In David Hare’s new play, “Straight Line Crazy”, Ralph Fiennes inhabits the role of the most important New York State visionary of the 20th century. Heading up more than 20 state agencies in his run of over 40 years, Robert Moses was considered the most powerful man in New York. He maintained that he was not an urban planner but a doer. Moses b …
Over the course of a few days, LI Women had its first in person meeting since 2020 and Gotham had a fabulous cocktails evening in NYC to celebrate the holidays. There is something in the air (although hopefully not COVD, the flu or RSV). I could not have been more charged up than I was leaving the LI Women’s meeting. (Thank you to Marie Elena …
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 …
I know I am “late to the game,” but I have just discovered podcasts. I, sort of, accidentally listened o my first podcast on Saturday. There’s a pop culture website that I look at every so often when I need a quick diversion. Saturday morning I was inputting my billing for the week and I accidentally hit the link on the website for their podca …
Last Tuesday I was in a bowling alley with Sparks (the group of learning disabled that I work with) and had the chance to observe several groups of 21 year olds. True GenZ's. Almost everything they were doing was with their smartphone in their hand. Talking, eating, walking but, thankfully, not while they bowled. I wondered if we will ever divo …
I lead off with a gush of good feelings and appreciation, engendered by our Tuesday night annual (Zoom) Holiday Party. It was that good, that abundant, that sharing, that Tribal!We gave out our prestigious Awards and 7 Foundation Grants and the recipients‘ palpable surprise and appreciation was wonderful. We shared praise and Gotham history. We c …
Congratulations to all of the honorees at the Gotham 2022 Holiday Party.I was riveted by Vince Chirico’s words. Vince received the coveted Red Bandanna Award for his efforts through Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow.Vince recounted how he would have been in his office at the World Trade Center on September 11th but for his wife’s insistence that …
HBO has a fascinating interview that features a great conversation and terrific performances. Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern had a bit of a feud and this session was the first time the two had met. Howard is able to delve into Bruce’s life with incisive questions. Bruce is extremely honest about his relationships with his parents, family, an …
As a group, we’ve been blogging a lot lately about movies. Rona has a movie studio in her basement. During the pandemic, my family room became our Saturday night movie night space. But here I am thinking about an actual movie theatre. All through the pandemic, movies opened straight to the small screen and we learned the power of Roku. Lately, …
What, to you, makes a movie good or, even, great? After Superstorm Sandy, my husband and I refurbished our downstairs den into a movie room. Ever since that time, once a month a group of friends come over, and we bring in dinner and enjoy a movie. Saturday night’s move was “Don’t Worry Darling.” Being a science fiction fan, I was the only one w …
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 …
I love to laugh. As a matter of fact I still even chuckle at Norman's jokes :). For some reason, in the middle of doing my daily pushups the other morning, I remembered when I had one of those uncontrollable, belly hurts laughs. In my memory of that moment, it seemed to last a half hour but I'm sure it was a bit shorter. I started laughing and e …
Showers require water, lots of water and water is our most taken for granted Natural Resource. So much so, that when I take a shower I turn off the faucet after I’m watered down and before I soap up. Then I turn it on again to rinse. I know a long hot shower is a wonderful, sensual luxury, but think of all that precious water down the drain!It take …
Gotham is amazing. Perhaps I had taken Gotham for granted for a while. That was shaken last Monday as I attended Gotham’s Encores meeting and joined in welcoming Ellin Yaskey back to Gotham.Ellin has been inactive since moving from the United States to Israel over ten years ago.Ellin joined our virtual meeting from her apartment in Tel Aviv -- one …
It’s the biggest sporting event in the world. More people watch and follow the World Cup Tournament than any other sporting activity. Thirty two countries qualified for this year’s event. The World Cup is almost a hundred years old. It is held every four years and the 1930 initial Cup was won by Uruguay. This year the World Cup is being held in …
