Thursday evening NEW YORK, NY February 25, 2010 —Because of the snowstorm, the city has decided to postpone parent teacher conferences for junior high and intermediate schools, but Mayor Bloomberg says otherwise, it’s business as usual in the classroom. “Our main objective is to keep our kids in school,” Bloomberg says. “That’s why we have [...]

It’s Monday morning.  The Husband has taken My Kid to school and I have a couple of hours on my own in the apartment before I have to leave for a class.  Because I’m using my laptop to get organized for my day I somehow ended up on facebook where friends were complementing Chris Bayes [...]

I spent most of the day in Manhattan with my kid because there is no school this week and it was a good day to have a midtown lunch date with The Daddy-Husband who works at Rockefeller Center.  We ate noodles at the Sapporo Japanese restaurant on 49th Street (We used to eat at Sapporo [...]

Via facebook I learn of the death of an elementary school classmate. Five days older than me, she will never be the age I am now. The Husband, My Kid and I took the train to Union Square and bought books at Strand. We ate guacamole and drank margaritas at the Mexican restaurant where the plastic [...]

Last week I read an interview with Ariel Gore in hip Mama the parenting zine. Yesterday afternoon I bought her new book bluebird, women and the new psychology of happiness and inhaled it.

D@#$  I didn’t leave home in time to get to the Y in time for the Pilates class I like AGAIN!  It’s like I’m not even trying.  And yet I am.  The Husband took My Kid to school on his way to work so I had three whole hours to get stuff done before I [...]

This weekend I’m going to let my desires to do clown work slide by the wayside.  Jef Johnson is teaching a workshop at Theatrelab and I would like to spend my weekend there.  But, it’s not a public performance so it doesn’t get that clear-the-deck priority.  I already know Jef and enjoy his approach.  The [...]

I’m excited. When Chris Lueck announced the end of the Downtown Clown Revue he also put out a call for performers for the last few performances.  I sent him an e-mail.  I don’t have an act that I want to do.  But I do have a character I would like to play while helping to [...]