by Lauren Slayton | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
On Friday I received this email from a college friend and recent client: Hey Lauren, I hope this note finds you well! Are the boys finished w/ school soon? We’re out on June 1, and then Colin and I head to Hawaii for 2 weeks. So, I have 2 weeks before I go to...
by Lauren Slayton | May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have to realize, as I write this, that the whole world doesn’t live in a house where the Golf Channel is on the preset list. Even so, chances are you’ve heard of Phil Mickelson. At the Masters tournament last month everyone had their eyes on Tiger (sing if...
by Lauren Slayton | May 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just about everything is celebrated these days. There is Bring Your Children to Work Day and Secretary’s Day (excuse me Administrative Assistants Day). For some causes there is longer fanfare such as for Teacher Appreciation Week or National Nutrition Month. I am...
by Lauren Slayton | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
It was the perfect summer day. It wasn’t too hot or too humid. My husband, partially because he is a nice guy and mostly because he knows I am an abnormally tolerant golf widow, had the kids plus a friend at Rye Playland. I was alone in the city and the possibilities...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lately there has been a lot of “sweet” or maybe not so sweet news. There was a study from the Journal of the American Medical Association linking added sugar to heart disease, this week a correlation between chocolate and depression (which I found completely...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
There are times when Friday comes and goes and I pay little attention. Other times I want to shout TGIF from the rooftops, exhausted and irritable after a jam-packed week. This week is a TGIF!!! week. So this morning, not one to wallow (recently anyway), I headed off...