I'm a working girl, but not that kind of working girl. I can see how you might get confused. Part of my job description is client entertainment. Just saying that out loud sounds pretty seedy I realize, but it truly is professional. Not that kind of professional, more like in a business sense. Not that …
Continue reading Taking a Seat at the (Business Dinner) Table
Hey you. It's me, you. Writing after a long weekend away with Gull. An opportunity that doesn't come often anymore because once you had that third kid, all the willing babysitters who used to trip over themselves to help disappeared. The job became too big, the ask became simply too much. But how could they …
Men are pigs. The proverbial phrase that just about sums up all the rude comments, the cat calls, the inappropriate grabbing, and worst of all- the text dumping. But I'm not talking about the figurative pig, I literally mean men are pigs. It took years and the magical Konmari to finally train my husband to …
Continue reading Dressy But Messy: The Office Coat Closet Debacle
It's Valentine's Day. We had big plans. But then we remembered- we have 3 kids and 2 respective careers. Our romantic evening plan of dinner at our favorite NYC restaurant was scrapped for tag team extra-curricular shuttling, and maybe a quick bite of Thai take-out in between. I'll be passed out in Sparrow's bed by 9:30pm. …
Continue reading The Other Woman In My Marriage And How She Improved My Life
Have you ever- scratch that- how many times have you watched the Rodeo Drive scene from Pretty Woman with complete envy? The musical montage where Vivian comes out of that cramped dressing room in every outfit imaginable while the sales ladies keep bringing her more, and the nods, the claps, the head shakes that greet …
Continue reading Losing 5 Pounds With No Diet: The Wardrobe Edit
Alternate facts got me thinking about what MY life could've looked like had it gone in a different direction. There's plenty of books and movies that pose this topic, but when you stop to think about it, the answers you find reveal a lot about your deepest strengths and desires. I am perfectly happy in …
Getting to work on time is hard. The trains are unreliable at 5am. The crowds of bleary-eyed professionals are unbearable. The clock is ticking, and that last leg of the journey- the cab ride uptown- can make or break you. But you can't go it alone- that's expensive! So you team up with other geographically …
Continue reading The Most Dramatic 10 Minutes of My Day: The Cab Share
I swore this wasn't going to be a mommy blog. And it's not, right? I was feeling pretty vulnerable since my last post about the time my young (YOUNG) kids accidentally web-surfed for Internet porn. I shared it with the millions of readers (ok, just like 27 if I was lucky) of the blogosphere. I …
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