You never know how something will play out until you experience it. I learned this lesson when I was 9, when I didn’t want to go to T.O. Baum’s party. We went to SAAC together, that’s “Science And Arts Camp.” It was held at an elementary school in Westport, Connecticut that no longer exists. It’s […]

Well I love that dirty water Oh, Boston you’re my home But it’s not. But it was my mother’s. She grew up in Peabody. Which is not pronounced like Mr. Peabody and his Pet Boy Sherman, but Pea-BUDDY! Kinda like San Pedro if you live in SoCal. Outsiders would pronounce it in Spanish, but locals […]

The best story was playing Boggle with Barbra Streisand and Gregory Peck. Or maybe it was getting a call from the Pope, after telling a Cardinal how to deal with the Russians. Not that Bob was boasting, but this is is his life. I was worried, that he’d be irascible and withholding…ANYTHING BUT! First he […]

I just had the best chocolate souffle of my life. McGuinness recommended the restaurant, Chapter One, it has a Michelin star, not that that was the reason we went there. I’m all wired up. After said souffle, and some additional chocolate, which doesn’t sit so well with the aged, and I’m one of them, I […]