For over 10 years, when I go into the subway station during the day I know there’s an elderly guy playing piano and singing songs who is really groovy. He does well there because even I give him a buck
Our daughter Elizabeth has finally reached the age of 12 and we celebrated her coming of age in a religious ceremony known as the Bat Mitzvah. We didn’t want to do the disco party, especially since we hear about kids
Last night was Halloween. Jeremy spent a whole rainy Sunday decorating our front door as you can see. Since we live in a city, you can walk down the street in costume and merchants give you treats. Jeremy dressed up
An observation at the airport: I was on a flight from Boston to New York on a 737 which seats roughly 165 people, and there were 75 people on the line in Groups 1 or Group 2 (25 and 50
We just attended our daughter’s graduation from elementary school and they sang the same song as was our first dance at our wedding (Thank you for the Music by Abba). It was so heartwarming to come full circle with our
In no particular order is my updated list of Favorite Hideaways from places that I have visited over the past 15 years — about 300 properties visited during that time. To be on this list, the property has to excel
We start off with a photo of Jeremy standing in the street selling hot chocolate on a cold Sunday morning. People felt sorry so they just gave him money and didn’t even want the hot chocolate. So America has a
Limmud Address 2016 – Monday December 26, 2016 – Ivan Ciment I’ve had several months to think about what I am going to say and it certainly has been humbling reading the texts of my remarks at Limmuds given in
I’m so glad that the World Series had such an exciting finish in its 7th game. I wanted to let my kids stay up to participate in a shared national experience other than another presidential debate. It’s a good thing
This was our third visit to Hawaii; the island is a stopover from Australia and this time we decided to use it as a stopover on the way to Japan. Hawaii is a lovely island with lots of vegetation we
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