I was in an adorable dress at a dinner party with friends from Poland (all of these points are relevant) when someone asked about the bluish-green circle peaking above the zipper on my back. “I beat her” immediately offered my sweet husband (from Brazil), who never ceases to delight in implying USAmerican foolishness by…
DetailsBoost your Energy and Creativity! Learn, Do Something New before Summer Ends With kids home and vacations and nice weather beckoning outside windows, the end of summer may be a welcome hearkening to buckle down and get back to work. Why not take advantage of the “extra space” of summer to get out of your comfort…
DetailsThe St. Louis High School Question Meet anyone from St. Louis, anywhere in the world, and if you are from there too, within the first five minutes someone will say “so, I have to ask the St. Louis question…where did you go to High School?” It is our own private club. Only we do it.…
DetailsPhoto credit WBTW Channel 13/CBS How not knowing the culture and cultural arrogance tripped up Ryan Lochte Any Brazilian or anyone who has been to Brazil knew that Ryan Lochte and friends’ story couldn’t be true. 1. Because he said they didn’t take his cell phone. That would be the first thing taken, and 2.…
DetailsGrandma Studies Sports Page to Connect to Grandson We were sitting at the dinner table at Fitz’s in St. Louis last week. While my husband, son and I chatted at one end of the table, I overheard my mom getting a momentary-oh-so-cherished-one-on-one with her grandson, my 15 year old nephew, an avid St. Louis Blues hockey…
DetailsI read this morning that the Declaration of Independence was signed today… August 2nd. Which I don’t get because we celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July…the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, right? Apparently no. Congress did adopt it on July 4, but it took nearly a month longer to actually prepare…
DetailsHey…here’s a post to accompany my 22 for 22…22 push-ups for 22 days Why am I doing it? I took an ethics class when I was completing my masters at DePaul’s School for New Learning. A question discussed was if you see a problem in society and you know you are able to help, are…
DetailsRemember that shampoo commercial from the 80’s “don’t hate me because I’m beautiful?” It reminds me of the undeniably stunning women in Brazil. And how I myself feel after about 10 minutes every time I go there. Attitude Leads in Brazilian Body Image My first visit, about the same time that commercial came out,…
DetailsFinding a Father’s Day Playlist for Aerobics was much harder than I thought. Unlike searching for mom songs, which offered a variety of songs in different genres, many upbeat and full of happiness (think Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like a Rock” or the classic Smokey Robinson “Shop Around”), dad song playlists were all mostly slow…
DetailsThis article was written by my dad in 2012 for the agency blog at R & S Marketing where he was Senior Vice President at the time…just after his 81st birthday. So much for “old people” not getting social media! It’s more that some get so caught up in the tools of what can be…
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