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Mitch Tobol
May18
Hunter - Gatherer
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

 In the tradition of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, I woke up with the songs of birds outside my window, traveled a great distance, and braved the wilds of my kitchen.   I hunted by foraging through the dense jungle of my refrigerator and the vast plain of my pantry.   Armed with only my hands and arms, I gathered the ingredients, skillfully avoidi

Fred Klein
May17
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Posted By : Fred Klein

On Tuesday night I enjoyed a Boyz Night Out with 3 Gotham stalwarts, Paul (Wheelman) Napolitano, Corey (Music Maven) Bearak and my Mentor Partner Robert (Insurance Doctor) Intelisano.  Some time ago, Corey scoped out the Neil Young and Crazy Horse concert at the old Forest Hills tennis venue where, as a boy, I saw Althea Gibson's historic US Open C

Benjamin Geizhals
May16
Leaving Time
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

It was our anniversary and we had nothing very special planned.We made reservations for dinner at a local restaurant and left very very early for a stroll down the Main Street. Leaving extra time. Hours purposely left with nothing planned. When you walk, you see things you don’t notice otherwise. Local treasures.Still too early for dinner, we stopp

Crysti Farra
May15
Tired but accomplished and lessons learned
Posted By : Crysti Farra

Having returned late Mother’s Day night from a week long conference in Nashville, a comment made from my significant other made me stop in my tracks and realize my priorities were skewed. As I was going to bed, after getting my goodnight kiss, I cutely asked “Did you missed me at least a little bit?”. The answer, with no hesitation was, “Not really

Shawn Bernabeu
May15
Compete or Non-Compete
Posted By : Shawn Bernabeu

In recent months there have been some headlines on the legality of Non-Competes. Should they be legal, or illegal. One thought is that it protects the companies intellectual property and encourages the company to invest in its staff.  On the other side of the topic is outlawing Non-competes (already illegal in California, Minnesota, North Dakota an

Nancy Schess
May14
If I Could . . .
Posted By : Nancy Schess

A few weeks ago, during a presentation I paused to ask the audience of lawyers to fill in the blank in this sentence, “If I could pass a law, it would . . . “   Think about that – but not too hard because that is not the topic of my blog.  Close, but not exactly the same.   I want to give all of you out there the opportunity to create.  Finish this

Rona Gura
May13
My Favorite Gadget
Posted By : Rona Gura

Several years ago, I purchased an egg cooker. Essentially, it can make seven hard boiled eggs at a time. It can also poach eggs but I, almost always, use it to hard boil eggs.   When I brought it home, my husband  laughed and asked why did we need that gadget as it’s easy to make hard boiled eggs on the stove? Since that time, he has seen me use it

Corey Bearak
May12
Thank you and best wishes to all our moms
Posted By : Corey Bearak

One special benefit of Sunday blogging: I get to wish all the mom’s a special Happy Mother’s Day.    Yesterday, I spent time with mom; my brother Richy visits her today. Our son and his wife hosts his mom and I today; our daughter also will be there too (she’s arranged the food.).   What I am not able to do this year is celebrate the mom Richy

Mitch Tobol
May11
New rubber
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

I had worn down tires and needed some new rubber. There was a choice, the same Continental's that were on my car or switch to a set of Pirellis. Since the Pirellis were cheaper I decided to take the chance on a new brand and it's a total game changer!   It’s remarkable how fresh rubber can transform your driving experience. Now, every curve and cor

Fred Klein
May10
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Posted By : Fred Klein

This past weekend, we returned home from Florida and, truth be told, the main reason I wasn't looking forward to the trip centered on a balky knee which I have been suffering.  We flew Delta into the new LaGuardia which challenged my physical condition as the plane always parks at the furthermost gate, requiring a long grueling hike to the Baggage