In her book, Thrive, Arianna Huffington tells the story of her daughter’s fifth birthday. They celebrated with mermaid cake, presents, balloons, and a party. That weekend, when both Arianna and her daughter were volunteering at Children of Mine, a center for children in need, another girl was celebrating her fifth birthday: With a chocolate chip […]
I don’t have an accent; everyone else does
I spent Sunday night deep in the farmland of Kansas visiting my stepdaughter and her family. You’ve more than likely seen this countryside as you whizz by on the interstate, but we were at least an hour from the nearest interstate highway – off one of those exits with a long straight road that disappears […]
Faking It the First Time
I embellished my restaurant experience to land my first fine dining server position in 1989. I’d only waited tables for a few months but said I’d done so for years. No one wants to be first, and let you be their guinea pig. So we sort of fake it that first time in order to […]