I knew we’d be friends. But our friendship didn’t really take off until a year later, when Jen came to work with my team at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Over the past five… Continue reading Jen and Co.
Year: 2011
A Shift in Perspective
There’s a comfort and a simplicity to my three-legged commute each workday morning. I take the shuttle from my Hoboken apartment to the PATH train; the PATH to 32nd Street and Broadway; then I walk four long blocks to my office at 32nd and Park. The same characters populate my route most days — the porter hosing down the… Continue reading A Shift in Perspective
A Turkey Day Toast to The Lovers, The Dreamers, & Me
Thanksgiving officially became my favorite holiday in 1984. Looking back on that year, when I was 13, I remember it as my initial taste of adulthood, when I felt for the first time I was participating in the grown-up world, and I loved it. My family had just moved to a new house in the College View Drive development… Continue reading A Turkey Day Toast to The Lovers, The Dreamers, & Me
Caption This! to win a $10 Amazon gift card
Think you are clever? Prove it by submitting a caption in the comments that fits the picture below. Be creative, be clever, be witty, be silly, do whatever it takes. If I pick your caption, you win a $10 Amazon gift card via e-mail. To Enter: 1. Submit your wittiest caption below. All entries must… Continue reading Caption This! to win a $10 Amazon gift card
Of Birthday Gifts and Partnerships
I remember the day my brother was born like it was yesterday. I was almost four, and besides missing my mother like crazy while she was in the hospital, I could not wait for them to get home so I could hold Michael in my arms for the first time and we could start our… Continue reading Of Birthday Gifts and Partnerships