Against The Norm

I’m thrilled to announce a unique event that’s been a long time in the making—my very own one-man cabaret show, aptly named “Against the Norm.”  It’s now on the calendar…

I’ve had the pleasure (three times already!) teaming up with a fellow singer in my Manhattan Cabaret Arts group.   While I always also enjoy singing solo, there’s just something unique…

   It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I really love coffee.   Starbucks, Seattle’s Best, Dunkin’ Donuts, Gregory’s, Rook (Jersey Shore only)—they’re all pretty much the same to…

I have to admit that I am not the volunteering type—maybe it’s because while working full time I deluded myself into thinking that I never had time to do it,…

Half Dome Elevation of 10,500 Feet—One False Step and It Would be Over! My penchant for fitness vacations started about 10 years ago when I took my sons on a…

Now, what about the “good fats” such as avocados, olives, nuts and seeds and vegetable oils (the exception being coconut oil which has very high levels of saturated fat) and…

So, I’ve been on my vegan diet now (the Dr. John McDougall plan—truly excellent) for just a bit over a year now and I’ve lost and kept off 33 pounds!  …

I started working out in earnest way back in 2007 just as the mortgage crisis hit full swing.   As a counterbalance to the business problems from that time,  I…

Peanut butter is healthy, right?  I mean, peanuts are a natural food and who didn’t grow up eating lots of Skippy or Jiff or even some of those awful (way…

It was 1972 and incredible change in higher eduction admission policies was the rage.     Many, if not most, of the elite private universities had just  become co-ed and they were…