The other morning, I heard a little piece on WNYC about clutter.It reminded me of a friend of my father who we visited in Tel Aviv many, many years ago. He was a local celebrity of some sort.What struck me most was the organized clutter in his apartment.

“M3gan,” a movie about a robot/doll playmate is a big winner at the box office.  The doll, known as Megan, was created by a genius Artificial Intelligence scientist.  Allison Williams, of “Girls” and “Nope” fame, plays the inventor of Megan beautifully.  

If you were to choose a local trip for four or five days, where would you go?  

Growing up, my family had assigned seats at the dinner table. My father sat at the head of the table with my mother to his right and my brother to his left. It was very important to my father that the head of the table be designated as his seat. Even when my dad was away on business trips-which he was often as a camera salesman-we would never sit in his seat during dinner.  

In advance of giving Tuesday, I wrote about the capital campaign for Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc. (SNAP), an innovative social service agency – which I serve as its board chair (Renee Richter also serves on its board as does former Gothamite Evelyn Miller Suber, spouse of Gotham Queens member Ton

Maybe this gets filed under "Only In Florida"   Florida deputies arriving at the home where a 911 call originated, found a male suspect and his girlfriend inside the home. While talking to police, the female suspect told them that she had called 911 for the purpose of having law enforcement help them move their belongings from the house they were burglarizing. They also wanted to get a ride to the airport so they could spend the weekend in New York.  

On New Year’s Day I decided I would make New Year’s resolutions.  Having reached that conclusion I then pondered what they would be?I conjured that I would Live Right and drink more water.  Boring?Not if I fulfill it!

This past Tuesday was a “First Day Back.”My five year old granddaughter was having a lot of anxiety on Monday evening about her First Day Back to kindergarten. Her mom suggested that she speak to me. I told her that I also had anxiety about my First Day Back and that I took something new with me on my First Day Back - especially when it was a new year.