We were recently winding down our Memorial Day Weekend vacation and starting to experience that all too familiar gnawing feeling of return to the real world anxieties and problems.  Just then I spied the words "Harkuna Matata" written under a wooden bridge covering a pool lap lane.  I looked up the meaning of those words and what a perfectly timed antidote to our gnawing feelings: "No Worries"!Harkuna Matata!

Overheard at a bar in the west 40s...,Man: "You look great!"Woman: "Yea.

Reposting a blog from the past with a timeless message. Shake it off. Music heals. Sometimes life can be so simple. The other night after a very long day, I was headed home on the 14th St. crosstown bus.

Last week, a colleague called to ask me a question. It didn’t have anything to do with work. She had a need and was trying to figure out how to go about filling it. So she called me – and paid me the most extreme compliment. “I thought of you because you know everyone”, she said.

The New York Times ran an interesting interview last week with Paula Broadwell. Perhaps the name sounds familiar but you can’t quite place the face? She is the woman who had a romantic relationship with General David Petraeus. When the nature of the relationship was revealed, and the nature of the sensitive information he shared with her, he resigned his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Currently, he is a partner at Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts, & Co., serving as the chairman of the KKR Global Institute.

It starts with a box. Charter Communications recently acquired TimeWarner Cable (TWC).

Poop is now officially the big topic in Spain...In Torrelodones, Spain they installed a giant inflatable poop in order to discourage dog owners from abandoning their pets' excrement in the streets.   The town of Torrelodones shared photos of the inflatable poop and encouraged residents to share photos of the massive message to dog owners with the hashtag #nomascacas as a way to promote this through social media.

I was taught that little things mean a lot and I respect that verity.  I know someone who has 2 friends with whom he makes a point to check in (text) with on a regular basis.  One is a high school classmate who is progressing nicely following an "episode" and another is a club friend who is recovering well from abdominal surgery.  He feels he is helping their progress in his small way and, truth be told, he tells me it gratifies him greatly in a very real way.