Early in 2009, after the whirlwind of the attack, buying my first home, working on New Year’s, and Cabbiegate, I attempted to organize my documents for Italy. One contained receipts of everything (expenses to change flight home, extra meals…

While cleaning out some old documents today, I came across the above item – and had a good laugh for myself. On the day after New Year’s Day 2009, (only weeks after the attack), I returned from a work event in…

It’s been an extended vacation due to the NYC snowpocalypse and the trojan horse computer snafu. I look forward soon to knocking off the rest of my self-defense Q+A with Dr. Ruthless (she’s awesome) and getting into a bunch more topics.…

As 2010 winds down, and we get all sorts of reflective and mushy about what we’d like to do differently in 2011, I want to toss an idea at you for pondering. In March of this year, I began to…

As I sit here, reviewing my credit card statements as the final push into the holiday season wraps up, I cannot help but remember what this was like for me the past two Christmases. Christmas ’08 and ’09 had me…

For anyone who has read this blog regularly, you will know that I post every day. I pride myself on that. I don’t want to bore you in a world of ever-shortening attention spans. But then a trojan horse named…

Dubbed the “Subway Badass”, video of Nicola Briggs lambasting a man who rubbed his condom-clad erection against her on a New York City subway, was captured on an iPhone and became an Internet sensation. Nicole gave this guy a public shaming of grand proportions.…

I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Melissa Soalt a.k.a. Dr. Ruthless (Facebook | Dr. Ruthless), a former psychotherapist-turned-self-defense expert. Her website is a MUST READ for anyone reading my blog. My Marie Claire article was what brought our…

Had some “technical difficulties” with my computer. Working hard to get it fixed because I am SO READY to talk self-defense. Fingers crossed.

Tomorrow, I will begin a series of posts on the merits of learning self-defense skills through the lens of what I experienced during the attack. A very special lady and expert in this field has shared some of her knowledge…