Have you noticed this trend? Whenever we’re out in a restaurant with our kids, we cannot eat the food until they have taken pictures of it. The food cannot be touched by anyone other than them until the food is properly staged and the picture is taken. Once the photo is taken, it is then checked before we can dig in. If the photo is not “Insta wort …
Last night we went to see Jurassic World. Eve was a sport in going to see a movie she had little interest in and she kept asking me when it would be over. The best part of the movie was actually one of the coming attractions. But what would you expect? I will not tell you the story line. If you can't guess it though you probably have been livin …
Do you brace yourself before stepping into a doctor's office? I do. Just about everytime I see a doctor now there's some kind of bad news. I've developed a kind of "what now?" attitude. It's my defense mechanism, preparing for whatever is going to happen. This week, however, I received a piece of good news...finally! Thinking about it, I have a r …
I thrive on the email. I love it! I find it so instantaneous and available that I just can't resist it. In that respect I'm fortunate that my friends are responsive and equally hooked. I can't imagine how I/we ever existed before email and I'm sure that Gotham, which is paperless, would be nonexistent without the advent of email at our onset 18 …
Let's talk about eating and dining. First, I must admit that I am one who eats to live rather than one who lives to eat. That being said, I appreciate a fine meal although perhaps not with the same gusto that I witness in others. Back to eating and dining. For me, dining is when there is nothing else to do but enjoy the food and the company. I …
Following in the clever Mitch Tobol's footsteps, I found this interesting news story. In Britain, he is known as a cantankerous ex-navy officer and for being the queen's husband, but in remote villages in the tropical Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, Prince Philip is much more. Several hundred scattered residents on Tanna island pray to the Britis …
It started with an offer by Sara Gruen to participate in the Gotham Book Club’s discussion of “Water for Elephants.” I asked her publicist (via email) if Ms. Gruen would provide a quote about her novel for our upcoming book discussion. The next thing I saw was an email from Gruen herself, offering to chat with our group, online, in real time. Wha …
As I have said numerous times I am not a sports fan. Even more so, I definitely am not a horse racing fan or even have an interest in horse racing. But, like most, I could not help but to be caught up in the American Pharoah fever. I admit that I begrudgingly sat down to watch the Preakness after my husband asked me to spend the three minutes of t …
I passed on basketball yesterday. Folks who know me know well I do not skip ball lightly -- even during summer play at the pool when the player no longer skwer predominantly my age with a few sons merged in. Saturday and Sunday) mornings at the Deepdale -- now Tanenbaum -- Pool involve teammates other then my friend Len Backerman and occasionall …
What's on second. And a new Chinese restarant opened in Rochester named..."I Don't Know." Owner Jessie Dong told the local news that she came up with the unusual name because whenever she would ask her three children what they wanted to eat, their response would be: "I don't know." Dong said when it came time to name the new restaurant, her fam …
I am a lifetime athlete: who played Soccer in college, finished 33 (26.2 mile marathons), ran 3000 miles per year for over a decade, ran at least 2 miles for 620 straight days, completed triathlons, competed in countless road races, survived three 24 Hour Relay races, swam 170 straight days, recently planked for 10 minutes and continue to pitch for …
Last Friday, as the Rangers faced the decisive game seven in their series with Tampa Bay, I read all the hype about the Rangers’ past successes in seventh games over the years -- they were unbeaten in the last seven decisive games. The hype upset me. Sports, as many things in life, are generally subject to the laws of averages. Over time, things ba …
Thirty-five years ago, I had a friend, maybe just a regular acquaintance, who decided to change her name fom Linda to Caitlin. Some "spiritual adviser" had told the new name had better "whatever" for her. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had heard. Anyway, her name wasn't unappealing before but she changed it. Of course, I've had the good for …
I have been writing this blog since August 2006 – over 450 weeks. You may even recall that last week in my blog I talked about my system of waiting until Monday evenings to write so that my thoughts are current. Apparently this week my system failed. I was out at a networking event last night enjoying getting to know some new colleagues, came …
In a follow-up to Fred’s Friday blog about Facebook, I have to ask the following question, if you are on Facebook, do you use it to network professionally? This was the topic of discussion at our Long Island Women’s meeting last week and it made for an interesting dialogue. I have recently noticed that people are turning to Facebook for prof …
