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Corey Bearak
Apr09
No Seder at home
Posted By : Corey Bearak

No Seder at home this Passover   There may not have been a year since our marriage that when we remained in New York that Shelly and I did not host a Passover Seder.  On quick recall I cannot recollect since our home was the only “space” large enough to accommodate her family.  Yeah we enjoyed Seders away from home than when we visited Marisa when

Corey Bearak
Apr17
Our seder(s)
Posted By : Corey Bearak

A nice start to a weekend built around family with Passover seders as main events. Prior to the gathering with daughter Marisa I attended Mets Opening Day, preceded by the Tom Seaver statute unveiling (probably merits its own blog), at Citi Field with daughter Marisa and some friends and clients; just delightful! Later we enjoyed a small seder – c

Corey Bearak
Oct31
Tattoo who
Posted By : Corey Bearak

At Gotham Happy Hour I shared something about today’s Gotham blog. Friday’s blogger remarked nice to not discuss my outside office (he used a different term!).  Well I did go there but only to retrieve the coffee pot so Shelly’s brew could remain in the thermal pot parked inside the kitchen-based coffeemaker. And I still found some time for yardwor

Corey Bearak
Apr04
Two Lane and more "highways"
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Driving last night, Safe At Home played on my A Good Feeling To Know Radio station on Apple Music. Interestingly, that Souther Hillman Furay tune that opened side two of the original vinyl served as the title of the blog a year ago today.   Right after, came Pure Prairie League’s Two Lane Highway. It made me wonder if my Songs of the Road playlist

Corey Bearak
Mar28
Things will be better
Posted By : Corey Bearak

A year ago I blogged about gathering virtually for Passover (and for others, on Easter). No one thought then we would still be dealing with COVID19, albeit with many of us “vaxxed” or on the way to be such. Nonetheless its a big deal that we were able to gather in our small but safe core. My daughter took care of making sure a new seder plate she p

Corey Bearak
Jun14
Just saying
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Friday’s blogger opined this past Friday how politics unintentionally crept into the comments to his blog that ran the week before. Bloggers on this platform agree not to cross into politics when the opine. Though I worked in government, advise many affected by its actions, serving in it or seeking to serve I find comfort in my ability to muse abou

Corey Bearak
Apr05
Safe At Home
Posted By : Corey Bearak

So my thoughts focus on when we can get together again.   You might ask why but I suspect most know.   After all, in other times, many would be looking forward to hosting or visiting family towards the end of this week into next weekend. Usually a big meal serves as the centerpiece. Instead, this time any meal involves those in the immediate househ

Corey Bearak
Apr21
gatherings
Posted By : Corey Bearak

A good number of us gather with family this weekend. Some gathered today for Easter. Others including members of my family gathered Friday and Saturday eves for Passover. Usually we host one night and visit with family or friends (Appreciate the invites). Periodically, if find ourselves out of town, we participate in communal seders.   This year,

Corey Bearak
Apr08
A Vacation
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Vacations involve a bit of work no matter where we go. As I wrote about and retain an interest in siting sports stadiums (stadia?) I always try to include one on a visit. Since I enjoy clients involved in transit and transportation issues, I check out the issues wherever we visit. I also take advantage of opportunities to gain perspectives on cu

Joshua Zinder
Apr01
The memory of an April Fool
Posted By : Joshua Zinder

I am not sure what you are doing this weekend but it is likely that you are with family or friends celebrating Easter, Passover, or April Fools day . What do you think about memory? It is a strange thing. Moments in our lives recorded on our nervous systems with electrical impulses. Some are etched so deeply we recall all the details what we were d

Corey Bearak
Oct01
Energetic Felling
Posted By : Corey Bearak

This morning after hosting some members of Shelly’s family the eve before for Break Fast, we woke early to observe “The Energetic Felling of the Old Kosciuszko Bridge.” We drove to 400 Kingsland Avenue in Brooklyn where we parked. A brief ceremony preceded featuring Governor Andrew Cuomo, Member of Congress Carolyn Maloney who secured the federal

Cayce Crown
Mar29
Call Me
Posted By : Cayce Crown

On this day in 1929, President Herbert Hoover has a phone installed at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House. It took a while to get the line to Hoover’s desk working correctly and the president complained to aides when his son was unable to get through on the Oval Office phone from an outside line. Previously, Hoover had used a phone loc

Cayce Crown
Dec28
If You Want It
Posted By : Cayce Crown

It's been quite the season of loss and I don't know how to say anything brillaint about that. So I give you this: So this is Christmas And what have you doneAnother year overAnd a new one just begun And so this is ChristmasI hope you have funThe near and the dear onesThe old and the young A very merry ChristmasAnd a happy New YearLet's hope it's a

Corey Bearak
Apr24
Seder by visit
Posted By : Corey Bearak

We did not host this year.  We always hosted; tradition of sorts, and not just for Passover. Noneless, we joined my good friend Joshua for the seder he hosted with his wife Linda; I found myself rather relaxed with no carving and other related duties; we enjoyed the company and the food. The next night we joined my mom in a restaurant for a 2nd nig