Then and Now: Living in the Shadow of 9/11
10 years to this day. 10 full years have passed since the World, the US and New York city fell victim to extremist, fundamentalist, terrorist attacks…and where are we now? I can tell you exactly where I was 10 years ago: Portugal, a 9 year old, sitting on the school bus, laughing and celebrating the [...]
Where Were You on 9/11?
. . . . . It’s been ten years since the planes hit the World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon in Washington, D.C., yet everyone around the world still remembers where they were and what they were doing. Now, Sept 11th marks a day of remembrance for U.S. citizens and their global [...]
A Different Kind of Siren
I’ve become accustomed to the sound of rocket sirens, the blaring noise that wakes you up in the middle of the night, prying you from the depths of REM sleep, urging you to get to your safe place within 60 seconds. I thought growing up in Manhattan meant that I was used to sirens, but [...]
The Adlon Hotel and Lessons in Primary Child Care
Now I don’t like to talk ill of the dead, but I think we can all agree that dangling your newborn baby from a hotel window several stories above ground is a sign of weak parenting. It also, apparently, has become a tourist destination in Berlin. The infamous dangling baby suite, where Michael Jackson waved [...]
