Stories and Life Lessons

Since 2019, when my son, Simon, started school, I’ve written him a small note each day. At first, his teachers or the lunch staff would read it to him because […]

In the mid-1990s, my life was a blur of international flights, business meetings, and the constant hum of opportunity. As an established trade expert in Japan, I was juggling a […]

I thought I had misplaced it – but it was stolen. Thankfully I had marked one edge with indelible red ink, ensuring the ownership was unmistakable. My friend Michelle Honig […]

2024 was a year with many milestones, but I look back at the past year on this day, January 3rd, my birthday… and recognize the most important one was meeting […]

I had completed my first year at Wharton and was looking for experience in my major, finance. I was invited to take a job at a small firm in North […]

I was only 5 years old when I first learned to cook. In my household, we all knew when my favorite French dish (chocolate soufflé, an early obsession) was going […]

I was on a business flight back from Tokyo to the US when the most valuable piece of clothing I needed at that time disappeared. It was the year 1990. […]

My family visited regularly on business and looked for rentals and a school for him. One of our last trips was a month before Covid shut the world down. Arriving […]

Entering JFK Junior High in 1980, I rode my bike with 3 friends to and from school. My closest friend Billy and I also were competitive swimmers. If ever I […]

Sagamore Hotel 17th & Collins, South Beach. – 2007 I have always had a keen appreciation for art in all of its forms whether paintings, drawings, photographs, music and even […]

I’m 56, she’s 59. He’s 8. My wife delivered him at age 50. My wife and I have known each other since junior high school, 1980. I met her the […]