Mar 1, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Gap year. . . weird expression, right? I’m eighteen. At the end of high school I decided to take a year before going to college and my mom freaks out, right? She’s like ‘you’ll never go to college if you take a year off’, and I’m like ‘Mom, chill. . . I got this.’ But...
Feb 26, 2021 | A Day In My Life
It’s 1957 and each day is a new adventure. Diego, my grey and brown tabby cat, wakes me by sitting on my chest and staring at me with round smoky-green eyes. He places both paws on my chin and if I’m slow to stir, he’ll swat my nose. Diego thinks the sun in Santa...
Feb 24, 2021 | A Day In My Life
As a former Wall Street investment banker, I used to joke that the worst financial decision I’d ever made was my impulse purchase of a chubby, fluffy, and utterly adorable Newfoundland puppy I named Wellington. Newfies aren’t exactly built for New York City penthouse...
Feb 23, 2021 | A Day In My Life
When I lived in L.A., I was up at four a.m. and went to the gym inside my high rise apartment building. Worked out, grabbed a juice cleanse from my fridge while picking out the sleek and sophisticated outfit that I was going to wear that day, and fed my pug...
Feb 22, 2021 | A Day In My Life
My name is Samantha Barnes. Sam to my friends. I stand six feet one and a half inches in my stocking feet, six two and a half in my chef’s clogs. But let’s be honest. I’m Big Bird tall, not model tall. Nor am I a professional cook. Any more. At least not since a video...
Feb 18, 2021 | A Day In My Life
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I went from Hartford, Connecticut right up to the top of the Mountain and stayed there for over sixty years. So you could say I’ve seen a lot of change over the years. On the other hand, some things always stay the same. I...
