How Gullible
How gullible are you? Do you believe the sales person who says that the golf outing is just a little bit farther down the road… and 35 minutes later, you think you are about to drive off the edge of Read More …
Author: Dawn aka Hat Girl
Retail Parking
Retail parking is the bane of many retailer’s existence. Too few spaces. No customers. Zoning requires 10 spaces, you have room for just 9… Can you get a variance? Should you try for it, or maybe if you just squeeze Read More …
Oh, You Kids!
Don’t / didn’t you hate it when someone calls / called you a kid? I know I did…and I was the oldest, so I was always edging my way into the adult conversation. But invariably I would say or do Read More …
The Only Thing Missing
I was looking for the best restaurant to go eat crepes. Or even to have crepes… I believe, if there’s a restaurant promoting that they make them, they’d better damn well be good… Voila! I found two spots not too Read More …
Mother’s Day
Somewhere along the line I read that Mother’s Day really should be celebrated on your first child’s birthday. Since then, I have wished friends of mine happy Mother’s Day on their child’s birthday because without them, they wouldn’t be a Read More …
Calling it a Day
The end of a long week. It is Friday, and I am calling it a day. Tons of client work completed. Travel schedule for next week and the week after (and the week after that!) I think I deserve a Read More …
Last Call
While it is still far from last call in Philadelphia (12:30Am as I am finally getting to write this tonight) the legal bar closing time is changing. Soon it will be 4AM. Some already have approval to stay open that Read More …
Close Call
That was a close call. You missed the train. Damn. Um. No… you were very lucky to have missed that Amtrak train. I can not help but imagine the person or the people who who missed that train and the Read More …
Call Backs
Don’t you just love it when there are call backs? No, I don’t mean for your audition at the theater (in which case, you may not want a call back, you just want to be told “yes, you have the Read More …
Most Options
The one with most options wins. Every time. Found a need for a service. On Mother’s Day. I had to stop an argument. It was escalating and it was a holiday. I wanted to be happy, I wanted him to Read More …