Category: Life
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Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Facebook and Instagram
I’ve been wrestling with this decision for a while now, but I’ve finally reached a point where I feel I need to speak out and take action. While I’m not able to fully delete my accounts because I need access to manage work-related pages, I will no longer post or respond on my personal page.…
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Refuting the Fear Mongering around HB2
There are 225 cities in America that have a non-discrimination ordinance (NDO) in place, many of which include bathroom provisions for transgender men and women. These cities have chosen to show love and equality to each of their citizens. And in these 225 cities, there has not been an instance where the NDO has allowed…
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Jersey City Ford: Where Customer Service Goes to Die
Our experience with Jersey City Ford has been nothing short of Hellish. We found a car we were interested in through TrueCar.com and made an appointment to visit the dealership.When we arrived, after having us wait a fair amount of time, we were told that it had “just sold.” We were then shown other models.…
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Politeness: A Lost Art? (or, Is It “Manspreading” When A Woman Does It?)
I’m completely opposed to, what the media has deemed, “manspreading” on the subway, but let’s not pretend this is a “mens only” club. As I boarded the F train at Delancey/Essex moments ago I found what should have been a seat. On a seat designed for three people sat, left to right, an elderly woman with her…
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Governor Mike Pence Can’t Stop Lying about Indiana’s RFRA, even in the WSJ
Indiana’a Governor Mike Pence just wrote an OpEd in the Wall Street Journal, again criticizing those who call Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) a “license to discriminate,” saying that the law has been “grossly misconstrued.” He goes so far as to express how he is against discrimination. “I abhor discrimination. I believe in the Golden…
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Sutton Foster and “Tootsie”
“It’s like Tootsie but with age.” This is Sutton Foster’s explanation of her new television series in which she plays a 40-year-old mother “disguising” herself as a 26-year-old in order to find work. There is so much wrong with her comparison. Granted, I haven’t seen her series as it hasn’t aired yet, but Tootsie was not…
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A Letter (and a Reply) to National Fitness of Knoxville, TN
This post appeared on a friend’s Facebook newsfeed and I was immediately upset by it. After reading that post from William Foley regarding the ludicrous treatment his family received at the National Fitness club in Knoxville, Tennessee, I sent the following email to Lee Sloan, President (leesloan@nfc1.com) and Randy Williams, Vice President (rwilliams@courtsouth.com). Sirs, I…
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Our Wedding is Not a “Non-Wedding Event”
I had a feeling this might happen, but still had hopes that people in my hometown would be more embracing than this. In our search for the perfect place to share our commitment to one another, we’ve seen a number of wonderful places here in New York and would be happy with any one of…
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Goldilocks and the Three Studios (or Entitled NYU Student Gets Featured in Out-of-Touch New York Times)
This week, The New York Times published a story in the Real Estate section chronicling one NYU student’s desperate and harrowing search for peace and quiet away from the raucous noise of the campus dorms. I have two issues with this article. 1. While I do have some sympathy for Vanessa Csordas-Jenkins’ condition (according to the article…
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The Doll Returns: Patti Playpal in Williamsburg
It was an adventure. After both the J and the M trains denied us passage over the Williamsburg Bridge, we trekked our way through the slick sidewalks of Brooklyn to the L in an attempt to make it into midtown Manhattan in time to attend Carol Channing’s 93rd birthday celebration at Town Hall (hosted by…
Tommy Karr 