Usually, the plan involves a Broadway musical. This year she just wanted a nice restaurant. Marisa proposed three; I selected one, Foragers in Chelsea. Shelly liked the choice. Shelly and I arrived early and enjoyed cocktails. She even had me post it to Facebook – not something I do but for my lovely and dear wife I made an exception – with a m …
It's mid October and SpaceX has sent 47 rockets to space and landed the second stage of each on a small drone ship floating in the ocean. They have launched more rockets than all other countries combined. Their goal is 52 this year. SpaceX does this so often it is now common place. I try to watch every launch but there have been so many, it's diff …
As I mature I find myself awaking and getting out of bed earlier and earlier. Early? 5:00ish to be exact. I manage my waking time and the requisite minimum 7 hours slumber by trying to be in bed by 9:30, supplemented by occasional afternoon naps. In doing so, I usually awake rested and ready to go and go I do. I find the private time alone with …
Every so often I see a message that I feel compelled to share.We were visiting the Hot Shop (a place where glass is blown and otherwise formed) at the Tyler School of Glass at Temple University. Although everyone - students and professors- appears to be having fun, it is a serious place. Working glass, especially hot blown glass, requires well-chor …
“Cost of Living”, the 2018 Pulitzer winning play, has finally made its Broadway debut. Martyna Majok’s play has been performed in theaters all over the USA. It has touched audiences with its realistic exploration of life’s challenges. The four character play delves into intimacy and dependency in a fresh manner. Two of the characters are physic …
This past week, I presented a webinar for the NYSBA about post-interview do’s and don’ts. I described the process of searching for a job as one long networking experience. Here is my theory. Every time a candidate engages with a potential employer, they are making a contact and getting to know someone. Every interview, is an opportunity to mee …
Since my brother passed away very unexpectedly I have been thinking about signs. There are many people who have recently told me stories of what they are convinced evidences signs from those who have passed away. I have a friend whose mother collected figurines of robins. Apparently, there were numerous robin figurines throughout her home grow …
Sometimes plans made do not fall into line exactly as you want it and later today, we’ll know how the weekend works out. Months ago the thoughts were to take in two shows with the likelihood of no MLB Wild Card weekend. That outcome did not play out and I was at shows rather than watching my baseball team. The hierarchy for me always put music at t …
This story seemed unbelievable because why on earth would you smuggle snakes in your pants. It left me shaking my head... Calvin Bautista, a 36 year old man from Queens, has been charged with smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants at a U.S-Canadian border crossing. He, allegedly, brought the hidden snakes on a bus that crossed into northe …
I was once a long distance runner and am proud to reveal that I finished 33 (my lucky number) marathons (26.2 miles). I kept track and I ran over 55,000 miles (more than twice around the world), but sad to say, if I was a car I would trade me in (pictured) :)When the inevitable time came, I switched to biking, but eventually I suffered a bad fall …
I met him only once. We spent about an hour together. We were both in transition in our professional lives. We talked about our respective careers up until that point and where planning or fate might take us.He probably doesn’t remember our meeting. I doubt that I would have either….. had he not been appointed a judge to the United States District …
“Moonage Daydream,” a new documentary, takes an enthralling 140 minute look at the amazing career of David Bowie. The doc by Brett Morgen, an Oscar winner, is creative, touching, outrageous and above all a musical testament to the incredible 50 year career of Bowie. Seeing some of his biggest hits (Changes, Heroes, All the Young Dudes, Space Odd …
I read an article the other day about that posed the following question – what is your favorite room in your home? I thought about that question for days but really couldn’t decide. I did narrow it down though to a three way tie. I love my kitchen. It is one of those spaces where I picked everything out when it was new (enough years ago) an …
I feel that, with Amazon and similar websites, we’re becoming people who expect instant gratification. Almost everything we want; we can get with one click. For example, my husband recently found a dark chocolate, cherry Kind bar in our pantry. I’m not even sure where we had gotten it, I believe on an airplane. He ate it and declared it the best …
No secret that I enjoy attending shows. Not many fit the troubadour - unaccompanied solo artist - variety. At the very least most artists enjoy the support of at least one accomplished sideman. I probably saw John B. Sebastian in troubadour mode the most; Roger McGuinn second. No offense to the former leaders of the Lovin' Spoonful and The Byrd …
