Each year, before my parents head south in January like migratory birds escaping the bitter cold of the Northeast, my mom scrambles to pack in as much QT (quality time) with my niece and nephew, brother and sister-in-law and me. The first stop on this year’s QT Adventure Train was on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. We… Continue reading Aboard the QT Adventure Train
Sibling Rivalry
Jed and Stacy became celebrities in our building a few years ago when they came home with the cutest darn Goldendoodle puppy in the world. Her name is Momo, and she has legions of adoring fans ready to fall to their knees the moment she appears to greet and kiss her. Momo might actually be… Continue reading Sibling Rivalry
Jen and Co.
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.
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