Here in Florida, none of us can plan to eat in a restaurant until at least May 8, since the governor closed them because of the coronavirus pandemic. It won’t replace the experience of dining in, but Paul Hartford, author of “Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server,” has […]
Mia Sofia is changing families’ tomorrows
TOMORROW Tomorrow, March 23, 2020, is a very special day. It is Mia’s birthday. Mia Sofia is the daughter of my friends, Jelina and Erik. Jelina gave birth to Mia last year on March 23, but Mia had died in utero. I have never seen two parents so determined to keep their child’s spirit alive […]
Less
LESS Yesterday, I participated in a volunteer gathering to do “headstone restoration” at a local cemetery where veterans are buried. “‘These colors don’t run’ so we are not canceling” is what the coordinator said Friday night on Facebook. Things are canceling left and right due to Coronavirus, but I decided I needed to show up […]
Switching to a new Publix? Horrors!
OK. Cue the tiny violin because this is truly one of the most “first-world problem” types of things you’ll ever see me write about. However, if you are a Floridian, you probably get it. At the end of January, we moved out of the home we had lived in for 15 years. The “cardboard kids” […]
Grasshoppers on a mission and other fascinating stories
February 28 came and went without me noticing, but it was the two-year anniversary of the beginning of my editing career at SmartBrief. (Prior to that, I had been a searcher and writer of stories.) My first brief as an editor was the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association SmartBrief. Lucky me, I had so […]
Share Four Somethings
Here are four things I loved/read/treasured/looked ahead to in February. Something Loved My nieces, Jessica and Elizabeth, threw a shower for their sister, Olivia, on Feb. 8. I love spending time with my family in general. Specifically, I love the fact that I’ve gotten to hold my new great-nephew, Paul (Jessica’s son), both times I’ve […]