We have entered a very exciting baseball playoff season for our NY teams. In that spirit, I had a super fun conversation with my aunt this weekend. I learned that she was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan and spent many an afternoon in the mid-1950s at Ebbets Field. With crystal clarity, she recalled watching exciting games with family and friends, …
I am getting so tired of updating my phone. It seems as if, everyday, there are more updates for Apps on my phone. If I go a few days without updating my phone, the amount of updates grow exponentially. While looking at my phone my grown children have reprimanded me for not updating sooner. They also reprimand me f having too many unread emails …
Last week (No matter last night’s outcome as this got drafted before the NLDS game that matters to this commentator.) was a rather nice. In the middle of the summer I made plans with Marisa to take my daughter who likes live music at least as much as her dad to see the Doobie Brothers at the Capitol Theatre in Portchester last Monday eve. I was alr …
Fred had a big ask the other day. He wanted me to gather all of the blogs he had written and publish a book of them. Now I know that's quite a task given that the site has gone through several iterations (another one right now in fact:) and acquiring the older blogs was going to be problematic. I started digging and found a data dump from 201 …
When you're wrong, you're wrong and must own up to it!I was wrong about Met Shortstop Francisco Lindor and here's why. Rookie New York Met owner Steve Cohen traded for and signed Lindor in 2020. The deal was for 10 years for the then astronomical sum of $341,000,000. In the years following the signing I was of the outspoken opinion that Cohen ha …
We were in Montreal a few weeks ago on an art tour with like-minded friends from the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass.At dinner one evening one of the participants fell sick requiring a call to medics and, ultimately, several hours at the emergency room before he was stabilized. He’s fine, notwithstanding his experience in a Canadian hospital.Du …
Yesterday I celebrated 10 years of practicing under my own shingle. It has zoomed by! (That term takes on a whole new meaning these days) Looking back, I recognized what I had known all along...I did not do this alone. I had some great mentors and so many great colleagues who have trusted me to handle their clients needs. I also have a phenomenal …
I have to admit, I am a bit of a news junkie. I will read, watch and listen in multiple modes and medium. Sometimes though, I feel like I have to turn it all off. Just for the chance to take a breath and absorb everything happening in the world around us, I sometimes need to refrain from my ordinary and just listen to music. Frankly, that do …
Is there a food you have an absolute aversion to? For me, it’s cooked carrots. I absolutely love raw carrots. I eat raw baby carrots by the bagful. I often go through a bag weekly. The moment you put a little heat under a carrot, however, I cannot look at it, let alone eat it. My husband finds my aversion to cooked carrots humorous. In fact, …
38 days. As in how many days until we vote and all eligible should exercise that right. But in many state “early voting” already started (In New York State early voting for 2024 runs October 26 through November 3.) I’ve long advocated voting; it really matters. Those who follow the main act election this year will note all the polls a …
Last weekend our Gotham picnic inspired a poem: Seven years since I last took a swing,The bat feels strange, a heavy thing.Muscle memory, faint and slow,I grip the handle and give it a go. The ball comes in my heart skips a beat,A rusty swing, unsure on my feet.But as it cracks, I feel the thrill—The love of the game is alive still.
As Thursday blogger Ben Geizhals often says, "That's a blog!", a slice of life which comes upon you with lightning speed, stares you in the face and inspires you to write it down before it floats away. This blog is inspired by my fellow (Lane 2) swimmer Monique Ruane who after reading last week's Friday With Fred blog asked where I get the inspirat …
It is hard to express how perfect the weather in the New York area has been. The air conditioning can be turned off. Windows open. The air is crisp and clear and clean.Enjoy it while we can.
If you weren’t there this past weekend, you missed a wonderful Gotham Event, the Annual Picnic / Softball sponsored by Gotham Queens Member Matt Nowak from Ehrlich Pest Control. We left our house at 3:45 am to catch a 6:00Am flight from Orlando to JFK, to get to our first stop on time. This is one of those feel-good events were Corey sets up and co …
Have you noticed? Felt it in the air? We are on a roll! I am all charged up because of our Bring-A-Guest meeting yesterday. Were you there? I promise -- you should not miss the next one. You may recall that BAG was a pandemic child, born of a membership committee brainstorm to create a virtual party of connecting. Cost of admission, brin …
