Tomorrow my ultimate concierge, our five-month-old adorable pooch, America, and I will fly out of the Palm Springs airport to O’Hare. I will be home in time to have dinner with my mom in my beautiful Chicago. We just arrived in Palm Springs a week ago and are turning around to spend Thanksgiving with my […]

  It would be nice if we could all gather in my living room, or yours, and “kibbitz” over coffee! Until that day comes, let’s do it virtually, shall we? As I work diligently on the launch of my network designed to connect vibrant, visible women over 50 — MOXIE! — I’ve had a few things […]

It is Sunday morning. My ultimate concierge is leaving to meet his high school friends for brunch, in the burbs. How special is that to continue your relationship with your friends from your school days? Afterward, because he is the ultimate, he is picking up my alterations, saving me a trip. What am I doing? I […]

By Jerry Witkovsky If you are a new or first-time grandparent, you’re in good company. According to the MetLife Report on American Grandparents, by 2020 one in three American adults will be a grandparent. No doubt you’re thrilled to be called Grandma or Grandpa, Nani or Poppie, Bubbie or Zaydie (or – like one spry duo […]

By Irene Caswell  When your son reaches a landmark 40th birthday, how does it affect your relationship as a parent? In my experience, when you also share a birthday, it has a tendency to mark the passing of time in larger print, and even more so, I found, this year. Time to Recalibrate The many stages […]