Most people have heard about the Running Back Adrian Petersen's two year old son who was beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend. At least two different sports columnists wrote pieces decrying Petersen's personality and lifestyle choices for having multiple children with different mothers without being involved in their lives. Both or these rep …
Part of what we hope Gotham does best is to provide a forum to build relationships from which we know great things follow. As a result, we are rolling out a new program for 2014, “The Gotham Touch”. We will actively encourage our members to get together with one another between regular meetings. Any type of connection is great, a phone call, l …
I am writing this blog early as my husband and I will be in Europe for the two weeks before it is posted. I am so excited about this trip as I have never been in Europe before. Along with my excitement, however, is my growing sense of anxiety. As I’ve written before I have a fear of flying. And the thought if being on a plane for seven and a hal …
Give me a good biography, a Skinny Cow chocolate ice cream bar, a couch and a lamp and I am very happy. Fiction is a struggle, and much of it, unfinished, is on my bookshelf. Recently I have plowed through biographies of Hamilton, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Einstein, and now about to finish Steve Jobs. Strolling past the biography section, I see …
The Affordable Health Care Act, affectionately know as ObamaCare, is getting so much attention these days. It was the focus of a government shutdown but this blog is not about the politics...it's about the website. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, is responsible for the development and operation of the site and she is ge …
When I was young and in high school and college I always sat in the back of the room. When I was in law school and they had the Socratic method I was always in dire fear of being called on and having to present. This was not only because I was sometimes unprepared. Needless to say, as in the case of many, I was in dire fear of public speaking. …
With the change of seasons, I am motivated to get into my closets and do a little cleaning. I am truly amazed (perhaps embarrassed would be more accurate) by the number of T shirts that I have. It seems that every event in my life is commemorated by a T shirt that found its way into my closets. As I go through the piles, most of the shi …
I turned on Saturday Night the previous week the way one looks at a car accident as they cruise by in traffic. After the VMA's I figured blowing up would be too obvious and PR rehab was the prescription, but whay I got was a surprise. Miley Cyrus was the host AND musical guest (I wonder why?). The humor was only mildly self-deprecating, less …
At some point during the movie, I had to put the popcorn down because I was seasick. I think that means I liked the film. I remember following the news when the Maersk Alabama was attacked by pirates in 2009 but there was so much more to the story depicted in the film than what I remember from the news at the time. (I know there is controversy …
Last June I wrote about the two difference experiences my husband and I were having by having both a boy and a girl, Ryan and Sydney attend the prom. Now, our children are both in college. And our experience, with the two of them away, is still vastly different. Sydney, as her older sisters did, seems to call home once a day, generally on her …
House Speaker John Boehner announced today that given its dismal record, the New York Giants would be defunded by the federal government when Congress convenes tomorrow. When a reporter pointed out that the federal government does not fund the New York Giants, the Speaker then declared that Obamacare is the reason for its 0-6 record, and that it …
A wierd thing happens to me sometimes and by the chatter on social media I'm not alone. I'll be sitting at my desk, or in my car and I will feel a buzz that my phone is letting me know something is happening. I reach to look to see what it is and there's nothing. No text, no appointment reminder...nothing. This doesn't happen all the time but en …
When I was young I had a Super 8 movie camera and a movieola film editing machine and for a time fancied myself a movie maker. As with many of my youthful fascinations, I did not follow through and my Hollywood aspirations were suspended. Yes, when I grew up to be a lawyer, we represented New Line Cinema and my college roommate became head of L …
The entrance sign said “Admission - $20 Seniors - $10” But nowhere was there a definition of “Senior”. Since getting my Senior Citizen Beach Permit from the Town of Oyster Bay (undated but good for “Lifetime”), I have become aware of senior discounts. Although you start getting offers t …
A little while back our firm needed a place for a series of presentations in Manhattan. I reached out to the loyal Gotham network and I was introduced to Ashley Jurgensen. Ashley is the owner of a fantastic facility called Top of The Garden Event Space. While I assumed that the company name referred to its proximity, I didn't realize the tru …
