How would you describe yourself to someone?
It’s hard to be immodest, but sometimes it’s better than hiding your true self. Under a bushel of false modesty.
So I will admit to my best qualities. I am friendly and loyal and sincere.
I lose some of my pride in these when I realize these are qualities that are also common to your golden retriever.
Ah well.
If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?
I always loved the dinosaurs that occupy the AMNH.
As a child, I loved visiting the giant beasts and the big whale.
Years later, I spent many a productive evening in the great halls with little Danny. In his childhood, as he is in adulthood, he was always a scientific guide. It was a real treat when his mom entrusted him to me for a trip to the museum.
All that said, I see no useful purpose to bringing the TRex or any of his pals back. Not even the herbivores.
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?
It’s a wide wild world.
Figuring out where to start a trip is a big part of the fun.
This handy little machine lives up to its name.
It is also a punny appellation.
It dries thoroughly and completely which those models that look like hand eaters really don’t.
Thin Air, now that is an accurate and great moniker!
What’s the story behind your nickname?
There are those who almost instinctively call me Tammy.
No no no.
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?
This morning’s wailing child breakfast interruption put me in mind of young parents’ dilemma. Does getting out of the house with your tot have to be disruptive?
How can those in possession of a small child enjoy a protracted fine dining experience? There is the simple “get a babysitter” way. Too simple, too costly. We like to shlep our kid everywhere.
Top chefs, here is your next frontier: 4 course tasting menu for 2+. Parents will wear snuggies and hold the baby during the entire course.
An ode to the garden tomato as opposed to the farm-raised one is in order.
It’s a seasonal thing, of course. Like the peaches [and their cousins, the nectarines], the garden tomatoes are a summer fruit.
Well, it’s summer now!
I want to propose veggie-forward menus as the wave of my future.
Greens are a part of it, but there’s cauliflower white and big yellow peppers, not to mention gorgeous red ones and tomatoes too.
I love that vegetables are so darn colorful, don’t you?
What do you listen to while you work?
Work is behind me. Retirement ahead. When I did work, there was no hold music to keep me company.
Today’s workplace is different from the one I inhabited. Headsets were not the fashion then.
You worked in relative silence, the tap tap tap of your computer keys broke in; colleagues would stop by your desk with questions; there might be a meeting to interrupt your morning’s quiet.
I tune into 60s rock or my Carole King Pandora feed when I wander about taking pictures or inspiration. I wear a pair of earphones to keep my listening private.
Times change. It’s good to keep up.
All The Best