I recently read an interesting article in New York Magazine. The subject of the article was the perennial maskers. The people interviewed for the story claimed that, even after mask mandates are lifted in New York and by the federal government, they would continue to wear their masks. Most of them agreed that they felt safe wearing masks and cou …
Last year on this day, the #1 mom in my life — obviously the one I live with — got a surprise involving her son visiting our place with his then girlfriend now fiancé. This year no surprise but a visit nonetheless. After a campaign HQ opening — outdoors & masked for my newest client, I returned to pick up Shelly and begin a drive to Amherst, …
So today (Friday) at 3P I had an experience I haven't had in quite awhile...a business appointment that was not on Zoom. Masks on, elbow bumps for hello and a 10 minute conversation on shots, antibodies and viruses in general. I was excited to be in front of an actual person. It was different, familiar and very comforting in a strange sort of wa …
If you have been vaccinated, I believe you are on the right track. What’s more, once vaccinated you receive a proof of vaccination card and it’s a keeper, as you may need it for various purposes. As such, you need to maintain it in decipherable condition and what better way than lamination. I pondered where can I get my vaccination card laminat …
“Are you vaccinated?” Is that the question that you can, or can’t, ask?Lawyers are struggling with the question in several contexts and it has become a political football. But I’m talking about you and me.It seems to me that unless someone is vaccinated, I need to be as protective of myself and cautious with respect to that person as I was in the d …
May the Forth be with you! I know it’s Cinco de Mayo, but, I love Star Wars. To all those Star Wars fans out there, I was reminded of wisdom Yoda shared with young Luke, while stretching his abilities in the swamp. When we clear our minds and decide to DO something, we commit to seeing it thru. I love Yoda and am reminded to remain present. For w …
List making is not only my best organizational tool but it is also oddly the activity that calms my stress. It is as if once I’ve written it down, in some order and with clear intent, I’ve taken the most important step towards completion and “checking it off”. I literally use a program that lets me check something off the list because of that feel …
I am a person who loves her routines, especially my Saturday morning routine. My husband works on Saturdays so I have the time to myself. Almost every Saturday morning, I exercise, do my office billing, write my blog, and then do my errands. That is pretty much the way my day goes most Saturdays. This past Saturday morning, a surprise birthday …
Some may have noted someone MIA....again... at the Gotham Happy Hour. Sometimes the logistics work not at all. The intention remains. Parental duties intervened. Our son yesterday moved into home number 10 yesterday morning; his parents helped him and his fiance finish their “exit” from downtown Brooklyn across Adams Street from where his uncle wor …
Leaves, flowers, bushes, you know...all the stuff that grows in the spring. George Orwell said it well...“The point is that the pleasures of spring are available to everybody, and cost nothing.” I'm partaking. Recently, a landscaping crew left a big mess in my yard when they replaced a retaining wall that was destroyed this past winter from a h …
We’re Home! Home to the real World! Home to Family! Home to our day to day responsibilities (and to commuting)! Home to Spring (in time to plant our garden)! Home to new experiences! You can always come home again! There’s no place like Home Sweet Home!
Last Saturday night, at around 9:15, I walked outside to check the night air. I looked up and saw a group of six or seven orange objects moving across the sky from the southwest to the northeast. They glowed and appeared to be ablaze.As the first group slowly disappeared, a second group of two or three appeared and followed. And finally a last lone …
My friend uses the word "treats" to describe anything from cookies, ice cream, taffy, biscuits and even to coffee. She sent me a picture of her outing last week and said, "Niles and I even stopped for "treats"". When I looked at the picture, my mouth started watering and I imagined them sitting on a park bench with the soft warm sun shining on thei …
Thanks to David Abeshouse and Paul Napolitano, Gotham’s own sommeliers, I know that I have officially expanded my wine pallet. I have blogged along the way about my attraction to sweet, bubbly, cold white wine. That said, in recent years I have been trying to expand my wine horizons. For those of us who were able to join David and Paul this …
As we continue in this pandemic one observation has become readily apparent, video conferencing, and for me video court appearances are here to stay. So, my question is, is it getting any easier for you? For me that answer is complicated. I had two opposite experiences in the same week. Early in the week there was a scheduled video court …
