Last week was one of “those” weeks. You know the type, when you breathe a sigh of relief when you leave the office on Friday night. And, it was Friday night when I left. A judge felt the need to “punish” my client and her soon to be ex-spouse for not settling their case. The punishment? Scheduling a court conference for 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. Although, I’m still unclear whom the judge thought she was punishing, the attorneys or the litigants.   

Last night was the last of two consecutive birthday celebrations involving the Bearak household.  The need to herald the Gotham Green Awards and call for applications via last week’s commentary sort of combine this into one.  Last night I tweeted, “

I've had the privilege of driving to New Jersey and Brooklyn this past week. Planning the trip to Brooklyn on Wednesday, Waze told me it would take about an hour from my house. It actually took over 2 hours...okay. However, I left the appointment at 2:30 and Waze came up with a 1.5 hour drive. It took over 3 hours.    Jersey could've been in a different time zone.   Is it me or is there more traffic now than ever before?

We have a friend who is soon to be World famous.  His name is Guy deBoer (pictured) and he is endeavoring to fulfill his dream to be the first American to win the prestigious around the World Golden Globe, 30,000 mile, solo sail boat race.

One definition of root is to noisily applaud or encourage a contestant or team.Here we are in baseball’s post-season.

Did you miss the Bagel Festival that was held in Brooklyn last weekend?  I did not go but I heard all about it on the WNYC-93.9 show All of It.  Bagel purveyors and lovers came out in droves to taste and decide which were the best.  

Have you yet?   Bill and I went to our local drugstore this weekend to get our annual flu shot.  What a difference a pandemic makes.  

Every year this question comes up in the office. Are you coming in on Columbus? And every year the answer is the same, I’m not certain.   I’m in the office today, catching up on paperwork.   Are you in the office? Or do you take off on Columbus Day?