This past week I was invited to a blogger event which I had planned to go because the celebrity spokesperson was someone I just loved from her 80s movies and trust me, I have seen all her movies and still watch them today. The reason I  ended up not going was because the celebrity’s daughter […]

Dear Darling Daughter, Today is your seventh birthday. It seems like only yesterday when the adoption agency called me to tell me all about you and that I would become a mother. I remember the day we went to pick you up, you were sooo tiny and so quiet. How different you are today. In […]

Fellow blogger, Newyorkchica inspired me to join her in the 31 Days to Better Blog Challenge. I actually got as far as day l and then just forgot about it. So as you can tell, I am pretty competitive and I hate when other people are moving past me. 31 Days to Better Blog Challenge […]

Dear Mayor Bloomberg, I am fascinated at the fact that you seem to be so concerned about the obesity issue with the children of New York City but don’t seem to provide them with outlets to run around. This past weekend, I happened upon the new park at Union Square. What struck me was that […]

This friday, my daughter’s birthday celebration is happening at school which means, I am responsible for bringing the cupcakes (no cakes please) and drinks.  Since I am not working, I thought okay, I have time to bake cupcakes thus saving myself some money. Well lo and behold, she has a dance recital Friday morning, which […]

Dear Darling Daughter, Lately, you have been into having a “tickle party” before bed mood. I love that about you. What I like best about this pre-bed ritual is that after our “tickle party”, we have a little chat.  Usually, it’s  filled with a lot of “I love you”, “you are the best daughter in […]

Today, my daughter’s school participated in Read Across America, which is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Parents are invited to come to their child’s classroom and read with them.  I like this idea for so many […]

This past weekend, I attended my first adults only party (sounds so x-rated, right) to celebrate my friend J’s birthday. J. is another single mom who I met at Saturday morning swim class and later found out that our daughter’s attended the same pre-school. When she invited me, she told me it that kids were […]

This week, I headed out to an American Express Alumni cocktail party. What’s that you say, a room full of ex colleagues getting together for cocktails, you aren’t obligated to go and it’s not company sponsored so you have to pay for drinks yourself. Who does that? I must admit that it is a testament […]

Dear Darling Daughter, Last week, we were invited to view Nickelodeon’s 2010 Toy Line. This event just happened to fall on the day that the snowstorm hit New York City and all the kids were out of school.  Nickelodeon graciously offered to invite you to the viewing and you  graciously accepted your fate, although, I […]