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Corey Bearak
Mar05
A coincidence...perhaps
Posted By : Corey Bearak

No secret how proud Shelly and I are proud of our children (and our daughter in law too).  When we gathered last night for dinner I toasted Jonathan and Marisa for their recent achievement.  This weekend I tweeted (see pic upper right)-- twice, last night and Friday -- about proud parent moments:   Jonathan -- published again -- this time in Studi

Corey Bearak
Feb26
Who's Calling?
Posted By : Corey Bearak

In this era where it seems (and maybe it's reality) that we receive more bogus, phishing, sales and solicitation calls than calls from those we know, I long opted to answer, "Who's calling."  Where I recognize the number as legit I answer the call with "This is Corey" or if the caller ID makes clear I know the caller,  i often state hi or hello (na

Corey Bearak
Feb19
A Season to Believe
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Next weekend, Saturday to be exact, after several days of team members, prospects, and some just hoping to gain a spot on my favorite baseball team gather in Port St. Lucie, actual games -- the Spring training variety -- commence. That prospect certainly excites this correspondent. How can you not after viewing that commercial during the Superbowl

Corey Bearak
Feb12
With a Little Help from Our Friends
Posted By : Corey Bearak

On a day where many friends gather to catch a game or use a game an “excuse” to gather, I want to thank friends working together to make nice things happen.   I certainly have used this space to advocate for causes I support and work with and for.  Many friends in and out of Gotham join me to support Services Now for Adult Persons (SNAP) where I

Corey Bearak
Feb05
Support charities while you enjoy the superbowl
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Next week at this time many will be preparing to watch and/or attend gatherings around Superbowl LVII.  Many enjoy “buying” boxes around the final score or variations on it. My Knights of Pythias lodge runs a nice variant of superbowl boxes as a fun fundraiser that helps raise funds for our lodge’s foundation. Each year, FDR Lodge 613’s Kings FDR T

Corey Bearak
Jan29
playlists
Posted By : Corey Bearak

I usually discuss song playlists in blogs contemporaneously to an event the group of tunes relate with -- the holidays, new years, sweethearts days, some political events.  I recently viewed the playlists I posted to my website and YouTube and counted a dozen.  All of mirrored in my Apple Music.  What surprised me involved the presence of additiona

Corey Bearak
Jan22
A Show returns
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Last week Shelly and I joined some good friends Rita and Mike for a "Fauda: Screening & Discussion" at The Streicker Center of Temple Emanue-El in Manhattan.  Not only a chance to view the first episode of Season 4 before it "dropped" on Netflix this past Friday, but an opportunity to enjoy a Q&A after the viewing with series co-creator Avi

Corey Bearak
Jan15
The original
Posted By : Corey Bearak

We were clearing a wall unit in Marisa’s (former) room when I found my original glove (baseball mitt) and subject of a blog or two; it has been missing for sometime; I’d been using a newer glove that Marisa decided to use when she played. I thought that glove got lost several years ago. Shelly said she knew the glove was there; never thought to ask

Corey Bearak
Jan08
Making a Difference for our seniors
Posted By : Corey Bearak

In advance of giving Tuesday, I wrote about the capital campaign for Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc. (SNAP), an innovative social service agency – which I serve as its board chair (Renee Richter also serves on its board as does former Gothamite Evelyn Miller Suber, spouse of Gotham Queens member Tony Suber; Mindy Stern also served on the board

Corey Bearak
Jan01
New Year comes with a Best of 2022
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Concert of course! As New Year's eve approaches, I prepare a commentary recounting my top ten shows for the preceding 12 months.  I post the list with comments on my website on my Commentary page.  Some concert reviews borrowed from posts here.   Here's the list. 1)  The Who (October 7, UBS Arena) 2)  Sir Paul McCartney (June 16, MetLife Stadiu

Corey Bearak
Dec25
As this day ends time to prepare to ring in the new year in song
Posted By : Corey Bearak

In advance of the holiday season (as I did a few week's back) I devote an annual blog to a "Happy Holidays in Song" playlist; this year I often included in many emails I sent of late a p.s. with a link to that playlist. Of course the weekend preceding the advent of the new year, allows me to bring to the attention of my readers and others, "Songs t

Corey Bearak
Dec18
Buy a gift (or more), benefit a charity
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Friday's blogger inspired this commentary so whatever I planned to chat about today awaits a new day.  With many people still shopping on-line, I want to suggest making use of a special feature available through Amazon and if one chooses to shop through fave charity or non-profit so-connected, your purchase also benefits those served.  Since I chai

Corey Bearak
Dec12
Water Song
Posted By : Corey Bearak

One of the nice things I enjoy as a parent involves sharing "my" music with my kids.  As I recently blogged, my daughter and I enjoy concerts together; sometimes her mom even joins us.  In what could be my last live show for 2022 (There's always hope for more.), we took Marisa to see (and experience) Hot Tuna at The Paramount in Huntington.  Even i

Corey Bearak
Dec04
Music for this holiday season
Posted By : Corey Bearak

It’s that time again; people plan holiday parties. Gotham’s holiday party takes place virtually on Tuesday and a trio of in-person gatherings take place Thursday in Manhattan, and the following week on Tuesday on Long Island and Thursday in Westchester. It also means holiday music and my “open-source” list of holiday tunes grew this year to 116 son

Corey Bearak
Nov27
GOtham GREEN® continues its tradition of recognizing worthy initiatives, products & people
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Gotham started a new tradition when it moved its Gotham Green Awards® to November in 2020. GOtham GREEN® now announces its awards which herald worthy initiatives, products and people ahead of Thanksgiving. Earlier awards took place at various times including the end of each year and around Earth Day. This timing fits best and just before we gather