Back in the Big Apple

I know, I know....... shame on me. Big time. I could take this opportunity to touch briefly on the last several months of my blogging absence in an effort to explain why I've been so delinquent, but I think it's best just to pick up and proceed. If you know me well, you know what I've been up to. And if you don't know me..... well, then I'm not exactly sure what you're doing reading this blog in the first place. So shoo, stranger... shoo!

Moving on.... literally. To New York! In my first week and a half back at The Palace, I'm already off and running. I am working with a friend to hopefully encourage the New York Hotel Association to implement a sustainability program, met with the Consul General of Haiti to discuss how the hospitality industry can assist them during this most difficult time (especially with America's focus having shifted almost entirely (and understandably) to the oil spill), and contracted a new bottled water company to replace our current vendor (BOOOOO Fiji! - more on this later). The point is, reader, I'm all over the place. I'm like Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Catch Me If You Can' - only instead of stealing millions of dollars and running from the IRS, I'm doing what I can to preserve our natural environment :) In between sips of pinot and episodes of Criminal Minds, of course.

I am in no way trying to 'toot my own horn', I am simply thrilled at the momentum I've gained in such a short period of time. I feel like Dorothy when she was on her way to meet the Wizard. I'm on the brink of something wonderful... and have the potential to make the kind of impact I have always dreamed of.

I tip my hat off to the ever-witty and eloquent Sir Winston Churchill, who put it perfectly when he said, 'We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give'. And, I'm going to give it all I've got.