Promises promises ... that's not just a line from a Naked Eyes, or more recently a Take That, song. There are the promises you make for others and the ones you make for yourself. I try hard not to make promises I can't keep, but when it comes to myself they are sadly easier to …
NYTFC: The Hero
As a member of the New York Times Film Club, I've pre-screened a few movies this year, some good, some predictable. Sometimes, like tonight, the screening features a Q&A afterward with the director and one of the actors. And tonight's movie, The Hero, featured none other than the legendary cowboy and voice of Sam Elliott. …
a room full of women
Thursday night, wearing a power pantsuit from Lilith Paris I attended the HOW Conference produced by the Quorum Initiative. I met some of the most amazing women during the two-day conference. Entrepreneurs to C-suite executives, and women like myself starting our own businesses. Finally, a future I can see for myself.
Weekend Warrior: a new chapter begins
One of my friends is leaving New York City after 15 years and we spent the past weekend catching up with her Big Apple bucket list. First stop, the Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum: We followed with a tour of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, and fell in love with the rose gardens: …
The New 4-Letter Word
(1) there's (1) a (2) new four-letter (3) word in town, (5) one you should be wary (8) about adding to your daily vocabulary. you most (13) likely use it more often than you realize, it is sneaky that way. (21) and although it's not as disruptive as say a like or an Uhm, it can cause …
Parkour Kitty
Oh, Finn, you bewitch me as you vanish out the door on a mission for sun and soot. You start the day with your coat of cream and apricot... I sometimes catch you in your mischievousness, dashing across the rooftops. Nimble and quick as only cats can be, I cringe when I spot your tightrope walking on …
Weekend Warrior: Chihuly Nights
There are some places in this city that are pure magic. The New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx is one. And this spring they are hosting "Chihuly Nights," a twilight evening series with live music and an illumination of Dale Chihuly's glass exhibition. Nightfall and the first installation I see is a blue stone glass …
Tourist Day: The Cloisters
Wednesday morning It's Tourist Day, and we're going to The Cloisters! Now that Kinga is making a clean break for California we're crossing off items on her "I've lived in New York City for 15 years and have never been to..." bucket list. For those not in the know, The Cloisters is a museum annex …
Bzzz Bzzz
First, I hear an incessant Lilliputian drilling. Then, sawdust on the table. Monday morning, I spy one solitary sentry hovering. One week after the carpenter bee expulsion and it appears they are back. I call the exterminator and they return for a courtesy visit and reapply the poisonous treatment to the burrow holes followed by …
On this day, 92 years ago
On this day in 1925, my father Vincent Patrick Preziotti was born. I visit This Day in History and discover that Katherine Hepburn, most noted for her performances in The Philadelphia Story and On Golden Pond, was also born today, in 1907. I remember Dad’s nightly AMC movie marathons filled with spaghetti westerns and comic dramas, …
