6:10am: My daughter Zoe and I arrived at Newark after a 12 hour flight from Israel. We returned after spending a whirlwind 4 days with our best friends from Sydney, Australia. We celebrated the Bar Mitzvah of our friend’s son – it was such a special trip. I was so tired when we landed, but knew I had a long day ahead of me and wanted to stay up to avoid jetlag.
8:05am: After arriving at my apartment on the Upper East Side, I had my go-to breakfast of English breakfast tea and Rice Krispies cereal with bananas, blueberries and matcha powder. I drink Lactaid milk because I’m lactose intolerant. I always eat a whole box of blueberries every morning too because they are my favorite fruit, and it is so good to eat antioxidants.
9:15am: I needed to head to my office to meet a patient, which is just a few minutes from my apartment. She called me last minute to inject a large cystic pimple before her wedding – I wanted to make sure she felt her best before the big day.
10:35am: Once I finished with my patient, I headed back to my apartment to start packing because I’m heading to the Hamptons for the weekend. My fiancé has a house there and we were so excited to go because this was the only kids-free weekend of the summer (my son and daughter are both away with their friends). After I packed, I was able to get in a quick 30 minute workout on my Life Cycle bike that overlooks the east river. I know it’s old school, but the bike is 18 years old and it has never let me down -- I always use it for rehab and to stay in shape. It never hurts me. I just put on music and zone out.
12:00pm: From running around all morning, the jet lag started to kick in, so I took a break with Zoe on my porch overlooking the east river. It’s one of my favorite places in my apartment. I made it my little Zen oasis and added tons of red flowers to keep away bees because they aren’t attracted to the color. It’s the perfect place for a few minutes of peace and quiet.
1:00pm: I was still thrown off with the time difference and wasn’t quite hungry for lunch yet, so Zoe and I decided to have a snack of my infamous chocolate chip banana bread. I make it with plain yogurt and it’s so delicious. It’s a big hit in my house.
2:20pm: Because I had spent so long sitting on the flight and knew I’d be sitting in hours of traffic, I splurged last minute and decided to take a seaplane to East Hampton. It took a little more than a half hour – it was such a cool experience and the view was incredible. I don’t know the next time I’ll do that again, but it was really fun!
8:28pm: After landing in East Hampton, I went to meet my fiancé, Rod, at his house to unpack and unwind for a minute. From there, we went to visit a friend’s house in North Sea for pre-dinner cocktails. The house is right on the water and we saw the most beautiful sunset. I hadn’t seen Rod for over a week so it was so nice to spend time with him overlooking a beautiful sunset view.
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