I didn’t want to do this one again.  I just didn’t.  Nope.  No, thank you.  I did it once and it turned out great so I’m gonna lean towards the big “HELL NO” in my head and respectively decline.   But then…There’s this other voice in my head…a much softer, kinder, nudge of a voice, […]

Eight years ago I did a really brave thing.  After waiting and waiting to hear back from a big-time music manager about becoming his receptionist, I showed up to his office unannounced, and said: “I didn’t move to New York to become a receptionist.  I came here to be an artist and I want you […]

As I’m nearing the end of this fearless journey, I started craving the days back in the beginning when I did something scary everyday.  There was something special about feeling that knot in the pit of my stomach, or the kind of nerves that fly up and down my spine. And lately, I’ve sort of […]

Tonight, after providing the #livebeats at @lyonsdenpy, I decided to bust out my guitar and sing in the subway car on my way home. Like many New Yorkers, it takes a LOT for me to pay attention to subway entertainment. So, I was prepared for the worst. And sure enough, I enter the train with about ten passengers […]

Six months before my fortieth birthday, I booked a solo trip to Paris to celebrate the milestone….and, I cried.  I realized I had not taken a vacation for myself in ten years.  TEN YEARS!!  How did I let this happen?   Just ten years prior, while approaching my thirtieth birthday, I made a life-changing decision to […]