We are planning my youngest daughter, Sydney’s wedding. It is such a different experience planning your child’s wedding, as opposed to planning your own. For example, when we went bridal gown shopping, all I wanted was to see was my “baby,” in a huge princess dress. Being the accommodating youngest child that she is, she begrudgingly put one on …
Friday's blogger inspired this commentary so whatever I planned to chat about today awaits a new day. With many people still shopping on-line, I want to suggest making use of a special feature available through Amazon and if one chooses to shop through fave charity or non-profit so-connected, your purchase also benefits those served. Since I chai …
You know how magnets can repel each other? And if you've ever tried to push them together it's very hard. The forces keeping them apart are very strong. That's the essence of nuclear fusion. Forcing two particles together and using the energy from that reaction. Up until now it's taken more energy to create fusion than what you get out of it. In …
My wife couldn’t get the Amazon app to open on her computer, but I could on my phone. So I agreed to help, in my way, with her holiday shopping. And so began the following innocent, incompetent and frustrating adventure exploring the Amazon.In my own way, I then ordered the wrong thing or the wrong size or the wrong color. Or I ordered the righ …
I think they got it wrong when they decided that “Gaslighting” is the word of the year.I was speaking to Nancy the other day and we both commented on how many plans have been changed, often at the last minute......And how we have had to adjust accordingly.I think the word of the year should have been “Pivot”.
In David Hare’s new play, “Straight Line Crazy”, Ralph Fiennes inhabits the role of the most important New York State visionary of the 20th century. Heading up more than 20 state agencies in his run of over 40 years, Robert Moses was considered the most powerful man in New York. He maintained that he was not an urban planner but a doer. Moses b …
Over the course of a few days, LI Women had its first in person meeting since 2020 and Gotham had a fabulous cocktails evening in NYC to celebrate the holidays. There is something in the air (although hopefully not COVD, the flu or RSV). I could not have been more charged up than I was leaving the LI Women’s meeting. (Thank you to Marie Elena …
One of the nice things I enjoy as a parent involves sharing "my" music with my kids. As I recently blogged, my daughter and I enjoy concerts together; sometimes her mom even joins us. In what could be my last live show for 2022 (There's always hope for more.), we took Marisa to see (and experience) Hot Tuna at The Paramount in Huntington. Even i …
I know I am “late to the game,” but I have just discovered podcasts. I, sort of, accidentally listened o my first podcast on Saturday. There’s a pop culture website that I look at every so often when I need a quick diversion. Saturday morning I was inputting my billing for the week and I accidentally hit the link on the website for their podca …
Last Tuesday I was in a bowling alley with Sparks (the group of learning disabled that I work with) and had the chance to observe several groups of 21 year olds. True GenZ's. Almost everything they were doing was with their smartphone in their hand. Talking, eating, walking but, thankfully, not while they bowled. I wondered if we will ever divo …
I lead off with a gush of good feelings and appreciation, engendered by our Tuesday night annual (Zoom) Holiday Party. It was that good, that abundant, that sharing, that Tribal!We gave out our prestigious Awards and 7 Foundation Grants and the recipients‘ palpable surprise and appreciation was wonderful. We shared praise and Gotham history. We c …
Congratulations to all of the honorees at the Gotham 2022 Holiday Party.I was riveted by Vince Chirico’s words. Vince received the coveted Red Bandanna Award for his efforts through Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow.Vince recounted how he would have been in his office at the World Trade Center on September 11th but for his wife’s insistence that …
HBO has a fascinating interview that features a great conversation and terrific performances. Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern had a bit of a feud and this session was the first time the two had met. Howard is able to delve into Bruce’s life with incisive questions. Bruce is extremely honest about his relationships with his parents, family, an …
As a group, we’ve been blogging a lot lately about movies. Rona has a movie studio in her basement. During the pandemic, my family room became our Saturday night movie night space. But here I am thinking about an actual movie theatre. All through the pandemic, movies opened straight to the small screen and we learned the power of Roku. Lately, …
What, to you, makes a movie good or, even, great? After Superstorm Sandy, my husband and I refurbished our downstairs den into a movie room. Ever since that time, once a month a group of friends come over, and we bring in dinner and enjoy a movie. Saturday night’s move was “Don’t Worry Darling.” Being a science fiction fan, I was the only one w …
