Well, if you think it’s scaremongering, let me share a story with you: a family friend (yes, someone I know directly - not a friend of a friend story) got this bacterial infection just by working with oysters in a restaurant - washing them, plating them, etc. She had no idea what was wrong with her at first - fever,…

Thanks and right back at ya!!!

So sorry to hear of your stroke and the depression. Your words really hit me and I wanted to just let you know you had an impact. I too find the daily effort of not listening to the negative voices just exhausting. It’s a constant effort to stay away from that dark, dark place. I’ve been there - when it’s so bad and…

And f*ing Daily News shows medics wheeling her body out of her building covered by a sheet. No respect at all - it’s disgusting.

Love my Fortnum and Mason canvas tote (purchased in 2012) - use it all the time!

“Older mom” here - not as old as Brigitte when I adopted but I was 45 so I’m 57 with a tween and will be in my 60s with a teenager. I have no regrets. I love being a mom and wouldn’t change a thing. My daughter keeps me young. And I have many friends who are in the same age range with kids the same age as me - I’m in…

ugh - seeing it Sat night and now I know a big plot piece - couldn’t you not have put a spoiler in the heading?

You can believe what you want but I don’t believe it’s ALL because of racism - not even sure if some of it is - I’m a parent raising a kid in NYC and I know how screwy the school system is and what parents do to protect the school where their kids goes - much more about protecting the quality of the school than…

Ah, yes, I did - tired day packing for a move so I wasn’t reading with my sarcasm meter on. Sorry.

I can say whatever I want here thank you very much. You have your opinion and I have mine - let’s leave it at that.

I don’t disagree with you but unfortunately that’s everywhere in this lovely country of ours - actually in this world of ours. Sad but true.

Do you live in NYC? Are you raising kids in NYC? If not, you don’t know how it all works and can’t understand why this is not about diversity. The upper west side may be more white than diverse but this is still a very diverse city and most upper west siders are liberal and open-minded but, like any other parent, they…

I think that this idea that these parents are wealthy is a overblown - most well-to-do families on the upper west side send their kids to private school. The families sending their kids to public school have money (I mean, you have to to live and raise kids in NYC to begin with) but not enough to afford private school…

I may be wrong then - that’s what I understood but we’re out of the public system because my daughter has learning disabilities that couldn’t be addressed in the public system. Even if there are zoned high schools though, as you know, you need to still apply and have it as a choice on your list in order to get in -…

Interesting question because I have a child that attends a special ed school (private because public school special ed programs in NYC are severely lacking). Special ed services get sparser as you get into middle school and high school so many special ed kids get lost and their parents don’t know enough about how the…

That’s not true - there are not all excellent schools in NYC - not right but the truth and so if the kid doesn’t get into zoned school then they could end up at a crappy middle school in another neighborhood on the other side of the city.

It’s not the diversity they’re shunning necessarily (and I think the media spin on this is what’s giving that impression as opposed to what the parents are saying)- it’s the fact that they live in a specific neighborhood so their kid can go to the zoned middle school which is a really good school - if 25% of those…

Wow, there’s a whole community of us! I am pale and have LOTS of dark hair - had long thick leg hair by the age of 7 - begged my mother to let me shave my legs for my communion so my thick black leg hair didn’t show through - she let me (she was huge about appearances so more about that than making sure I was…

Thank you for this - I don’t watch his show but this just made me fall in love with him. I have to watch more of these!

I was very moved by the movie - sobbing at the end and found it hard to pull myself together leaving the theater. I saw it with my brother at his request who came out at the age of 56 so that certainly impacted my viewpoint. It wasn’t a perfect movie - I was actually a bit bored for the first 45 minutes or so - but my…