Gentrifying Neighborhoods

  My partner-husband (still having trouble embracing the husband deal) twice scored big in the real estate gentrification game. Our first was with a co-op in Washington Heights that wasn’t even fit (well ok it was fit for) heroin addicts and sidewalk Sallys...

First Podcast Featuring My Vibrant Vocal Chords

  Monday / January 29 / 6:15 PM (EST) ReaderHouse Podcast with: Jeff Namian   /   Author of Occupational Studies Interview with Allie Lasher, Program Coordinator I’m not sure how or when to hear it.  I think it’s on CBS Podcast Channel but not sure....

The City Housewife’s Tale

No no no, take a left Margarita, shouts Julianne.   Julianne is a good half a block behind her nanny and baby.  She’s on her cell and just had her nails done.  Her holding cell paw is a jazz hand straight outta Fosse.  The nails could stop traffic.  Oh so red....

The Suburban Housewife’s Tale

  I’ve written a lot about my mother, but don’t fret.  She loved attention, so now that she’s deceased these stories make her eternal.  Kind of like Evita.  She had this uncanny ability to stump me with one liners:   Don’t unplug the...

Truth, Honesty and Betrayal

What’s worse than being told “the check is in the mail?”   Nothing is worse, especially when you earmark that money for a specific transaction and your time has now expired.  It is absolute torture to wait for a check.  First off, who the hell in the...