One of the highlights of our recent trip to northern California was a luxurious day spent in Sonoma. My daughter planned the whole excursion for the four of us – complete with door to door service and a scrumptious midday lunch. Next time I see you, I encourage you to ask to see pictures. One of the vineyards we visited was Loxton Cellars where …
My husband and I were looking for a “new” television show for us to begin watching. As we scanned through Netflix, HBO Max, Paramount Plus etc, we came across a television show, “Under the Dome.” The premise of the show is that an invisible dome suddenly enclosed a New England town. The show was produced by Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. As …
I am enamored by the word Puppy (and puppies too)! It is such a positive, loving, warm word, as in "Puppy Love" and all things sweet and adorable ❤️ By strict definition a Puppy is a young (less than 1 year) dog. Yet in my mind our Charcoal (an 11 year old Schnoodle pictured) is still a puppy and, yes, I am still in puppy love with her. She is swee …
One of our favorite restaurants is Ada’s on the River in Alexandria, Virginia. It is named and themed after Ada Lovelace, known for her revolutionary impact on mathematics and computing in the early nineteenth century. She is also referred to as the first computer hacker.My favorite cocktail at Ada’s was the Lord Byron, appropriately named after Ad …
Recently my family, consisting of eight adults and two very young children took a trip to Costa Rica together. On the way to Costa Rica, we had a two-hour layover in Miami. Unfortunately, the first flight left New York over an hour late, leaving us very little time—less than 45 minutes-- to get our large party through the Miami airport to our secon …
I recently was a witness as to how deeply embedded the paternal instinct truly is. I was in Costa Rica with my family at an animal reserve. Most of my family went off exploring while I volunteered to stay back in the shade with my nine-month-old granddaughter, Taylor. While alone in the shade, Taylor and I remained near an enclosure in which monk …
I am ready – and if I’m lucky, maybe I will have a little time to read a book. I’m afraid I have to admit I don’t remember the last time I had enough free time to read a whole book. I love to read, but these days tend to read articles, short pieces, magazines, that sort of thing. I am itching now for a good book. And so, its survey time! W …
I grew up with an encyclopedia proudly displayed on the shelves in our den. The World Book – it was olive green with navy blue borders. When a homework assignment needed some information, we turned right to the encyclopedia. During law school, we learned computerized legal research. Yes, learned. Special classes – dedicated terminals. Any l …
Last week when my turn came at the joint Queens/Westchester Zoom networking meeting, rather than do my usual presentation, I "Spit":My name is Fred, most people my age are dead. This Rap shows my Cred and my quest is to make you bread! You should have seen the stunned faces on the full Zoom screen and some who weren't paying full attention evenas …
We are in the midst of the lightning fast changes in Artificial intelligence. Right now I can type a simple sentence into only AI video apps such as invideo.ai and in a few minutes, it creates a 2 minute video. As an example I just created this video about Gotham starting at 7:15Am this morning. It took 10 minutes for the software to create and pr …
