“That was mind boggling!” A woman is whisper-yelling at her husband as they head for the VIP exit at the National Dog Show. “A bonkers decision!” She is, indeed, pissed. This is the most overtly heated exchange I’ve witnessed in my 10 hours (70 hours, in dog time) behind the scenes at the dog show. She …
When most people are fussing over Thanksgiving dinner, Kathy Kramer is pulling on a white jumpsuit and reporting for duty. The 57-year-old New Yorker is a longtime balloon handler in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the iconic tradition that attracts 50 million TV viewers. Every Thanksgiving morning for the past 35 years since joining Macy’s as a college …