Parental Advisory

Good times, perfect company and cloudless days. That was my weekend in a nutshell, which is why today’s post is a day late and a dollar short. So-to-speak. There’s nothing quite like having your family in town — for better or for worse. (The “for worse” part usually creeps in if (1) the duration of their stay is longer than 72 hours or (2) a trip to Ikea is involved.) My parents traveled to New York over the weekend — and I was grateful for every minute of their stay.  It’s an extraordinary event for us to be in the same city these days, since schedules are busy and I was  traveling in Asia  over...