I read Fred's blog on Friday and thought about an article I recently read about famous people who were Scouts. The list included Lucille Ball, Debbie Reynolds, her daughter Carrie Fischer, Barbara Walters, Reese Witherspoon, Condoleezza Rice (as well as every other female Secretary of State), Blythe Danner, her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow, Taylor Swif …
Not yet reflected on the Gotham Networking website, but a partnership of two Gotham Groups that opted to meet together throughout the 2021 pandemic challenged year forged a brand new Gotham amalgamation for 2022. Gotham Busines POWER Breakfast held its inaugural meeting, Wednesday morning January 12 (, 2022). In 2021 building on an informal d …
After reading this you might think twice about badgers. Experts believe that a badger foraging for food unearthed an ‘exceptional’ treasure trove of over 200 Roman coins. The ancient coins were found next to a burrow, with some even inside it. Although the badger itself has not been seen, it is thought the most likely explanation is that it …
My friend’s daughter Allison calls me “Uncle Fred” and she’s in her last year of Girl Scouts and she’s got it in her head that she wants to go out in a flourish and what better way than to set the record for Girl Scout Cookie sales! Being a good “Uncle”, I’m all in and, of course, gave her an order, but then last Friday her dad was on our weekl …
The drop-down was to the effect that firms have given up on predicting when employees would return to their offices. I didn’t read the full article. As often happens, the drop-down is sufficient to lead to questions.Are you back in the office? If not, are you going back in the near future?
As a Culture Vulture-The Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award Shows have all been non-miss events for me. The ratings for all these shows have been trending downwards. The Oscar and Grammy awards will be postponed due to Covid worries. And, this week the Golden Globe Awards were doled out without being televised. NBC pulled the sh …
Last week, I missed it. Just missed it. Perhaps there is just too much going on in the world of an employment lawyer these days. I did not post my blog. I had it written, but just didn’t post it. When I realized it later, I felt so badly that I had let you all down. Hence, this weeks blog is only to extend my apologies and promise it will neve …
It’s January 8th as I write this. I am putting away some of the generous holiday gifts I received. Included in those gifts are two planners/journals. They are very pretty and beautifully crafted. The question is, for me, whether I will use them. One of the attorneys in my office still uses a paper diary (a red book). Given the ease of electron …
When I started to use Zoom, the inability to use virtual backgrounds for my meeting gnawed at me. When I upgrade “Early 2015” MacBook Pro late last year, I looked forward to using virtual backgrounds and uploaded images that reflected the organization involved in the Zoom. I have images for SNAP (Services Now for Adult Persons) where I chair th …
It's a winter wonderland :) I enjoy the change of the seasons and especially the first significant snow. Although, as usual, the first snow arrives with complaints. Well if you're complaining, you might want to think of moving. I like living here and experiencing each season as it comes and goes. It's one the alluring aspects of living in the …
The thing that makes me most anxious is flying :(Not the fear of flying (crashing), but the days before agony of worrying about COVID, the weather, cancellations, delays or diversion. The sleepless night before. The too early wake up, the getting to the airport early, waiting on line for boarding passes, checking your bags, clearing security, the …
We were staying at a new hotel in Woodstock New York. An escape weekend in the Catskills. The room was modern, overlooking a brook fed by a waterfall framed nicely in the room’s window. The television was a challenge. All the streaming channels were available - provided you had an account and remembered your password. For the life of me, I couldn’t …
Covid has slowed down our attendance of concerts, theater, dance, opera, museums, and movies. But, beyond television and music, books remain a wonderful way to explore the world and examine ourselves in the comfort of home. Recently, the New York Times celebrated the unique Book Review Section that began as a weekly insert of the Sunday Times in 1 …
I have been trying to move to an almost paperless office for a while now. Prior to Covid, all of my court filings, were on paper. Covid changed that. Now all of my court filings are electronic. It has made the switch-over to a paperless file a lot easier. I personally have two problems with becoming completely paperless. It has been a struggle f …
As is traditional I shared my top ten shows of the past year on my website commentary page. Check it out for the details but here goes: 1) John Fogerty. November 13. Premier Theatre at Foxwoods. 2) The Eagles. August 21. Madison Square Garden. 3) Hall& Oates/ Squeeze. August 11. Jones Beach. 4) Chicago. October 9. Tilles Ce …
