Monthly Archives: November 2010

At some point during my youth I became aware that my mother’s side of the family had impressive Rabbinic roots.  My grandmother Adelle’s sister, who I knew as Aunt Nettie, and her husband, Uncle Chaskel, lived in a non-descript two … Continue reading →

Quick little ditty – not about Jack and Diane, but about Huxley, the mouse who stars in a Starbucks featured book for kids welcoming the 2010 holiday season.  The rumor is that the story was written and illustrated by Bucks’ … Continue reading →

Serendipity strikes again.  I stopped into my favorite small bookstore, Booktowne on Main Street in Manasquan, not realizing that there was an intimate book signing with the author, John Zeaman.  I had never met John before and, as there were … Continue reading →

Fall is a gorgeous time of the year in the Northeast, bearing witness to the progressive baring of the trees, shedding their brilliantly sun-soaked leaves of distinctive color. No one captured the spirit of Fall any more dramatically than Leo … Continue reading →

Tim Lee obtained his Ph.D. at UCSD and began working at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, developing simulation and analytical models of population dynamics.  If that sounds boring to you, you’re not alone.  In fact, it bored Tim … Continue reading →

In 1987 Paul Smith and his wife Anita bought a house on the boardwalk of Point Pleasant Beach that was in shambles.  Smith had retired as Chairman of Columbia Records’ Columbia records music distribution division, and he was a big … Continue reading →

I got an email a couple of days ago from B&N asking me if I’d like to be part of their 10 year celebration of the B&N card carrying members.  The note included a request to supply a photograph of … Continue reading →

Ye Li, with his Ph.D. in Decision Science at the University of Chicago, was an undergrad at CalTech when he used Flash video to create a terrific version of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire that you can watch … Continue reading →

The 4700 block of Hutchinson Street, circa 2004, fell victim to the same fate as so many other houses south of Loudon.  When I went back to visit the old neighborhood about 15 years ago, the last time I had … Continue reading →

Now through the social intelligence of a Facebook group, as pointed out to me by my colleague Dr. Dennis Lyons, one can re-visit the old Philadelphia neighborhood of Logan, where we were raised, through photo galleries and snapshot memories.  If … Continue reading →