“I don’t really make new year’s resolutions,” while fully knowing that I am formulating a list of resolutions in my head–things to stop doing, things to start doing, things to start doing again. (
“My father wooed her, and after an MGM producer gave her an audition, he helped arrange for her and her family to move to Beverly Hills, where she had steady film work for five years. He was busy helping Siegel expand the Western Front of the Costello crime family and opening the Fla...
So first, think about how much money you’d need to pay the bills for a month if you cut back on all the non-essentials you can live without in a crisis. Abudget plannercan really help with this step. Now imagine you’re out of work for several months because of unemployment during...
Notgo to the gym. Instead, leave it for people who actually want to work out. Even during the 3 weeks in January that all you resolution-makers crowd the gym, before slipping back into your slothful ways. Park in the back of the CVS and Trader Joe’s parking lots. There is much mor...
Housing, as every other country, depends where you want to buy. Budget for 10% on top of the house price to cover all the related conveyancing costs. 5. Not everyone adapts to Spain seamlessly and not every move is a happy-ever-after. The Spanish are not hungry for extranjeros who ...
As for the stepparent hoping to make a family from their partner’s kids, sometimes it happens. Sometimes it doesn’t. As soon as the kids are old enough to step away, many do. And if you’re no longer with their father or mother, they might step right out of your life. That’s...
A memorial is planned for January 4 in New York City. Details will be announced onSwanFuneralHomeOldSaybrook.com. In lieu of flowers, donations in Bill’s memory may be made to theALS Associationin memory of Bill’s father and brother Michael. ...
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been actively writing here for some time. I’m taking a bit of a break from updating this site at the moment. I’m keeping busy with a number of other projects, both personal and professional, but I do hope to start blogging here again in the...
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing." - Camille Pissarro
to pay off when my wonderful, loud, talented, beautiful, smart, and fiercely independent wife got a job that kept some spare change in our bank accounts. Her insane work hours kept her prying eyes a perfectly far enough distance away, so I could buy all the baseball cards, Funko Pops, ...