Like father, like son; just not what we planned.
My youngster, of the right age and sound-working papers is searching for employment this summer and he is getting pointers from my husband. The irony is not missed by any of us since my husband has been actively looking for work since the beginning of the year and has been honing his efforts with every keystroke and e-mail.
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By: Lauren Lev
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6/15/12
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When the Memorial Day parade and Community Pride Day ride up against the 80-degree heat, it is the beginning of summer in East Meadow. Yet, over the years, these activities are not just annual …
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Lauren Lev
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6/6/12
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“She hasn’t worked a day in her life.”
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By Lauren Lev
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4/26/12
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Thirty years of working in marketing didn’t prepare me for a recent Sunday morning in which my family was feted in the grand style of “Accepted Students Day” at a local private university.
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By Lauren Lev
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4/13/12
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A recent episode of “Ellen,” the talk show with Ellen DeGeneres, had its host talking about the One Million Moms boycotting her partnership with JCPenney.
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By Lauren Lev
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3/29/12
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For the last 20 years, I have had the honor of teaching advertising and marketing to business students at four local universities with varying degrees of curriculum and success.
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By Lauren Lev
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1/27/12
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In the early part of January, with school back in session and holidays behind us, a seminar on suicide prevention was offered to parents and high school students at Temple B’nai Torah of Wantagh through a chapter of Hadassah and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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By Lauren Lev
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1/20/12
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My 30-something-year-old nephew grew up in Illinois and Colorado, a distant relative of our 1980’s nuclear family.
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By Lauren Lev
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1/16/12
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When Amy Chau’s book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” was set for release last winter, it was prefaced with a “Wall Street Journal” article that drew 5,000 responses on WSJ.com.
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By Lauren Lev
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11/4/11
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From friendships to virtual friending, from sleep deprivation to 24/7 information, keeping life simple is becoming progressively more complex.
Two hundred television channels, 1,200 calories a …
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By Lauren Lev
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10/22/11
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