Shelly gave me a choice since she shows were on "her" nights, last night and Friday, of one.  Th choice was a full band show in South Orange, New Jersey and perhaps 90-120 minutes driving there or a perhaps a less stressful drive to Bayshore for a trio show.  I opted for Friday eve.  Full Band.  Excellent decision, if I may say so.

If you love golf, this may be for you.   The Augusta National Golf Club (yes, THAT one) is looking for a senior manager and historian. Here's a brief job description.  

As a rule I do not blog about politics and this blog will adhere to that rule.  As the set forth in the above subject line, this blog is about the alternative realities which abound in the land on the subject of politics.

We’re on Martha’s Vineyard and as we drove from the ferry to our destination, I was quickly reminded that there is a lot of traffic on this island.And there is a lot of courtesy on this island.Courtesy makes traffic much more tolerable.

The end of summer? I’ve heard people talk about it for weeks even as the temperatures stayed up in the 80s.    For some, summer “ends” when school starts. For others, Labor Day or the end of rental season in the Hamptons (a New York thing) marks "the end."

I don’t like saying goodbye to my children.    They both live too far away – and they both enjoy coming home which I like very much.  

Mitch’s blog on Saturday influenced this blog. At what point do you change your consumer actions based on unacceptable service? And have you changed your own professional behavior based on your personal experience?  

So a funny thing happened on X last week.  At least I thought so. Daughter Marisa texted a link to a post to X by Politico's Jeff Coltin that included a pic of buttons a former City Council Member and State Senator from my home borough of Queens posted for sale on Facebook.