You’ve seen them: pre-pubescent youths graduating with top marks from MIT or Harvard; sitting in the guest’s seat chatting with David Letterman; playing violin with some symphony orchestra; being annoyingly cute and precocious.
Well, I met one. She is seven year old Emily Bear, a piano virtuoso in training, with a resume that [...]

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Check it out on line. I added two new galleries. Click on the link in grey below.

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So my dear Shana Punim turned out to be a very “social cat” with a “great personality” and “gorgeous” according to my pals at The Canine Social Club.

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Hello everyone! it seems like it’s been weeks since I last wrote (almost two weeks – Oy!)
My busy season has come upon me and suddenly Spring appears and now the days are just flying by!!
I took Shana Punim out in public last night to an opening reception for my friend’s (Samir & Randy) new [...]

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You know it kinda reminds me of the lessons we learned in grade school about “sore losers.” and the waterboarding of dead horses.
Dick Cheney’s rant on Face the Nation surprised me. (footage included below) I knew folks were still tripping over our new President but to come out on National T.V. like [...]

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I will not suffer fools gladly now. I mean it. I really mean it. And this empowers me.
Picture this shoe kicking some fools outta my life!!! (this includes baggage, negativity, as well as people) Kiss my golden platforms!!!
Talk about getting “the ole steel toe!!”

May you all kick some butt today!!!!

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Just watched forty-nine minutes of video on C-Span.org. It was a broadcast of the program portion of the White House Correspondents Dinner. The event’s participants is part A-List (there was a red carpet) part hard journalists’, part scholarship program (more than a dozen college students in journalism were recipients) and very crowded. [...]

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Just for fun. Just for the heck of it. I feel like a little girl playing in my own high heels – my diva shoes.
But I do wonder how the starlets strut from the parking lot to the restaurant, club or kid’s birthday party in these shoes…
And yeah, the heel and platform are [...]

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It was all Barbara’s fault. I have been toying with buying a harness and leash and taking Shana Punim out for walks. She’s so big and I figured as long as she’s on a harness it’ll work… right? Of course there is the Pandora’s Box issue. Will she crave the air [...]

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Yep, the House of Blues gig was just what I needed to slap me back to reality.
Yeah, they lowered the pay.
Gosh, I’m lucky that people are willing to pay me and my band to basically have fun. Because despite the hard work that it is – performing is fun.

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