Mary Louise and Marty showed up faithfully at the park each morning at 7:30. Stopping their SUV in the same space, Mary Louise, 68, emerged with a bowl of water, followed by her husband, 85, and armed with a tennis…
The art of face-to-face communication took a huge hit due to the pandemic, and, as a traveling comedian, it has sadly also affected my favorite solo traveling game. I’ve titled the game, “Walk Into a Bar and Get One Person…
Don’t worry, loyal reader; I will not ask you to take any “brief surveys” after reading this column. Nor will I find your cell number, contact you and then ask you to “stay on the line” and rate the experience. I…
“Get off my pickleball court!” I know, I know. That phrase may never reach pop culture status like, “Get off my lawn,” which curmudgeonly Clint Eastwood famously uttered in “Gran Torino” and, ultimately, became an ode to petulance and turf…
Hard to believe Christmas 2022 has come and gone. It seems like only yesterday the 2021 holiday was upon us and people were freaking out about attending festive family gatherings because of COVID-19 germs and a toxic political environment. It’s…
Recently, I began driving for Uber; not because of financial hardship, but so I could entertain friends with rideshare stories that would normally sound creepy coming from a 60-year-old man’s mouth. “Yesterday, I picked up two girls at the high…
I saw him in the locker room the day after Thanksgiving, the Friday that sends even the most passive “athletes” scurrying to the gym, convinced that one 30-minute session on the Stairmaster will melt away the sweet potatoes and pumpkin…
I am currently aboard a cruise ship, steaming toward the Eastern Caribbean and flocked with people who, like me, feel a vacation should involve being waited on hand and foot until they arrive back home and see the mess that…
Hey foodies! Pop quiz. Name a morsel that pairs equally well with red or white. A side dish that would be the hit of any dinner party even if the pretentious host were serving some unpronounceable main course featuring ingredients…
As the 2022 midterm elections draw closer, now seems a perfect time to write about cheating. The political election air is already rife with cheating accusations, most lobbed by Republican candidates loyal to their esteemed leader, Donald Trump. The ex-president…