Sounds like a nice return to the ring for all of you.

So Interesting. A year ago I joined my very first book group and it is all female and it is made up of a group of very diverse and amazing women. We are also all “north of 25A” from Sea Cliff, Glen Head and Old Brookville
It’s one of the more enjoyable things I’ve allowed myself to do. They have all been together for many many years, I feel very privileged to have been invited in.

As a Damon Runyon afficianado, your next meet up go to Johns Pizza on 44th, the original church in Guys & Dolls.
Watch out men, we’re rockin the boat and will not sit down.

Sounds like a fun night!

I’m prone to sea sickness...

I used to belong to a co-Ed book group. We have dice dispersed - but I loved it. Lots of eating and LOTS. Of drinking

Love this Fred!
I started a book club 2 years ago (almost to the day!) by posting a query on our neighborhood Oyster Bay “Nextdoor App” - I simply asked: anyone interested in a book club? And within 5 minutes there were 7 responses, one of whom lived 4 houses away! I hosted a dinner for 16 strangers 2 June’s ago and ultimately we settled at about 14 core members of the most diverse women I could have ever imagined living in Oyster Bay and Muttontown. We have older women with grand kids, brand new moms, an architect, a large tech company owner, a surgeon, a mortician, 2 stay at home moms, a real estate pro, a yoga instructor, an English teacher, a mom and daughter, a psychologist.... all bound by our love of reading and bringing very different life experiences and perspectives. We all marvel at how we wound up in one room every month reading books we never would have read on our own (each hosting member chooses the book and has a dinner at their house.) Last night was our meeting was on “Ship Ablaze” about the tragic fire on the Steamboat General Slocum where 1300 women and children died on a day excursion in the early 1900s. It was fascinating, tragically due to failure to comply with safety regulations at the time, rampant corruption in NYC, and it brought to life a German community in NYC at the turn if the century. Next month we are reading “10% Happier” by Dan Harris, about a war correspondent who is assigned to cover the Religion desk at NBC and discovers meditation and the self-help industry. I’m hosting:))! This book club is one of the great joys in my life.
Keep you posted....

He’s a keeper despite his politics!

I miss the Gotham Book Club!!

Where can you go to get thoroughly psychoanalyzed , get thoroughly plastered on expensive wine , eat succulent appetizers and talk about everything but the book ? That would be my book club. Nine prominent Stanford medical school professors and me . Go figure right ? We first became acquainted at the Woman’s gym on the Stanford campus back in the early seventies . The small men’s section of the gym had the best showers in Paulo Alto . Hence a group of guys that bonded together over forty years . Most are in our 70’s now with a few Octogenarians. Some guys even take naps . Last month we held our meeting at the local Red Lobster . The book on review that night was “ Last Night at the Lobster “ The story of the workers and customers at a Red Lobster that closed its doors after 25 years . Fascinating stuff . This particular Red Lobster we chose was known for its huge and wonderful Martini’s . Of course seldom did we ever talk about the book . We talked wives , lovers, kids, each other etc. A men’s group if you will . We deep dove into each other’s psyches to a fault . Nothing was out of bounds . Hunter Thompsonesque and if we smoked some pot maybe some Emerson Lake and Palmer . Esteemed professionals nodding out in plush surroundings to the likes of Pink Floyd and Lou Reed . A walk on the Wild Side . Do da doo da doo do doo .

Hollander Sends

Intellectually I can’t compete !!

I heard Daniel is gone...

We met him last night. norm is wrong