The day after I retired from the oil industry, I took the train out to a suburb of Philadelphia to take a dance class. I know the woman who teaches the class; she lives a few blocks away from me in the city. I bought a one-way ticket because the…Continue reading I’ve Got the Golden Ticket
Tag: Memories
A Walk to Remember
I was raised on America’s Most Wanted and Law & Order. So I approach all life situations carefully considering the odds of my getting kidnapped, raped, and/or murdered to an arguably (and admittedly) irrational degree. I don’t mind telling you that I am scared of the country. Even the suburbs…Continue reading A Walk to Remember
Common Courtesy is Dead
Common courtesy has died a horrible death and common decency is on life support. If I ever become President, I will mandate that everyone, I don’t care who your dad is, EVERYONE will be required to spend at least six months working in either a restaurant or in retail. I…Continue reading Common Courtesy is Dead
Hey, Remember That Time I Met Mark Wahlberg?
I had graduated from Drexel University with a Master’s Degree in Interior Design with no job offers and no job leads. I was working as a hostess at two high end restaurants in Philadelphia. One of those restaurants was the steak house chain, Smith & Wollensky’s. Summer being their slow season, there…Continue reading Hey, Remember That Time I Met Mark Wahlberg?
Summer of ’05: Part II
As I mentioned last time, I worked my face off that summer. I once worked a whopping 22 shifts straight before taking a day off. I was working as a hostess in a restaurant that was, at the time, one of THE most popular places in Philadelphia. How popular, you…Continue reading Summer of ’05: Part II
Summer of ’05: Part I
As we enter into the home stretch of summer time, I think now is as good a time as any to tell you some tales from one of the stranger summers of my adult life. The summer of 2005 was a weird one. I’d graduated from Drexel with my Masters,…Continue reading Summer of ’05: Part I
Hey, remember that time we got caught reading Playgirl on an airplane?
* Names have been changed to protect the married with three kids. In my second senior year of college, I decided to go to Atlanta for Spring Break with my friend, Kerri Jackson. How I miss the ruckus and public spectacle that was Kerri Jackson in the ’90s. A girl…Continue reading Hey, remember that time we got caught reading Playgirl on an airplane?
Hey, remember that time we got flashed on the way to see Schindler’s List?
I feel the need to start by saying that Schindler’s List is a great movie. Gripping, dark, brutal realism at its best; a Holocaust movie that Gene Siskel said will “simply and forcefully place us there”. Totally what you want in an afternoon spent with your Italian, Catholic grandmother. I…Continue reading Hey, remember that time we got flashed on the way to see Schindler’s List?