I’m lucky. I am only one among a group of six close friends to still have a mother alive to celebrate Mother’s Day with. …

It’s my “Tree Day.” Ten years ago, on April 11, 2013, I almost died when a 42’ tree unexpectedly fell on me while on vacation with my family in the Costa Rican rainforest. …

A quick dip in the Icy Atlantic for Special Olympics Confession: I love the cold! I would much rather be cold than hot so the idea of wearing a bathing suit on the beach in February wasn’t something that I immediately ruled out. When I was asked to participate in…

Making fabric flowers by hand I had the opportunity to visit M&S Schmalberg in the fashion district of NYC and get a tour by company Vice President, Adam Brand. I am not someone who normally wears flowers (fabric, real, paper, or otherwise) so I didn’t have high expectations for how much I would enjoy this…

A (failed) test of patience Like many others, our family started playing many more games during the Covid lockdowns. These were usually traditional card games like Rummy and eventually, more modern card-based games like Coup (one of our new favorites). …

Japanese Moss Balls I received the above two kokedama for Christmas presents from two different people and I loved them so much I decided to try to make one myself. But first, what is kokedama? According to GardenBeast.com: “Kokedama is a centuries-old Japanese form of garden art that is closely tied to the…

Celebrating around the world 🎉🍜🍇🥖🚪 My New Year’s Eve is usually spent in my pajamas, in my house, watching one of the New Year’s Eve shows (and my husband sleeping on the couch), and forcing myself to stay up to watch the ball drop in Times Square. I’m not complaining…

What will you try this year? 50 Things started the year I turned 50 as a way to hold myself accountable to my plan to try 50 NEW things during the year. These things ranged from eating crickets to glass blowing to visiting a synagogue. The chief criterion to be on the list was that it…

Afraid of heights? There is a relatively new collection of buildings in NYC called Hudson Yards, and there is an experience there called the Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere. An elevator zips you up 1,100 feet where you can walk out, onto and around a platform surrounded by…