Making Work Fun

There is nothing better that a company can do than making work fun for it’s employees. I don’t think I have ever – except maybe at Disney World – seen so many happy smiling people in a retail store. Certainly Read More …

Quick Change of Scenery

All summer and during winter play season, we help the kids work on their abilities to make a quick change of scenery – they get better each year and each performance. The pond to the duck nest or from the Read More …

Real or Not Real

Sometimes, people are skeptical about marketing executives and their product pitch. Is what they say real or not real?  From commercials to ads to slogans and taglines – what they say may just sound good.  Today, I think that people Read More …

Who You Are Today

No doubt, who you are today, is different from the person you were 10 and 20 years ago. You are now older, more mature, maybe you are married and have children – or maybe you have recently graduated and gotten Read More …

Missing the Rain

All summer, we were missing the rain that was so very needed, for the water table, for the grass, for the plants, for the trees and of course, for the apples. Today, we were not missing the rain, happy to go Read More …

Their Style, Not Yours

Gift giving is really, really easy when you know the person well.  Giving something that will match their style, not yours is the problem when you don’t know them at all. Some of the more structured parties have registries, from Read More …

One Little Letter

It was my fault. Well, me and my husband anyway. We did it on purpose. We decided that we would replace the PH with an F, in Sofia. How could one little letter cause so much concern? The Italian (and Read More …

Changing Your…

It isn’t easy, changing your name. I know, I have done it. It is far more complicated than changing your mind that is for sure. Yet, every day, people do it. New driver’s license, social security card, passport, bank accounts, Read More …

Will There Be Cake

In the eyes of my son, the best part of the idea of a wedding is the answer “Yes” to his “Ok, so I have to dress up, wear uncomfortable shoes, hug people I don’t know, smile while they tell Read More …