My Obsession with “The Class”
2021-03-04
Color me “The Class” obsessed. Hard to describe the experience, but let me give it a go…Continue Reading
Grab Your Group & GO for a WALK
2021-02-27
About a year and a half ago I started regular Walk and Talks with my theater group. The goal was to offer more opportunities for people to connect outside of the 5 to 10 minute quick snippet visits that would take place at our currently disbanded theater outings. I also wanted to prove to non-believers that yes there are quite a few waterfalls in Central Park….Continue Reading
Food is Medicine – and Learning from our Youngers
2021-02-25
My family and I ate the last of our “healthy meals” as provided by our group last week. We will miss getting bags of carefully and lovingly prepared dinners and grab and go snacks, but it is time for us to fend for ourselves…Continue Reading
Hospital Bed Life Lesson
2021-02-14
Happy Valentine’s Day group! Hug the ones you love – they are the one’s that matter. 💕 Continue Reading
Go Forth and Be in Awe
2021-02-12
Walks (and Talks) with a side of active view gazing are good for your well being. Who knew?Continue Reading
That Time I Trashed My Daughter’s Coat
2021-02-09
On the morning of January 1st 2021 I asked my daughter if I could borrow her hot pink Canada Goose coat for skiing. She generously agreed with the caveat that I not trash it. My retort? Margaux if I trash your coat I think we might have more serious problems than your coat…Continue Reading
Masks on, Wallets Open
2020-09-15
We are back in the city and I am 100% relieved and happy to be back as we experience this challenging reckoning together. I love this city and everything about it, but one would be a little cold and callous to not have their heart broken numerous times a day as one discovers yet another cherished local business shuttered for good…Continue Reading
Sing Street – The Movie – and Why You Should Watch It
2020-05-08
We LOVED this movie! If I had to summarize, it is a comprehensive 80’s era (the year 1985 to be exact) love letter with a School of Rock/Once/Stand by Me/Bend it Like Beckham/Almost Famous vibe (these happen to be some of my and probably your most favorite movies). Most of the car ride back to Montauk we talked through how we would go about turning it into a musical…Continue Reading
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
2020-04-04
The exercise of taking time out of our day to acknowledge and RECORD what we miss during these strange times is not an exercise in self-pity, but an exercise of life appreciation. It is a note to your future self to try to remember the things you missed during this bizarre and scary time in our lives…Continue Reading
Being Grateful While Washing Your Hands
2020-03-31
New experiences abound as we tackle our new normal. For today, a tip for the many, many times a day you are washing your hands…Continue Reading
Grab Your Life & GO LIVE It…!
2019-12-31
Happy New Year Group and cheers to you! My word for 2020 (and possibly the next couple of decades) is GO! Here is why…Continue Reading
Why the Walk & Talks?
2019-12-01
In October I introduced the Walk and Talk into the Grab Your Group and GO repertoire. The question has been asked, “Why the Walk and Talks?” But I think the better question is, “What took me so long?”Continue Reading
Cheers to You!
2019-11-06
I wrote the following post for my theater group newsletter. I had so many people comment on the email that I wanted to share it with all of you…Continue Reading
Why do we GO see LIVE theater?
2019-09-15
In one of my closing missives to the theater group last spring, I included a photo of a column a friend (thanks Liz C.) sent me from an airplane. The article regaled the reader with an array of mental health benefits associated with regular cultural engagements (like the theater). These benefits include staving off depression and reducing the rate of cognitive decline… Continue Reading
Eat & Live Like @Spoonful of Abby
2019-07-24
After seven years of graduate school for nutrition my niece – Abigail – you may know her as Spoonful of Abby – is seconds away from being a licensed dietician. We are so proud of her. It is all kinds of gratifying when someone you love lands on a career path that so in tune with the person and her passions. I learned quite a bit from her when she visited last weekend…Continue Reading