by robert | May 6, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
My youngest brother, whom we refer to lovingly (and accurately) as Crazy Eddie, has lived in Orlando, Fla. since before the Animal Kingdom was built, most of those years working as an entertainer for the largest media and entertainment company in the world. I kind of...
by robert | Apr 8, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
“Rob, can you put London in the shower?” my wife Lala asked and I happily obliged. My son London doesn’t mind vertical baths; in fact, they bring out the Pavarotti in him. So while I checked my email, I listened to songs concerning ferocious battles...
by robert | Mar 4, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
When my daughter Poppy and I arrived late to a birthday party at our local children’s museum, I was pretty amazed at what I surveyed: A room void of children and a table crowded with deviled eggs, pigs in a blanket, chocolate-covered strawberries and a floral center...
by robert | Feb 7, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
I don’t know if it’s because I spend a lot of my time in a classroom with teenagers who shrug when I query their opinions regarding pretty much anything, but lately I’ve been craving decisiveness. If I’m traveling, when the server asks what I’d like to order, I tell...
by robert | Jan 7, 2009 | Article, Santa Fe Reporter
Sometimes living with an adolescent seems like a continual hostage-negotiation situation, only with tears instead of tear gas and chomping gum instead of loaded guns. My daughter’s daily demands have shifted as of late but, sadly for her, our parental stance hasn’t....
