When I was young, I remember sitting up close to our (small screen, black and white) Dumont television bearing witness to "Mr. Television", Milton Berle ("Uncle Miltie"), birthing modern communications.  And since then we have progressed so far: color TV, fax machines, the Internet, computers, cell phones, FaceTime and all the rest.  

When you park into a space - if there’s an option of parking “head-in” or backing in - what do you do ?In our community, there are some parking areas which allow for such choices.

Sometimes you have the best laid out plans for an eventful few days off and sometimes things change. This past weekend, my family planned a brief trip to NY to celebrate my stepdaughter Ashley’s engagement party. With my Gotham Queens Group meeting live this month, I had asked if it was OK to move the meeting to the next day (Friday) to accommodate my travel plans. All went as planned. Then there was confusion on the date. Members who said they would be there couldn’t.

It’s that time again. Time for you to share with me your favorite recent reads.   Around this time of year, I am always yearning for a good read. To me, it takes that wonderful slow end of summer and prolongs that feeling just a little bit longer.  

Last Wednesday was one of those nights that just remind us how special Gotham truly is. It was the annual Gotham Summer Quintuple Meeting held at Westbury Manor on Long Island.   The best description for me would be that the evening was filled with longtime friends happy to see one another. It took me over a half hour to just make it into the main room as there were so many people that I was happy to see just by the entrance.  

 

Forget about gold bars and rare diamonds, there’s a new luxury item in town, and you can brew it in your kitchen. Panama’s Geisha coffee just sold for a record $13,705 a pound, which means for the price of one cup, you could probably buy a decent used car. Described as the “champagne of coffee,” it’s floral, fruity, and worth more than my entire kitchen. At this rate, if by the smallest of chances I ever get my hands on a bag, I’m not going to brew it… I’m insuring it.

Last Friday night was one for the ages.Top props for my Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity brother Jason Greenberg (Phoenix Adjusters) for taking me to see, inter alia, our fraternity brother Robert Zimmerman perform at The Outlaw Music Festival at the beautiful Jones Beach Theater. With one exception, it was a perfectly entertaining night as we partied with my son Alex, his wife Jessica and others at Jason's special VIP stage side table.