Mar
19
2008
Saving a life is not always an easy thing. It involves making a sacrifice, long term commitment and, at times, a change in your way of life. I have been fortunate in my life to have presented with the opportunity to rescue a dog and several cats. In each case, the introduction of a new pet has resulted in an over abundance of joy and love in our home.
While I know not everyone out there is in a situation where they can make the commitment to adopt a dog or cat from a shelter. I am hoping you can join Sharon (my wife) and I in supporting the ASPCA.
The ASPCA is a wonderful organization. They are an active member of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC Pets. They actively survey the NYC Center for Animal Care and Control and rescue animals that will be euthanized if they are not adopted within their seven day holding period.
By clicking on the banner at the top of this page, you too can join Sharon and me and our efforts to make NYC a “No Kill Shelter City”. San Francisco is currently the first city in the United States to receive the status of a No Kill Shelter City by implementing programs to help eliminate the need to euthanize thousands of healthy dogs, cats and other domestic pets each year.
Together .. We can help NYC become a No Kill City too!
Mar
19
2008
If you are like Sharon and me. You occasionally find yourself having a really, really long day. So long in fact you find it continuing straight through dinner and into the early evening.
On days like this I try to take little breaks so I don’t feel completely brain dead by the end of the day. Since I work from home, breaks are often instituted upon me by my almost 5 year-old son, Jake. These breaks are often a welcome distraction from the endless series of e-mails, instant messages and phone calls. During one such break today he even volunteered to go to Starbucks and get me a cup of coffee! What a joy.
In addition to the periodic family breaks I also make a point of making dinner a step above eating out of a little paper box. Tonight was a good example. Neither Sharon nor I had a chance to order, let alone make dinner. A quick scan of the refrigerator found the 3/4 remains of a Rib Eye steak (far to expensive to simply feed to the dog — sorry Chestnut), steamed veggies with two jumbo shrimp and a full box of brown rice.
Right about now you are saying to yourself .. “Oh my god, call the NYC Child Welfare Department, they are malnourishing their child!” Not to worry. Jake’s nanny does a great job making all of his meals during the work week. On a good night, there are left-overs for Sharon and I to feed off of. Tonight however, was not one of those nights.
Back to my point. After a quick spin in the microwave, I had all the food nicely warmed up. I simply called upon my childhood memories of Julia Childs and said to myself, “How would Julia present this meal?” Out came to nice china plates, a placemat and a drinking glass. A little thought an effort on food placement and you can hardly tell that we are settling for leftovers.
