Gotham's mantra is that "It's better to give than receive, but what goes around comes around." If you live it, our mantra works in countless magical and wonderful ways. It is truly the verbalization of the Soul of Gotham!One of the many manifestations of our mantra is our annual Season of Giving initiative. Last year, the Gotham Foundation made …
It always amazes me when a hat I’mwearing triggers a conversation.Last Sunday, I was wearing my Baltimore Ravens hat, given to me by a dear friend who is a Ravens fan and believes that my wearing the hat has a positive impact on the team’s performance.We were in Brooklyn at a burger joint. The Ravens were on TV and the hat was on my head. Unfortuna …
Thanksgiving has passed. Great food, Great football, holiday shopping, the race to year end. I have always loved thanksgiving, everyone does. Great time with family and friends, Great food. The cool weather arrives. This year didn't disappoint. The weather definitely turned, significant snow in some areas. The food was amazing, the football was g …
This past week, Australia became the first country to enact a social media ban for anyone under the age of 16. The bill is aimed at safeguarding the mental health of young people but critics ask how can its terms possibly be enforced? Social media platforms must verify the age of their users. How will that happen? Apparently, some platforms mi …
My family had an interesting conversation over the Thanksgiving table. We each recounted our favorite childhood Thanksgiving memory. I tried to relay a memory from when my children were young. But my now adult children called me out on that and asked me to recount a Thanksgiving memory from when I was a child. It was, actually, an easy memory to t …
Early in my career I enjoyed opportunities to work to enact major environmental initiatives including “The NYC Recycling Law,” the “Spill Bill,” mandating cleanup of accidental releases of hazardous substances or assessing three times the cost of any cleanup performed by the City of New York (The Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Law - 1987 Lo …
I’m all in when it comes to smoking ducks and frying turkeys—it’s my thing. But I have to tell you it wasn’t easy this year. The weather was cold and wet. Keeping the smoker at the right temp was a battle, and the fryer took forever to heat up. But for me, no challenge is too big when it comes to the feast. I stuck it out, got everything cooked, …
One of my goals in life is to continue to "be in the traffic" (and remain relevant). However, if you want to be in the traffic you need to deal with the congestion.And so it goes...
I wonder whether the turkeys pardoned by the President and really thankful. However, we enjoy this day, may we find a moment to be thankful. Happy Thanksgiving.
Just when you thought things were in cruise mode...BAAAMMM .... out of the blue life can deal you a wicked hand. However, when this happens, you instantly know who your friends are. The ones who support you and encourage you. I have many such friends in Gotham. I am also fortunate to have a very supportive family. So in this instance, I was c …
Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence. It is showing up in so many different ways. You can’t even do a google search anymore without AI results. We have lots of technology tools available at our law firm to make document production easier – proofreading and editing tools, template tools, timekeeping tools and the list goes on. I k …
For me, Thanksgiving is all about the side dishes. It’s also about the frame of the turkey but that’s a blog for another day. We generally host Thanksgiving and serve “traditional” side dishes. For us, that includes sweet potato casserole, with the melted marshmallows, a string bean casserole, with the Durkee fried onions, my husband's stuffing w …
It was that time again. Cannot ignore it. Cannot avoid it. Cannot delay it. The outside office —at least of very last vestiges of it — got formerly closed yesterday. Much of the work got done the preceding weekend. Just needed to dispose of some cushions for my chair; we decided to secure new cushions next season. I’ll miss being able to “deploy” …
Time is a funny thing. It’s always moving forward, unstoppable and unrelenting. Everything—people, plants, animals, even the things we create—has a time limit. Eventually, everything perishes, changes, or fades away. It’s a humbling thought but also fascinating. I've been thinking about time a lot lately, especially when I reflect on my company’s …
As you may know, Joanne and I share a wonderful 11 year old Schnoodle (Schnauzer/Poodle mix) named Charcoal (pictured). As time went by, a pattern developed that the night shift was my sole responsibility. Charcoal spends her somnolent night hogging space on our bed and when Nature calls she hops off the bed and snorts. Up until recently, that w …
