I met David in 2005, at a Commerce Group meeting. We hit it off immediately, passing notes on our phones, making bad jokes, until Fred had to school us. From that first meeting onwards, he adopted me as his mentee, invited me to various events, Gotham Queens, the Havana Club, etc. He also introduced me to Steve Lichtenstein – someone I was terri …
Yes, I am happy to be home safe and sound, but parting is such sweet sorrow. We have reveled in Paradise for 4 months and Paradise Lost is not an easy read or feeling. See you soon!
The other day a guided meditation asked me to consider the teachers in my life.As I focused on my breathing, I searched for the single person who stood out in my mind as being nurturing, encouraging and a guide on my journey.I searched my memory bank and one of my college professors came through clearly. But I couldn’t think of anyone from earlier …
If you are ready to hear Bob Dylan’s songs delivered masterfully, beautifully, and harmoniously, run to see it. Bob Dylan, considered by many, to be the best American songwriter of the last 60 years has a significant catalogue of songs that covers just about every feeling and issue people experience. Depression era Minnesota is the setting for …
A colleague and I were recently talking about the “old days.” Back in the day, we would leave the office at 5:00 on a Friday night and could not be reached again until Monday morning when we returned to the office. During those days, our weekends belonged to us. That was before we had home fax machines which then morphed into email and cell phon …
Shhhhh, don’t tell my mom. With Mother’s Day coming up, my sister and I put our heads together to come up with a meaningful gift for mom. She’s had a rough time lately and we were hoping to come up with something that might give her a lift. I think we did or at least I hope so. Have you seen a Skylight frame? It is basically a digital frame t …
A colleague and I were recently talking about the “old days.” Back in the day, when we could leave the office at 5:00 on a Friday night and not be reached again until Monday morning when we returned to the office. Of course that was before we had home fax machines which then morphed into email and cell phones. I never had a personal fax machine …
At the last Gotham “Happy Hour” over Zoom, I opted not to use one of my Gotham backgrounds (Of late, I generally used the Citi Field Scoreboard announcing “Gotham Networking”.). I used the trees in my yard background that reflect what folks saw last year when I participated in Zooms from my “outside office.” Indeed some at Happy Hour suggested I wa …
It would seem that bears now need to take care of their chapped lips. A little over a week ago, wildlife officials in Colorado reported that a bear broke into a car and destroyed the interior -- all for a tube of lip gloss. The officials confirmed this fact saying, "There was no food/trash left inside, but there was lip gloss..." The depart …
Residing at the southern most point of the continental USA I am constantly confronted by the unaccustomed south land salutation of SIR. I hear it all the time and I look around and discern that it is directed at me. When I question why SIR I am told it is an expression of respect (to an older man). Well you can imagine how that sits with me! Then …
We approached the door to leave the store as a young man and woman were entering.He held the door for his friend as she entered and then motioned for us to come through the door as he held it open. As I said thank you for his courtesy, I noticed the “Wrestling” on his T Shirt and asked him where he wrestled.He wrestled for the local high school and …
Metamorphosis has always been a theme of great literature, theater, film, and television. The most notable transformation of characters in movies include: Sherman Klump to Buddy Love in the “Nutty Professor”, Jack Napier to The Joker in “Batman” and Seth Brundle to a fly in “The Fly”. The changeover from Jimmy McGill to Saul Goodman in “Breakin …
I think it's my iPad. What’s yours? I was counting devices the other day. Between personal and work technology, I was up to over ten including accessories. Between two monitors, a camera and a soundbar, that’s a pretty good head start at each location my work calls home. Add to it my phone (for the longest time I had two – some of you still …
My niece got married this past weekend. It was a beautiful weekend filled with love and family. It was also filled with numerous prepared toasts from the couple’s closest family and friends. Here’s something I noticed. The younger people (defined as younger than 35) all had their toasts typed in on their cellphones and read them from their phon …
Friday’s Gotham blogger suggested today’s commentary. Interestingly his Friday blog covered modes of community. He found interesting how I balanced multiple Zooms as Gotham Queens, (GQ) a group I “mentor” met Thursday. Gotham Zooms can run on average 90 minutes but when in person one might allocate up to two hours for many such networking sessions; …
