Category: Elevator Pitch

Tonight’s easy. It’s Taco Tuesday. But it didn’t used to be… I used to start planning dinner at 5:23 pm. Dinner was always on the table by 6, and then the arguments started: “We had hot dogs yesterday” “I don’t eat pizza anymore” “I asked for grilled cheese. WHERE’S MY GRILLED CHEESE?????” Making a weekly […]

‘Tis the season to… start conversations! This time of year, everyone has a story – …they’re going somewhere …relatives are visiting them …their kids (or grand kids) are around It’s easy and non-awkward to start conversations about holiday plans. Just ask: “Are you staying local for the holidays or traveling somewhere?” You’ll instantly learn something […]

I thought I would get in big trouble… To celebrate the Red Sox making the World Series, instead of our usual patriotic song, I led my Rotary Club singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” I braced for the feedback. Rotary is an organization steeped in tradition and I was sure that by breaking […]

I start to wonder what song I’m quietly humming to myself. It’s not unusual for me to have a song stuck in my head, but it’s very unusual for me not to recognize it. The song haunts me the rest of the day, all night long, and through my early workout the next morning. Then […]

The instant I think about putting gas in my car, I pull into a gas station and fill ‘er up. I call it tomorrow gas. Because it’s not for today. I always have plenty of gas to get where I need to go today. The trouble happens tomorrow, when I’m in the middle of a […]