Archive for April, 2011

A Wedding Gown

Published Date: April 29th, 2011
Category: life

Bits of media filter through about the royal wedding.  So many reported the importance of the wedding dress. The dress is the woman.  The woman is the dress. One British reporter said that the wedding dress “is meant to say everything about who you are”. On the day of my marriage, my own wedding dress [...]

I remember when The Husband and I were planning our own wedding, we watched both versions of “Father of the Bride” the Spencer Tracey version and the Steve Martin Version and the Spencer Tracy/Elisabeth Taylor version was so much more sophisticated.  Compared to the Spencer Tracy version we could hardly stand the Steve Martin as [...]

Take Your DAUGHTERS (and offspring of other genders) TO WORK DAY

Published Date: April 28th, 2011
Category: life

So My Kid got out of school today. She took the train to midtown during the morning commute with The Husband today. She had a great time at the office. It was a formal event.  Activities were prepared for the children by interns and junior employees. Last time My Kid came to rehearsal in a [...]

End of the year ceremony

Published Date: April 28th, 2011
Category: life

It’s the beginning of the end for us 5th Grade Parents.  The wind down.  Everything that has been so important for the last so many years… After 4 years of Lego Robotics it kind of broke my heart that is was all over. I can’t believe My Kid stuck with this organization, FIRST Lego League, [...]

Finally “vacation” is over

Published Date: April 27th, 2011
Category: life

Most of the mothers standing in the schoolyard chatting about what they did on spring “break” were exhausted and thankful to have their children back in school today.  Some had just gotten home last night and had unpacking to put away.  Others hadn’t yet gotten to the grocery store and everyone had laundry.  Lots and [...]

Happy Easter

Published Date: April 24th, 2011
Category: life

We had a lovely day. My Kid wore a yellow dress the color of a daffodil. We attended mass at The Actor’s Chapel near Times Square. Our friend sang in the choir. After checking out the “Easter Parade” on 5th Avenue, We had brunch on the Lower East Side, Union Square. Sun then rain. It [...]

http://giantmagnet.org/ Apparently it’s over. Apparently it’s one of the reasons it is coming to an end is because it can’t compete for time and funding against the state mandated testing. Damn it! I used to work this festival every year when I lived in seattle and it was called The Seattle International Children’s Festival and [...]

Bye Bye Cathie Black! Bye Bye Book Proposal.

Published Date: April 7th, 2011
Category: life

It was such a good idea too– Me and Cathie Black. Like Michael Moore’s 1989 documentary Roger and Me about the filmmaker and the General Motors CEO. We have so much in common, Cathie and I!  As adolescents we both changed the spelling of the ending of our names (not even our real names, just the [...]