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; …
Driving around, as I enjoy, I noticed new construction at a couple of locations. Very large buildings were being erected with no indications of what they were going to be. Maybe an office building? But no, there's a glut of office space now with everyone still working from home. Maybe a large community center? Library? Well, I was wrong on all …
In today’s technologically sophisticated world there are myriad channels of communication. To me, the best and most basic manner of communication is talking face to face, where you can look someone directly in the face and discern facial expressions (“Tells”) while taking in the words, gestures and eye contact. My father’s number one rule of inte …
There’s an expression in Yiddish to the effect that “ Man plans and God laughs”. In these times, I think the expression could be “Man plans and Covid laughs”.And so it was as our extended family planned for the return to the traditional in person Seder that had been so evasive over the last two years. All vaxxed and ready to test.And there was a di …
A show about a single mother, her three daughters, and her mom may not sound like a great watch. But, “Better Things” is rated a must watch 96 on MetaCritic and it received a 100 rating from Rotten Tomatoes. And, I think it is one of the best shows ever done. Pamela Adlon the star, producer, writer, and director has created a show that has humo …
I don’t think I could ever relocate to a place that didn’t have four seasons. There is something special about those first few days as the weather warms or cools. Change is in the air, literally. I don’t even think I have a preference for a particular season. I think I like them all -- at the time. Of course, I’m often ready for one to en …
My family and I are not very religious. We do, however, try to adhere to the eating constraints of Passover. Specifically, we will not eat any leavened products during the eight days including bread, cookies, cake etc. We also try not to eat in restaurants during the eight days of Passover. We do have another tradition affiliated with Passover. …
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 …
