A dear friend of mine got married today. I’ve known Akhri since I was about four years old. Her mom was my montessori school teacher, and because there are seven years between us, Akhri was enlisted to babysit for Raina and me one more than one occasion when we all lived in Eagle Rock. I [...]
I’ve been tagged (by Melissa). Since I’ve been a little low on the creativity lately, I’m happy to play along and be told what to write. Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Professional Personal Organizer, right after college. Nanny, the summers between college. Staff Assistant at the AACR. Tour guide at the Independence Seaport [...]
My dad turns 57 on January 2nd, but since I’ll be back in Philly by then, we are celebrating tonight. It will be a little party, just some family and close friends. We’re having teriyaki beef stroganoff, steamed broccoli and pinch pie. One of the traditions in my family, initiated by my grandma Bunny (dad’s [...]
We’ve opened stockings, unwrapped presents under a tree, eaten turkey, lit Hannukah candles and poured over ancient family pictures. I feel fully Christmas-ed, stuffed and loved. I hope everyone out there is feeling as good.
This morning while I lay in bed reading, not wanting to get up quite yet, my grumpy 13 year old cat Dinky, who always spends the first four or five days of my visit punishing me for staying away so long, came over to snuggle. Minutes passed as we sat there together. He purred and [...]
I’m following in the Random Friday Ten tradition, despite the fact that I am so totally out of my normal routine. I figure one thing’s got to stay consistent. You know the rules, but for the newcomers, here they are. Turn you digital music player to shuffle/random, and tell us the first ten songs that [...]
Half an hour ago I was in the bathroom, drying my hair, when my mom came in and said, “Hey, do you know that you have nine comments on your blog?” I unplugged the hairdryer and sat down in the computer/dog room, to see what people had written. I was a little afraid someone would [...]
I got an email from my boss today, which punctured the tenuous joy of my vacation and sent me spiraling downward. I’ve been holding onto the edge of okayness for a while, and in the 30 seconds it took me to read her email, I lost my grip altogether. It wasn’t actually anything she said [...]
I left work yesterday at 2:30 to head for 30th Street Station to catch the R1 to the airport so I could get on my 4:56 pm flight and get home to Portland. I walked out of my office building and headed down Market Street, towards the train station. Halfway between my office and the [...]
Getting my suitcase out of the 30th floor storage unit requires not just a trip upstairs, but a trip downstairs to get the key from the front desk, then the trip upstairs on the freight elevator (the only one that goes up that far), down a creepy, cold hallway lined with rickety wooden doors, a [...]
