I thought I was a genius when I created a homemade version of Starbuck’s “mocachino”. I’d make a small cup of instant espresso, hit it with some whipped cream and a little sugar. Presto! tasted just like Starbucks.
I started down this path because I don’t really enjoy coffee but have noticed that I love espresso, […]
I have noticed lately–in advertising and news broadcasting–an increase in the use of folks with British (or Australian) accents. I think in this country, we sometimes assume a person with a British accent is intelligent and a person with, say a Brooklyn accent, is not.
The situation in the average work place is often similar. Consider […]
We live on a dead quiet street in suburban New Jersey…so when the flashing lights and siren sounds of an EMS vehicle, a police car and an ambulance are sitting in front of your neighbor’s house, in the middle of the night, it is shocking. In some ways it is almost life-changing.
I have a friend–a […]
Each year, as the central-air drone of another summer hums by–I spend a little time reflecting on my career. I examine the path that has led me from a young woman working in NYC–to my current gig as a “stay-at-home-dog-mom” and small business owner.
My memories of my first job are very dear to me–probably because […]
Do you remember the fictional character Stuart Smalley and his Daily Affirmations from Saturday Night Live? Remember his famous line? “I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!”
I wonder if that kind of literal internal conversation if something I should be doing. I can be so hard on myself that sometimes, […]
It will probably be a while (read, never) before my colleagues at b5media.com allow me to author a blog, entitled, “married without children”…but I thought I would share some insight here anyway.
If you are marooned out in the suburbs–and you don’t have children, it can sometimes be like living in Superman’s “Bizaar-O” world, where everything […]
I can not believe this! It is July 7, and I have already seen my first “Back-To-School” tv commercial! Didn’t the school year just end? Come On! Let’s give us all a break: kids and parents!
Often, we characterize life for a child as idyllic and splendid and all ice-cream-y…but I wonder […]
Ok…I don’t usually talk about stuff like this, but I’m sooo happy to report that at the age of 46, I have finally found my correct…a-hem, brassiere–which means that for most of my adult life, I’ve been wearing the wrong size.
I can’t tell you how many mornings I was late for work–due to unacceptable undergarment […]
As you can imagine, the decision to leave corporate America to develop and launch The Pet Set was not an easy one. I’ll leave the unsavoury details of actually starting up a business for another post; but suffice to say, it’s about as intense as any endeavor you can imagine.
Now that The Pet […]
I am lucky, the sound of loud noises, such as thunder or fireworks, does not affect my dog’s behavior in any noticible way. For other dogs, those sudden loud noises can cause all manner of fearful and/or destructive behavior.
Some dog behavioral experts say that one way to help dogs through this period is to create […]
Call me crazy, but I love the supermarket. Since I was a kid, the appearance of a new product or new packaging–or even advertising for that new product–has fascinated me. This being the American Independence Day weekend, I found myself in our local giNOURmous store quite a bit.
There are some products which have […]
Here in the Northeast of the U.S., we have endured very strange Spring weather. Winter didn’t actually leave us until early April, then we went through a heat-wave in May, and then a rash of dangerous flooding in June.
But today, July 1st…it’s a glorious day, it’s hot in that way I remember […]
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