Sarah Sobel: The Graduate!

Congratulations Sarah…Plainview-Old Bethpage High School, Class of 2009 graduation at Tilles Center/Long Island University, CW Post Campus, Brookville, NY June 28, 2009

Lisa Marie Presley: “It was an unusual relationship”

Like the rest of the world, I have been bombarded by all the news of Michael Jackson. And while I do my best to keep a distance, since there is just too much to deal with, a couple of things I have found fascinating. For example the recent blog posting (courtesy of Jennifer Horn of [...]

“Breakfast with Danny Meyer”

Thank you to Tammy Golson for a nice write up in her blog about our recent “Breakfast with Danny Meyer” event at Tabla (see photo of Danny, my colleague Trish Rubin and my favorite dentist Bob Sorin…courtesy of Veronique Verscheure)
Yesterday I heard Danny Meyer speak about hospitality. He was asked about food, restaurants and customer [...]

The Latest from “The New” General Motors

I just got some “inside” information from one of my contacts at GM about their newest model and wanted to share it with you.
Seriously, this was an interesting article from discovery.com
Models of Earliest (Camel-Pulled) Vehicles Found
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
June 26, 2009 — Some of the world’s first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts [...]

The Eclipsed Celebrity Death Club

I’m tired of reading and hearing about Michael Jackson and to a lesser extent Farah Fawcett…so I searched around for an interesting article about celebrities who have died on the same day and came aross this from nymag.com daily intel
Poor Farrah Fawcett. A month ago, People magazine’s Larry Hackett admitted to the Times that she [...]

The Obama Girl Meets the Baracklyn Cyclones…and then what?

Ok…so here’s the deal…
About a week or two before our “Building a Brand in Digital Media…” breakfast (that included Amber Lee Ettinger a/k/a “The Obama Girl”) I had remembered that the Brooklyn Cyclones were honoring the 44th President  of the United States with a game where they would rename the team “The Barackln Cyclones” and [...]

Ed McMahon: A True Gentleman

As you can see from the photo, I had the pleasure of meeting Ed McMahon many years ago at a conference. He could not have been more of a gentleman…and is exactly what you see on tv.
From “All Things Considered” on NPR:
Longtime television personality, game show host and Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon died in [...]

Sarah tells her story on public radio

I had the pleasure of accompanying my daugther Sarah yesterday to a taping of the public radio show “The Story” produced at North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC and is hosted by Dick Gordon and co-produced and distributed by American Public Media. Without going into too much detail here, Sarah has had some food issues and [...]

Digital Media Conference East

If you are in the DC area and are unable to make to our Danny Meyer event on June 25th I would recommend this event…not only because of the topic and the speakers, but one of our good friends, Limor Schafman, is involved.
On June 25th, the Digital Media Conference East (http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/east/) is taking place at [...]

Quantum Networks To Roll Out WiMax to Rural Operators

I thought you’d be interested in the press release I just received from my friend Ari Zoldan.
Quantum Networks To Roll Out 3.65 GHz WiMax to Rural Operators Nation-Wide on the Heels of the Obama Broadband Technology Initiative
Mon Jun 15, 3:01 am ET
Quantum Networks (http://www.quantumwimax.com), a turn-key WiMAX service provider, targets rural wireless operators by offering [...]

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