I have been thinking and talking a lot lately about reinventing oneself. Many of my clients seem to want to change careers or other aspects of themselves after going through a divorce. I am not a therapist but it seems like a natural progression to me. A good friend-who has not gone through a divorce-has seemed to reinvent herself as a very …
According to Robin Williams's widow, he suffered Lewey body dementia and he took his life to avoid having to live with the progressively worsening symptoms of the disease. These symptoms include hallucinations, often of animals and children, according to an article in the New York Times this week. The early stages of the disease, when a person ha …
For the first time since 1994, Central Park and LaGuardia have reached at least 70° four consecutive days in the month of November so let's get serious for a minute... Exxon Mobil is being investigated by the New York attorney general’s office to determine whether the company lied to consumers about climate change risks or lied to investors about …
After 18 years of existence I venture to say that our Gotham Tribe is pretty amazing!Our unique giving culture has resulted in countless fruitful and sometimes miraculous results. Having said that, there is one draw back: We are sometimes too humble and we keep the good deeds between ourselves and the involved parties. In my opinion what we need …
For quite a while, I had fantasized about writing this blog. It would have been after a Game Six or Game Seven clinching of the World Series by the Mets. But that, as it turned out, was a fantasy. The “would have been” did not materialize. We were in Lenox, Massachusetts last weekend while the Mets were hosting the Royals at Citifield. There was …
We seem to have sold our wonderful cabin retreat and have spent last week end and will spend next week end prepping it for the new buyers. To close on Nov. 14. Fall is definitely a time of letting go, and there is a bittersweetness to letting go of something that was once so dear. Shakespeare says it much better than me: "That time of year thou may …
What a surprise – I am writing about food. Comfort food is a funny thing for me. It comes in so many shapes, sizes and flavors. But I have to admit that my most guilty food pleasure is fast food. More specifically, a Big Mac with large fries. What is your guilty food pleasure? Will you meet me at McDonalds?
It has not happened to me in a while so I was, admittedly, unprepared when it did. I was speaking to another lawyer-a man- about a fee his client was obligated to pay my firm on behalf of my client (a typical circumstance in divorce cases). Despite me initially agreeing to reducing the fee and giving the husband sixty days to pay the reduced fee …
At dinner with my son Max the other night he brought up the subject of my blogs. One day he said, he is going to sit down and read them all. Otherwise, he said, he may not read them until after I am dead and then I won't be around for him to discuss them with me. A fair thought. My son Josh reads them each week, I am pretty sure. He doesn't comme …
The Mets decisive win last night could be a turning point for the series. They lost the first two games and it looked like they weren't going to be able to quiet the free swinging KC bats. Maybe coming home was the ticket. They won convincingly and the orange and blue sea throughout the stadium was electric. If they win today...its all tied and N …
On the eve of Halloween I know what my costume will be. It will be the same as always: Count Dracula. I choose the Count because, in a small way, I feel a harmless, but important kinship with him as I draw sustenance from interacting and conversing with people: networking, if you will. Without such sustenance I would be rudderless and lost and I …
New York has Mets fever and I’ve been part of it. Last week, I bought a Mets hat to send to my daughter, Mea, who lives in Washington, DC. I was in Manhattan and decided to wear the cap for the day before sending it off to Mea. I was on the street for less than three minutes when, crossing Seventh Avenue at Thirty-Fourth Street, a young wo …
I love coffee. That is to say, I love espresso. Unfortunately, since getting my cholesterol count, I discovered that coffee raises your "bad" cholesterol. Tea is okay. Sometimes its more than okay. Sometimes a Chai Tea Latte is almost as good as a "real" latte. And I do like Earl Grey. [The Earl Grey blend, or "Earl Grey's Mixture", is assumed to b …
Two months ago, my wife and I (plus her siblings, cousins and their spouses) went to Amsterdam at the invitation of the Royal House of Orange. It seems that a painting that had belonged to my wife's paternal grandparents was stolen from them (by the Nazis) and it somehow found its way into the Royal Collection in about 1960. It isn't worth a whol …
As I have said so many times, I am not a sports fan. I have, however, recently begun to appreciate how sports can bring people together. My husband Philip, as most of you do know, is an avid Jets fan. So is my brother. And so I was glad to answer the phone when my brother called on Saturday night to offer to watch the Jets-Patriots game …
