Remember me telling you about my friend Rachel a couple months ago? Rachel who is 50 was being pursued by a young 30-something. While there was undeniable chemistry there, she was freaking out that she was practically old enough to be his mother. Well, always…
I just completed a whirlwind tour of Florence. Bargello, Uffizi, Duomo, San Marco and Acadamia all in one day. I wouldn’t recommend this as a travel strategy. But my planning (and I use this term loosely) got totally tangled with a national holiday and museum…
My mom died a few days after Mother’s Day last year. A week earlier, she gave me an unexpected gift. There are so many tragedies that happen every single day in hospitals, but my story has a happy ending. When my mom was first admitted…
Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble An’ if I stay it will be double (Should I Stay Or Should I Go, The Clash, 1982) Oh, the Clash! My all-time favorite 80’s band. Charlie, one of my…
When my husband John got home from work yesterday at 10 pm, I asked him if he could take our dog Jessie out for her last pee. They seemed gone an awfully long time. Jessie usually goes quickly on our front lawn and high tails it…
After my mom died last year, I found a note to her from my dad in the top drawer of her dresser. My parents divorced decades ago, and my dad is also now deceased. I was intrigued to read this note from my dad, and…
John and I had a date on Monday night at Bar Mercurio. Imagine. On a school night. It is rare that we arrive separately to restaurants. I highly recommend it. It feels so much more like a date, anticipating someone’s arrival. My heart skipped a…
A couple friends of mine recently became grandparents. One was showing me pictures of her six-month-old granddaughter dressed as a pumpkin—cute as a button—with the most pinch-able chubby rosy cheeks. I’ve never been gaga over other people’s kids (or grandkids) but even I had to…
I met my friend Tanya for coffee a few weeks ago. Tanya is younger, hipper and cuter than me. I had arrived a few minutes before her so watched as she made her entrance, all bouncy energy and her lovely blonde hair done in two…
I come from a long line of worriers. My grandmother Klari had an exceptional gift for seeing disaster in everything. She wasn’t entirely crazy given her sister’s family were rounded up by the Nazi’s and murdered in Auschwitz. But even decades later, living a very…