Posts by Suzy Domenick

The house began to smell like Thanksgiving.  The pumpkin pie spice in the sweet potato pie mixed with the turkey smell are so fragrant and remind me of my childhood. I could envision my mother and my aunt cooking while we watched football or talked to each other. My grandmother was always a fixture at…

Angelina DeDomenico was a short stocky strong woman.  Her home always had the scent of something great on the stove or in the oven. Her Italian dishes were made with love and care. Her stern face would break into a beautiful jovial smile when we all came through her front door.  Even as she was…

Whew! What a week to decide to begin a 10 day detox! The election and the aftermath; the shell shocked nation; the protests; the fear; all intense and could easily cause you to reach for your comfort food. Or your comfort cocktail for that matter! And I decided to begin Dr. Mark Hyman’s 10 Day…

The dreaded daylight savings time is upon us, clocks fall back. So often, to so many, this is a bittersweet evening. Yes, we do get another hour of sleep; something we lack so very often in our hurried lives. But at a sacrifice that, to some, is just too great; a lack of sun.  There…

The ringing phone startled me out of a daydream. I saw it was my cousin and knew this wasn’t good news. His sister, who was like my sister, had passed away. Five months earlier we had received the devastating blow of pancreatic cancer. She was getting ready to retire. Just weeks before her death, her…

I was so excited to have a get together at my home. My besties were all coming over to have fun, munch on great food (if I say so myself) and watch the Super Bowl. This game has always been a pinnacle of entertaining for me. When I was married, we had a party each…

The year was 1991. A beloved vice president, John Hagan was retiring after 40 years with the company, most recently running retail security.  The party was at Marriott in East Hanover, New Jersey, the room was filled with most of the various store executives. It was a beautiful tribute to a good man.  The music…

The traffic was swiftly moving across the Tappan Zee Bridge. I had reached the bridge in under an hour, making great time on this cloudy afternoon. This commute is a crapshoot, and you never know what traffic you may hit when. This was a good day, moving along to the Thruway at great speed. I…

I had just picked up Mom and Aunt Kit to head to Atlantic City for the day. We try to do this a few times a year so they get their 3 card poker fix.  They both can sit at that table for hours. We were chatting when I heard a text come through on…

As a master practioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I am well versed in the tenets of personality and how we are hard wired with certain propensities. MBTI relies on 4 dichotomies focused on 1) how you take in information; 2) how you make decisions with that information; 3) how you get your energy…