Once upon a time there was a lazy Sunday in May, seventy-eight degrees, a carrot-infused bloody mary, a roasted beet and honey salad, lavender scones, and three perfect hours with my childhood best friend. Then there was a closet shelf of just the perfect size to become a shrine to Chanel … the perfect pumpsContinue reading “Boozey Brunches”
Category Archives: Musings
Dear Gentlemen, it’s too bad about this whole feminism thing
I stumbled upon a sad little blog the other day full of angry little trolls huffing and puffing that white men had become the marginalized minority, discriminated against, marginalized, and silenced. Between the venomous lines of hate, I read quite loudly the longing these men shared to return to the “good old days” of masculineContinue reading “Dear Gentlemen, it’s too bad about this whole feminism thing”
Into Everyone’s Life A Little Motivation Will Fall
Six hours I have six hours until I need to be on a flight to the UK, followed by three days “on”, a day to fly home, two days of laundry, groceries, and prep then four days in Chicago, five days in Rome, and one week home. Then it’s on to one week in NewContinue reading “Into Everyone’s Life A Little Motivation Will Fall”
A Moron, a Jackass, and Sarah Palin Walk Into a Bar
Last week I found myself knee-deep in stupid wrapped around a premise of profound. I’m sure you’ve been there too, that moment when you’re talking with someone and a piece of verbal garbage so profoundly ridiculous comes out of their mouth it leaves you scrambling for the conversational escape hatch … “Command, I’m going toContinue reading “A Moron, a Jackass, and Sarah Palin Walk Into a Bar”
Avoiding the Office Urinal Cake … and other career tips
Once upon a time I worked as a Barista at a ski resort alongside a rowdy snowboarder crowd. My colleagues enjoyed the odd Friday afternoon adult beverage, and although I was not of legal drinking age, they’d occasionally invite me to join them. Now, I’m not one to shy away from a margarita, but shootingContinue reading “Avoiding the Office Urinal Cake … and other career tips”
It’s Not All About Me
One of my best friends, with whom I’d lost touch when she moved back east, had a baby today. I didn’t even know she was pregnant. She called me, not about the baby, but because she wants a divorce. My little sister, my BABY sister, told me at lunch today that she was diagnosed withContinue reading “It’s Not All About Me”
Bending Over Backward
Every once in a while I really manage to piss someone off. Not just kinda, we’re talking nuclear grade, maximum emotional-button-pushing, pissed off. I managed to do that this week to a level that resulted in someone almost walking away from a multi-million dollar deal. My offense? I said I was “bending over backward” toContinue reading “Bending Over Backward”
A Code No One Understands
Sitting in a noisy corner of a quiet bar there’s a story tickling the corners of my mind, a song of Pirates, Cowboys, and runaway mothers on spring break – abandoned in a forbidden and foreign place. There are lying lies, and the damn liars who tell them covetous addicts, and drunks, Telling stories without telling the storyContinue reading “A Code No One Understands”
The Umbrella of Arrogance
I’ve started a dozen posts, then stopped them, because I don’t want to share those thoughts. I’ve posted a dozen photos, then deleted them again, self-consciousness eventually overwhelms every endeavor. I used to write, until my writing became too much of a tool that could be used to judge, or potentially judge (perhaps only inContinue reading “The Umbrella of Arrogance”
Figured Out Foolishness
I was talking with an old friend, who is also arguably the most miserably unhappy person I’ve ever known, but in that 40 year-old frat boy sort of way … of all the people who should be seeking self actualization! He took me aback when he commented with pride that he had life “all figuredContinue reading “Figured Out Foolishness”
La Belle Valise 