Archive for June 10th, 2008

My nursery shame as a no-show mom »

It was the one item in the diary marked “DO NOT MISS”, scheduled for 10.30am on Thursday. What occasion merited such urgency? My children’s graduation ceremony … from nursery school.
Given that my parents did not make it to my university graduation, I was amazed to receive emails from other (more involved) parents advising me that […]

Big Apple macho men spin out of control »

I will readily confess to being a New York gym rat: I like to go for a run or workout on the elliptical machines. The only times it isn’t relaxing is if I happen to enter the gym at the same time as the “spinning” class is taking place; then, you can literally smell the […]