Is everyone a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day?  

Yes...this is true.  At the World Baseball Classic, Italy’s dugout has an espresso machine.    Mike Piazza, a former Met, who plays for the Italian team said he was dissatisfied the coffee was being served in a paper cup and not a ceramic one.  

On Sunday morning I was awakened ultra early by a call from a friend alerting me that the water had been turned off in my neighborhood and advising I buy bottled water.   It got me thinking about water, our most taken for granted natural resource.  Pictured are some of the ways water benefits our body. Let's just say we can't live without it.   And because we can't live without it there was an immediate run on bottled water and soon the shelves were bare. 

To all of our friends in warmer climates:I’ve always suspected that the happiness of those in Florida is inversely proportional to the weather in New York.Is it true ?

One of the things that attracted me to moving to Florida was the fortunate ability to live off the water. My house backs up to a canal that is just off the Banana River in Merritt Island, Florida. I grew up in Brooklyn on an ocean block where every Sunday in the summer, my dad would take my brothers and I to Manhattan Beach. The water was just a half block from our house and we just walked a few blocks along the old esplanade (long gone now) to the beach. To us, it was normal.

Is anyone out there in Gotham land just a little frustrated with their LIRR commute (like me)?  I think I’m lucky – and even I am complaining.  

I recently visited Italy. We had elected, while we were there, to take a food tour with a local guide. I always enjoy these experiences because you generally get a real insight into the country’s culture.  

I enjoy driving.  My vehicle offers amenities; most important beyond a safe vehicle include the sun roof and cars to my entire musical library. The makes for an enjoyable experience, barring traffic conditions.  And that gets to the point: the so many drivers who make driving a less enjoyable.  if you do any of this, please stop: *racing *weaving in and around other cars at higher speeds *racing to the end of an entrance ramp causing traffic to come to a dead halt instead of gradually easing in to the existing flow of traffic