Much has been said about New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, both positive and not so positive. She has brought her green sensibility to a city that has notoriously bucked the worldwide green trend. It is evident everywhere from the potted plants that line the middle of the Flat Iron district […]
Archive for June, 2009
What I Love About France
Posted in June 21st, 2009
It’s not too hard to adore France honestly speaking. In keeping with my tradition of love and hate top ten lists for each country, here is the love list. And now, the drum roll please.
1. Creativity abounds. When I stroll down a Parisian street or visit a village in the southeast, I am inspired to […]
What I Hate About France
Posted in June 21st, 2009
It’s probably an oxymoron to many people, hate? France? Too many Francophones roaming the globe, I know. But, I lived in the south of France for about a year. In the quaint vill-age of Vence on the Cote d’Azur in the Alpes Maritime district. Endless business trips to Paris and further afield to Lyon brought […]
Public School Woes and Joys
Posted in June 21st, 2009
Just the thought of writing about the public school system, even one teeny part of it made me shudder when I first put my son into the labyrinth in NYC. I tried to sort out as quickly as I could, what it was I wanted to know in as few words, documents, meetings and websites […]
Calm Before the Storm
Posted in June 19th, 2009
Today is my mother’s 72nd birthday and she is not singing or blowing out any candles. Even in her mild depressed state, Jean-Luc, Florian and I will go to her apartment today and have a little celebration with her. Florian painted a picture using tempura paints on canvas.
In two days chemotherapy will be administered to […]
On Mothers: Sickness & Healing
Posted in June 14th, 2009
My mother has stage IV lung cancer. She’s been extremely fortunate to have had one and a half years virtually cancer free, a blessing of time, since one of her lungs was operated on and removed. During this time warp, she, and I, have approached daily life as if ‘everything was normal’. Like well oiled […]