nod 'n' smile

Hello from 37,000 feet in the air. I’m writing this during my 14 hour flight from NYC to Johannesburg, South Africa where I will have a one hour layover- just enough time to hopefully hustle off of the plane and make my connection to Nairobi, Kenya. The entire journey should take nearly 20 hours but [...]

Every year around this time, I always have a few conversations with people about how the year flew by, how it disappeared more quickly than the last. It always seems like there’s never enough time. It always seems that despite my best efforts, there’s always a lot of things left undone. So, what a wonderful [...]

With just a few more days remaining of 2011, New Yorkers are busy bidding farewell to the past and getting ready for the future. Here’s how: Looking backward Happy Good Riddance Day! Seriously, I didn’t make that up. Apparently it’s now become an annual tradition (this is the fifth year!), a day where New Yorkers [...]

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas if you celebrated the holiday, and a good weekend regardless. It seems a lot of people had today off from work, so it still felt like a continuation of the weekend. My Christmas Day was very different this year because J and I hosted family at our apartment- [...]

Can you believe it’s already mid-October? Just two and a half months until 2011 officially comes to a close. I had to do the [highly complex] math several times to convince myself that the figure was accurate. Nonetheless, it feels a little weird to already have New Year’s Eve plans. I generally don’t plan those [...]