I’m always thinking about names for businesses that I’ll most certainly never have. Why, Jaimie? You could open a business. Yes, yes I could. But really, it’s unlikely I’ll open a chain of drinking establishments called the Crow Bar and Sand Bar and Bar Mitvah and Bar Bacoa. I don’t…
There was once a time when I was constantly being followed by organic baby puffs. They’re these little cereal-like rings that taste like the Host and purport to be made of spinach and beet juice and other nutritious sounding ingredients. They were stealthy… always looking so innocent once they were…
Yesterday my little baby turned two! And boy would you know it. But that’s a post for another day. Tonight I thought I’d spend a little time reflecting on what Nate’s all about at the ripe old age of two: Nathaniel is crazy good at throwing. Better even than someone…
Today I read an interesting series of articles in The Journal (That’s what people call it, right? Makes me sound more like a CFO. Way better than, ‘Last night when I was watching Downton Abbey’… not quite as impressive.) So I read this article about innovation and entrepreneurs and this…
I can’t get anything past Jakey anymore. Every word is under the microscope. I feel on edge as we listen to the radio, or that’s he’s listening to what we’re watching on TV from the other side of the house. The world is just teaming with fresh, inappropriate vocabulary. Honestly,…
So this week I’m in LA for work and of course the conversation invariably turns to celebrity sightings and all manner of brief brushes with fame. It turns out one of my colleagues has an impressive collection of relatively well-known friends, including the author of a series of children’s books…
I distinctly remember my first swim lessons. My teacher at La Madrona had a huge straw hat and she made me lay on my back a lot and I was completely freaked out. All I remember is looking up at a lot of sky and straw hat. I don’t think…
At school the teachers have coined him “Nate the Great.” It’s pretty cute. This past fall, I was visiting Jacob’s classroom and was lucky enough to cross paths with Helen. Helen is the most cherubic, rosy cheeked little girl. She has two older brothers and one time I recognized her…
This past week I finally got my act together and signed-up the entire family for swim lessons. I was talking to a colleague at work and she asked me, “Why do you all need to go?” I had a fun time explaining to her that there was no way I…
I just got back from six (adjective omitted) days in Las Vegas. Business. At least four of those I never saw daylight. And on Thursday we were given the generous gift of a free day. As I sat in St. Mark’s Square, sipping my cappuccino made at a gelato stand…