Yearly Archives

2010

One Member Reflection of 2010

Posted on December 23, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

We wanted to close the year again by turning to you, to write our last Executive Momorandum of the year.  We asked for your reflections on 2010 – any little wisdom or perspective you accrued, seen through your own unique.

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Census Sense

Posted on December 2, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

Every once in a while it’s nice to have major quantitative data validate what you already know (and live).  To wit, some recent findings fielded by the U.S. government, through Census studies and other federally-funded research, that should be heartening,.

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All Work, And Some Play

Posted on November 4, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

Work can be funny (just not always in the ‘ha ha’ definition of the word).  In recognition, whether if for no one else’s office entertainment than your own, or as the perfect forthcoming Secret Santa for a colleague, we want.

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An App For That

Posted on October 22, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

Surely you’ve noticed that a favorite media buzz topic of late is the co-opting of iPhones and iPads by the toddler set.  While we’ve personally resisted allowing a complete “iJacking” of our mobiles by our kids, given the preponderance of.

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Pinkie Pledge

Posted on October 14, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

A Message from Marisa: For those of you who have been with us for while (and THANK you for that), you know we do not usually feature our own “executive” lives within our weekly Momorandums.  However, this time of year.

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Member Spotlight – Lizandra Vega

Posted on September 30, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

It’s our first Member Spotlight of the fall, for which we are pleased to introduce you to Executive Mom Lizandra Vega, from New York, NY.  Here’s a little more about her:   Quick Career Description: I am an Executive Recruiter,.

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Hand-Me-Overs

Posted on September 24, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

A few eye-popping stats on the wardrobing of our children: by age 17, kids will have outgrown over 1,300 items, and the average parent will have spent nearly $20,000 on their clothing (and as an average, we would shudder to.

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From ABCs to SATs

Posted on September 16, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

We thought it had to be an “only in New York” kind of thing: this absurd pressure to get your child into the right nursery school and kindergarten (including public kindergarten), and then bolster their success from there on, to.

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Girlfriend with a G

Posted on September 8, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

  One of our early Executive Moms surveys revealed that in the “overfulfilled” lives we lead, one of the sacrifices we find ourselves making, with regret, is more time with just our girlfriends.  When we think of our “girlfriends” as.

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Billy, DO Be a Hero…

Posted on August 13, 2010, in Momorandums, with 0 Comments

A few weeks ago we featured a "SuperMom" action figure – a heroic icon decidedly for us.  Superheroes, after all, are typically the province of kids, even as they are usually depicted as adults (just not moms).  Yet if kids.

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