Yesterday, the U.S. Labor Department announced that unemployment jumped to 7.2%, the highest in 16 years. How many of us know someone who’s lost their job in the last 5 months or can you speak for yourself? I can raise my hand for the former. When I got my New York Magazine (Jan 5 -12) [...]
Another nasty habit in addition to checking political blogs…watching the entire SEX AND THE CITY DVDs after work time. I guess this is a symptom of post-election something. As much as I enjoyed the series [on DVD because I don't do cable], over the years, the 30-something (plus one 40 something) single woman angst is [...]
This morning I heard on the TV news that New York’s Mayor Bloomberg cancelled a trip to California to deal with the Wall Street problem. When a Wall Street Mayor cancels a trip to deal with a Wall Street problem, something’s really wrong. This morning the nation’s 4th largest investment bank Lehman Bros. is filing [...]
I’ll never forget where I was or what I was doing the morning of September 11, 2001. I wasn’t doing anything special. I was in my apartment, a foot or so away from the bed. I’d just finished my yoga stretches in time to watch a friend make a guest appearance on the “CBS Morning [...]
