Archive for 'Holidays' Category
Keeping Up With Facebook
15 January 2008I refuse to admit that facebook is getting the better of me. Even when I should be updating my own blog I STILL update my FB account. Its just I KNOW that my 339 friends will mostly see my FB update but won’t go to my blog. Um - so this is a call out […]
Hanukkah and Work
6 December 2007There is always a balance between working and playing and tonight I am literally in the thick of it. On the one hand, I have a TREMENDOUS amount of work that I needed to do last week but I have the trade show at the NY Xpo. The week before that was Thanksgiving and the week […]
The Suburbs and the City
3 December 2007Living in New York City, Boston and Jerusalem over the past 20 years has influenced the way I view the world and how I work. Commuting from Queens into Manhattan was annoying since I was in a 2 fare zone and it took me over and hour to get to work. When I moved in the […]
thanksgiving in the berkshires
23 November 2007Every year we try to come up to the berkshires to be with family for thanksgiving and so far our record is 100% It’s a beautiful area with amazing foliage and quiet except for the hunters who scared the shit out of us when we went on a walk 8 years ago. And now that […]
JudaicaStore.com, Chanuka.com and Shimshon Young
13 November 2007Meeting with Shimshon Young who is helping me optimize my Jewish websites and portfolio. This is going to be the BEST year for selling Judaica over the web. In the past, best sellers for Hanukkah have been Electric Menorahs, Chocolate Gelt, and Plastic Dreidels. This year we will probably triple our revenues and profits due to […]
Lighting the Menorah, Hanukkah 2006
24 December 2006Hanukkah 2006. We lit in New York City, Westchester, Long Island and even got to visit the Hebrew Home for the Aged on 106th Street. Family, Chabad, Mitzvot. All in all a fantastic Chanuka. The only pictures I don’t have are my office party that was sort of a networking event. My palm treo 650 […]
Hanukkah Menorah Lighting
24 December 2006What a riot! Chabad picks my building as a great place for people to meet and light. They had a Chabad mobile parked outside and this huge 5 foot high menorah. So funny next to the christmas tree in our building. I will never forget it. It was really great. All of the Israelis got […]
Hanukkah 2006 videos and songs
24 December 2006Here is a list of videos and songs you should check out for Hanukkah.
most of the chanuka videos and jokes I have received …
Last year the biggest rage was Hanukkah Heyya by Eric Schwartz - AKA Smooth E
His site is http://www.suburbanhomeboy.com
this year his big video is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8HvhJ5Os6w
buy his album at http://www.amplifier-store.com/ericschwartz/
Hanukkah Heyya: http://www.videoparodies.com/hanukkahheyya.swf
Here is his Hanukkah […]
Tisha B’av in Jerusalem, Israel
4 August 2006
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Isaac
8 March 2006Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Isaac at the NY Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade November 2005. Bloomberg got out of his secret service SUV and I saw him and asked him for a photo op. We forgot to take off Isaac’s hat but they are still good pictures… I am specifically posting this right now - 3 […]