I've been writing this Friday With Fred blog for nigh on 20 years and, truth be told, the well is far from dry :) Some of my fellow Gotham bloggers wait to write until the night before or morning of their weekly blogging day. Not me. I strike when inspiration hits me and in this case I'm doing it only a day after my well commented upon "Social Medi …
Last Monday was my wife Joanne's birthday and I noticed a number of nice birthday greetings on her rarely visited Facebook page. Being the ever nice spouse, I alerted her to it and directed her to them. Of course, she was pleased and I encouraged her to "Like" each message. When she questioned why, I explained that it was "social media intercours …
On Sunday I viewed the Oppenheimer movie for the second time. This time in IMAX and, to be honest, it was not the spectacular experience I was lead to anticipate.Yes, the sound was pronounced and surrounding, but is was not the "so much more" I was led to believe would be delivered. It was just louder with surround pounding. Nonetheless, the seco …
One of the best things about Gotham is the willingness of each member to be of help. Of course, this willingness is the personification of our Mantra: It's better to give than receive, but what goes around comes around.Today, I feature our own Corey Bearak because I need to publicly thank him for all that he has done for me, Gotham and other membe …
How do you feel about Sunday's time change?
Last week's "10/10 Egg Cream Club" blog was about (U-Bet) chocolate egg creams which I love. Thus, I was very surprised by the number of comments favoring vanilla egg creams. Truth be told, I had never heard of a vanilla egg cream.Especially so, as Vanilla is described as "very plain and unexciting."Once I started thinking about it, I recalled that …
Two good Yankee fans who are also friends are Paul Napolitano and Jason Greenberg. In fact, we share a text chain where we gossip about sports and other important issues of the day. Last summer we fell to discussing Joey Gallo, a unique former, non favorite, Yankee ball player. Joey is unique in an obscure negative way as, mostly, he either str …
My daughter in law, Julie Klein, is a Reference Librarian at our local Bryant Library. One of her responsibilities is to foster and coordinate Author/Book discussions. Recently, in that role, she asked me to introduce two authors who happen to be my friends: Alan Zweibel (original Saturday Night Live writer and recipient of 5 Emmys, amongst countl …
One of the very very best aspects of the total Gotham networking experience is our Friday at 5:00, Zoom, Happy Hour, hosted by would be jokester Norman Spizz. It was spawned during COVID, but has proven to survive and flourish, fueled by many regulars (you know who you are) and enhanced by a too few sprinkling of circuit riders and guests. Yes, …
We have just finished our month long binge on the 134 episodes of the 2011-2019 law firm TV series Suits, which mostly appears on Netflix and, inexplicably, has its final season on Prime. As mentioned in previous blogs, one of the compelling reasons to watch Suits is to witness Meghan Markle, who, for me, lit up the screen for 108 episodes over 7 …
Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection. The purpose of this blog is to register my disapproval of what seems to me is the present day watering down and usage of the word. Unless memory fails me, Love was once only expressed in a very special sense in very special situations. Now I hear the word bandied about in the most everyda …
Every summer we spend special time in Cape May with our dear friends Natalie and Richard and we are still in their thrall following our return home yesterday. We have known them since we were young and share over 50 years of intimate history. Yes, Natalie is like the perfect sibling. Yes, she's devoted to important Women's causes and has clout. …
I regularly post on X (formally know as Twitter) and I've never had more than 50 views. Then I posted a pic of Meghan Markle and said "Bingeing on Suits (and Meghan Markle)!!! and suddenly I'm a virtual influencer with 14K views to date. To me there is no question that the abundance of views is attributable to Meghan. What I do question is why? …
Spoiler alert, I am a lawyer and have had my name on the door and been Managing Partner, both key quests of the lawyers in the fabulously successful reboot of Suits on NETFLIX. Suits is a legal drama originally on the USA network for 8 seasons starting in 2011. Because of my affinity, I can't get enough of it and I admit I am bingeing. B …
This entry is a followup to last week's Friday With Fred blog "Preparation" (for my First Pitch at the Coney Island Cyclones game last Sunday). Well, the journey is over and the truth is that the (pictured) Coney Island Cyclones ball was on line, but fell (just) short of its intended target :( Shortfall yes, but not for want of trying or p …
Fridays With Fred
A perfect way to send you into your weekend