I was very saddened to hear this week that Valerie Harper, the actress who played Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and, thereafter, on the spin-off, “Rhoda” has terminal cancer. As a young girl, I loved watching “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” with my friends. While my friends all seemed to identify with Mary, it was the character of …
I would not be a very good president. Not that anyone is asking. Most of us are not thinking about the next race already having grown tired of the last one. But just to be clear for the record, I am not running and will not accept my party's nomination. For one, as nice as the White House must be, I would not work well at home. I would be go …
With the explosion of apps and online business models, it was just a matter of time before someone came up with this. A service that will continue to post to Facebook and Twitter and even LinkedIn after you're gone and not just in a different room...gone from this reality. If I die lets you post a video or text message on Facebook. Their tagline …
I am really excited! Only 2 days to go before the Worldwide, grand debut of Gotham's First Battle of the Bands. Details, directions, etc., appear in the upper right next to this blog. Just click on the speaker. 10 bands will compete for the $2500 first prize, plus a 30 minute Show Case at Greenwich Village's storied Cafe Wha?Each band comes to us …
Every so often a tragedy strikes that, while not impacting us directly, does. Such was the tragedy that struck a young family early last Sunday morning as they were being driven to the hospital for the birth of their first child and were hit by another car and killed. The baby was delivered but died the next day. By any account, it is, indeed, …
People ask me why Gotham is such a good fit for me and Josh. The answer is our Dad - a lawyer whose client’s sought him out not just for his advice in his area of expertise or their businesses, but for his friendship and advice across all areas of their lives. He was the essence of "it is better to give than receive but what goes around comes arou …
She followed company protocol, but was that the right thing to do? Last week an elderly woman passed away – and the 911 call that preceded her death is all over the news and hard to listen to. As the 87 year old woman deteriorated in the dining room at the independent living facility at which she lived, the nurse attending to her care repeate …
It’s time for my Gotham family to know my guilty little secret; I am a fan of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. For total accuracy, I should probably also confess that I am also a fan of The Real Housewives of New York and New Jersey. While in Los Angeles recently, my family and I made lunch reservations at a restaurant in Beverly Hills o …
They say great men make great decisions. I think of this when I am confronted with my morning ritual, which, on Sunday, includes what to write. I often wake up Sunday morning, as I did today, blank. First comes the cat and what to feed her. She has many choices including all sorts of fish and meats in the cans stacked up in the pantry and I tr …
Well the sequester is upon us. Are we scared? nervous? or does anybody really care? And why do they call it a squester? I thought that term was used only for juries. Although I never heard of a jury cutting $1.2 trillion from the budget. Maybe the politicians just wanted to use a gentlier term than fiscal cliff so the public wouldn't be so alarme …
More than the gore and abundant use of the N word, what struck me about this movie was the depiction of plantation life. To me, it was as if Tarantino rented a time machine and transported us back to 1858. Shown was the day to day operation of plantations and acceptance of slavery. It was chilling to witness the mostly unprotested day to day lif …
We have two "land-line" phones in our house. Originally, they were both through Verizon, a traditional telephone provider that traces itself to the break-up of the old AT&T. Years ago, we changed one of the lines to our cable provider and bundled it with Internet and cable TV. But we kept the traditional Verizon line. It was a good thing. D …
There was some controversy surrounding the Academy Awards the other night involving raunchy humor. Many were upset/offended by things said, be it on the stage or on the internet. The show asked Seth McFarlane to host, which should have brought with it some realization of his type of humor. This seems to be just a continuation of the whole Ricky …
The moment you have been waiting for . . . your name is announced as the winner of the most coveted accolade of your profession . . . over forty million people are watching and cheering you on . . . and then you fall UP the stairs. Yes, this was Jennifer Lawrence’s entrance to the stage at the Oscars upon finding out that she had just won Best Actr …
It happened again this week. A client questioned something I said by responding, “But I read on the internet. . .” Most often, when I’m confronted with that statement my “stock answer” of, “You can’t trust what’s on the internet because you don’t know the source of the information, ” appeases the client. And it did this week. But this client …
