Let's congratulate Gotham's Networkers of the Year -- Liz Saldana and Larry Sprung and this year’s recipient of the Red Bandana Award -- Cindy Somma. When someone asks me what the Red Bandana Award is about, I respond that it is our Gotham family's way of recognizing the best fulfillment of our mantra -- “It is better to give than receive...” In short, we recognize a selfless act by a fellow Gothamite.

When I posted my blog last week, I like many people in this country were in pain.  There is nothing I said that was wrong factually or morally.  Yet, it didn't feel good.  It wasn't incorrect, just lacking something.  It wasn't in those who supported me or who opposed me.  It wasn't a lack of compassion or a lack of understanding as some might feel.  The whole debate didn't feel right.  Then I read a post by a professonal football player named Ben Watson who wrote something so superior to what I wrote that it both dwarfed my efforts and clarified my s

I know that for most of the summer you all indulged my blogs about getting ready to send my oldest child to college. Thank you, your indulgence was much appreciated. I have purposely refrained from giving you all a play by play description of the college transition process every week thinking that might be pushing it a little too far.

This was a weekend of old family traditions, snowed out traditions, and new ones.  We spent it in the Berkshires.  There were about twenty of us, young and old.  It has been a number of years since the extended group (almost) all assembled in Lenox.  

About Thanksgiving..celery and olives were considered standard appetizers for over 100 years.

As an alternative to this Season's usual profusion of expressions of Thanks I would like to publish a "No Thanks Given", if not worse, list of inappropriate everyday conduct and things which I hate.  "Hate" is a very strong word and has a highly negative connotation so maybe I should say "greatly dislike", but you get my drift. Here we go:1) The Cross Bronx Expressway (no thanks to Robert Moses)2) People who get in my face aggresively and make unreasonable requests (demands) aka "Takers". 3) People who promise, but rarely deliver (liars)

I'm a traditionalist and one of the things I like most about Thanksgiving are the traditions. One of our traditions is a football game before dinner. Given the rain and wet field conditions, this tradition may be in jeopardy this year.