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Rona Gura
Aug22
Another Engagement
Posted By : Rona Gura

This week I am again thinking about engagements. Probably because my step-daughter, Danielle,  got engaged on Saturday. Once that happens it’s difficult to think about anything other than the engagement.   Danielle’s engagement led me to think about how couples meet. I met my husband, Philip, through our younger children, Ryan and Sydney. Ryan and

Corey Bearak
Aug21
Event of the Summer
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Some days remind me of time in a political campaign running from event to event. Yesterday fit that description, including a decision not to squeeze in another “stop.” Morning basketball and then a decision whether to stop at the pool or just go home to change for a client union's picnic. Chose home, then the rains come. Interestingly, the inte

Mitch Tobol
Aug20
At what cost
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

I enjoy watching the Olympics. I'm always amazed at the dedication, drive and committment these athletes make to test their skills and athletic prowess once every four years. The sheer beauty of the venue, athletes and host country is truly spectacular.   However, as Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel reported on their recent show about the IOC and t

Fred Klein
Aug19
My Turkey Sandwich
Posted By : Fred Klein

Last Sunday I had the best turkey sandwich I've ever tasted in my life. The fresh turkey was moist and it had (our) garden fresh tomatoes, spicy Dijon mustard and crispy lettuce blanketing it on a seeded soft roll.  See photo. It was having a party in my mouth!  Yum! Thanks and props to the maker (Jo) from the eater!

Benjamin Geizhals
Aug18
The Summer Games
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

The games of summer. "Connect Four", "Air Hockey" and "Skee Ball". Remember them? Recently, "Connect Four" re-entered our lives. We have the travel-size and it's perfect on our trips. Flo likes to pack it when we travel and challenges me to a game or two, which becomes the "best of five" or "best of seven". There's a game room in the Marriott in G

Cayce Crown
Aug17
Moving On...
Posted By : Cayce Crown

...UP! After 12 years in Chelsea, I am downsizing physically and fiscally, so that my business can expand creatively. It continues to amaze me in how tiny a footprint I can run my life.  I am made for Manhattan living and working. My current office is 10x17, my new office is 7x7. My new neighborhood is Madison and 29th, other than the magnificent

Nancy Schess
Aug15
Another Great Day
Posted By : Nancy Schess

  If you missed it today, I hope you will put our golf outing on your calendar for next year. It was a terrific day filled with good friends, new friends, great food and amazing weather. OK, it was a little warm, but the sun was shining all day and the club could not have been more accommodating.     A special thank you to Norman Spizz who worked

Rona Gura
Aug15
Will You Marry Me?
Posted By : Rona Gura

A close friend of our family got engaged Friday afternoon. How did we find out? Within minutes of her engagement, pictures of her hand wearing her new ring went up on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook etc. Moments later, as I sat at my desk with a client, my phone started exploding with text messages from my family and other close friends telling me th

Corey Bearak
Aug14
Mystic Highway
Posted By : Corey Bearak

By the time this commentary appears on the Gotham (City Networking, Inc. ®) website, Shelly and I arrived back from Mystic, CT to our home aptly named “Grand Junction” by Marisa who gave our home that “nom de 'net” on FourSquare. Marisa chose Grand Junction, a place in Colorado, from a Poco instrumental of the same name written by pedal steel guit

Mitch Tobol
Aug13
Olympic green
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

Now two pools at the Olympics have turned green. There's a strange brew going on in that aquatic center.   They've shut them down and the athletes are not interested in diving into green water. Although the "commitee" says it's okay, Tom Stenfort tweeted this yesterday...     I thought this was Brazil's attempt at doing something different...

Fred Klein
Aug12
A Rod's Last Game
Posted By : Fred Klein

Tonight is A Rod's last game. Or is it?After 22 Big League seasons during which he struck 696 home runs while failing two performance enhancing drug tests Alex Rodriguez is a complicated, untruthful tarnished star with a still huge Yankee contract guaranteed through 2017.  In an emotional press conference last Sunday A Rod spoke the Yankee party li

Benjamin Geizhals
Aug11
Vacationing With The President
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

Anyone who vacations on Martha's Vineyard when the President is there has a story to tell. Here's mine. Last Sunday, we were walking down Main Street in Edgartown and I saw a black shoulder bag on a bench in front of the liquor store. I poked my head inside the store to let the clerk know about the bag. He told me that he knew about it, but didn't

Cayce Crown
Aug10
One solution
Posted By : Cayce Crown

Sometimes the beach is the answer.   What is your answer?   In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans. - Kahlil Gibran

Nancy Schess
Aug08
Obsessed With The Olympics
Posted By : Nancy Schess

  From opening through closing ceremonies, we love the Olympics. It is a world event intended to show the best of the world stage. Of course, it doesn’t always happen that way but the goal is always the same.     We particularly like watching Gymnastics and Swimming. I really like the synchronized diving but the rest of my family is not as intere

Rona Gura
Aug08
If We Won. . .
Posted By : Rona Gura

  My husband and I did it again last night. In fact we do it quite often. We fantasized about what we would do if we won the lottery (what were you thinking I meant?).   When we engage in this discussion, we both admit that quitting our jobs would be the first thing we would do (wouldn’t everyone?). Then we would set up trust accounts for our child