February 6, 2017
At a time when we’re discussing women and their rights on a national level, I want to level-set: We have options today. We have more options than my grandmother and even my mother had. Lean in. Lean out. Work full-time. Stay home. Be a corporate soldier. Downgrade your career trajectory. I completely realize not every single […]
January 22, 2017
I’ve said it before: I never envisioned myself living in New York City as a mid-30s, married mom. But here I am. My son will be 3 (already!) in April, just when his sister is due to arrive. We’ve somehow been making it work in a two-bedroom apartment in the furthest reaches of Manhattan, juggling […]
December 28, 2016
When I turned 30, I wrote this post, and I’ve been similarly introspective about turning 35. Once you hit a certain age, the years go by quickly, and that can be both a blessing and a curse. I turned 35 three weeks ago, in the last month of a year that has been arduous on […]
April 22, 2016
I’ve learned over two years of motherhood that time is both your best friend and your worst enemy. It will erase all traces of the virus that has forced you to fearfully watch your baby cough out a lung as he sleeps next to you on the couch. It will eventually bring the teeth that have been […]
September 21, 2015
I didn’t tell any of you but a few weeks ago I finally went on a trip I’d been dreaming of for a while: Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, and Glacier National Park in Montana. I went with my friend Nicole, who I’ve known for 15 years and who is more like a sister […]
February 20, 2015
New York is not my city. I think the prime age at which I would have really enjoyed and taken advantage of this city has passed. Bright-eyed 22-year-old? I’d have owned this joint. Even the 27-year-old who almost chose to move to the Big Apple instead of going to Australia would have done all right here. […]
