2019 was a year of BIG numbers for me, I turned 60 in August and celebrated 30 years of wedded bliss with my beautiful wife Izzy. The amazing thing about those crazy numbers is that it made me appreciate the many long-term relationships I am blessed to have in my world. We celebrated my B […]
The Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018. Did anything really matter after that? Even more shocking is that Philly folks became nice. Seriously nice! I bet I had at least one enjoyable Eagles conversation every day for the first 6 months after the glorious win. My partners and I closed the largest and most
2017 was a hard year. Personally, professionally, globally, politically, emotionally, you name it everything seemed like a challenge. Music continues to be my happy place and something I turn to when I need a respite from life. So I am happy to share my top albums for 2017 and look forward to a much better
2016 will be remembered for the crazy Presidential Election and our new twitter- obsessed leader of the free world. While we can all appreciate that the annoying 24/7 election coverage has stopped, the next four years will be, if nothing else, interesting. I don’t want to make political statements in a music review but suffice
It’s the holidays of 2015 and as I am writing my annual Top Album review, I’m thinking about my own year. 2015 presented some challenges both personally and professionally but as always, music gets me through! How I listen to music changed for me and most music fans as streaming services opened up a vast
It was a great year for music with lots of choices to make my list. Oldsters and young bucks offered quality and genre-bending offerings. I saw two legends this year for the first time, Jay Z and Willie Nelson. Both entertainers have a surprising amount of qualities in common. Willie and Hova are prolific and
It seems like since the beginning of January the Real Estate market turned on a switch and people started getting busy. FINALLY! A three year drought of activity will make any real estate professional long for the ‘old days’. Since most real estate folks I know are certified ADD candidates, the lack of deals has
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On Friday April 8th Villanova University hosted it’s second annual Real Estate Competition. Teams of undergrad students were given a week to analyze and prepare a plan to develop a parcel of ground in New York City. Industry leaders from Keystone Property Group, JLL, CBRE and KPMG were on hand to judge the teams. NYU,
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Once again Thanksgiving reminds us that another year will soon be in the books, and I begin to think about my Top 10 albums for the year. Actually I have been thinking about it all year. Since this represents my fourth year of a formal review, I take the responsibility all the more seriously. For
2009 marked some personal numerical milestones for me; I turned 50, celebrated 20 years of wedded bliss but most frightening my daughter turned 18. How did that happen? So I am continuing a recent tradition with my yearly music review. As I considered my favorites from the year it became obvious that many bands on