Hoboken United Synagogue, Park St.
We are the old farts. Looked around for Goldie, Dave, and so on, They are all long dead, We are the old generation. Very cheery sunny space. Good social vibes, relaxed ambience. Service was over 2 1/2 hrs long. Lots of up and downs. Cast of dozens of relatives and a bunch of rabbis. Carole and Bill Myers, Barry and Honey Barman were all from that side of the affair. Continue reading
Went to gym. Talked with Matt Almeida.
Drove down to NYC leaving at about 1:30. Long delay on Saw Mill just before Bronx. Got to 19th and 6th by 4:30pm. Karen visited a photographer she wants to show. Then, up to Trinity arriving in time for Fiddler on the Roof excerpted by 5th and 6th grades. Nyla played the matchmaker. Continue reading
Worked on UTM. Spent time on phone with Tim Varney at Troy Web on new iTunes Connect provisioning system. Still very unclear how this works. Also cleaned up more of the investor presentation. Drove to UAlbany. Jan is sick so he attended most of the meeting by telecon.
Talked with Anita Harris for first time since late November. Karen had a photographer in for a portfolio review so I met Chad Weckler at Verdigris to talk about the makerspace project. Next steps, check in that we are on the same page philosophically.
Single file on all but major street sidwalks
Drove to Cambridge and Somerville. Karen for her Soup Group meeting and me to meet Mike Beach at Artisan’s Asylum, the makerspace.
The piles of snow are impressive. Drove down Kinnaird St. to see what the old haunts looked like.
Went for lunch with Esther Hanig at the Druid in Inman Sq. She has a new job as the Director of the Union Sq. Main Streets project. Then I drove Karen to Ellen Feldman’s house. I went on to Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville to meet with Michael Beach. Aside: Michael told me that Peter Flowers is in hospital with pneumonia and stroke. Currently intubated and being treated for pneumonia primarily.
Learned the importance of social factors. Involvement and presence of renters drives much of the activity. Many of the courses are taught by renters. Lots of interaction and mentoring by renters. Saw this in action with Michael and his projects. Met Derek Bradbury, President.
There is a corporate makerspace in the next building, Greentown Labs
Picked up Karen at Moira Barrett’s house in Cambridge. Drove home. Arrived 11:30pm.
Temperature 6:30 am
Temperature 10 am
Walked to UTM at 10 am. Slow meeting with Jan, Seth and David.
Stopped at Moto for coffee at 2:30 pm. Worked on corporate organization trends essay.
Bob’s mocha latte
Bob and Marie Rasner came in. Bob likes to talk. Told stories of his corporate life.
UTM call with Troy Web about new Apple app provisioning process. Procedures still unclear.
Karen has gone off with David Drake, SJ Williams to movies in Albany.
Snowed a couple of inches over night. Just enough to require shoveling the sidewalk. Warmer start to the day. But weather forecasts are for return to cold temperatures tomorrow and over the following days into March.
Went to gym, though abbreviated because Karen needed to cook before a gathering at Gwen Gould’s house.
Mavis Staples at Helsinki. Started half an hour late, clearly suffering from a cold, voice not good. Old tunes, still fun.
2:30 am
7 amBreakfast at Tanzy’s. By mistake of wandering attention ended up shopping at Walmart. Bought two new pillows on top of groceries. Will see if they are thin and soft enough.
Meeting of HAL Campaign Committee at house. As usual good vibes. Eileen Halloran, Theresa Parson, Betsy Miller, Betsy Hamilton, Doug Wingo, Marie Rasner. 10:30 – 12:15.
Snow started right on forecast’s schedule, 2:30 pm. Went for a walk up the street. Stopped for hot drinks at Mojo, the new location of Swallow.
A reason to go for a walk during a snow or immediately afterward is auditory:
Stopped at Hudson Opera House on the way home to look at Caprices: The Sculptures of Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes. His website here.
The cold is not ending. Temperature at 7am.
Met with Agi Clark at Cascades to explore possible modes for her to engage the library project. 90 minute discussion. She has owned a house in Taghkanic across the lake since 1976. Now living on Warren St. as an experiment. Background on the creative side of advertising. Not a committee person. interested in engaging the poorer parts of the community. Knows Joanie Hunt at Promise Neighborhood. Also spoke of the need to video everything we do. Perhaps get a high school student involved.
Talked with Seth about UTM. Disaster with Troy Web last week not managing Apple app licenses and loosing connection to the CMH app. New CMH website now in web developer slow down…… still spelling errors in the text. More about the aggravations with Angie Keefer. He also now had some nagging damage to right shoulder from a fall earlier in the winter.
Went to gym at 7:30 am.
Visited Albany Public Library Made Here Creative Space at Washington Ave branch (former main branch. The library is iun a former IRS building. Low ceilings, though they have made considerable improvements in its appearance and functionalities.
UAlbany students cancelled with less than one hour’s notice via email. Jan is skiing with his kids so he didn’t count in the equation.
Fortunately I could move my 2:30pm meeting to talk about their new makerspace at the Albany Public Library to 1pm.
Met with Sarah Clark and Ryan Slowey. Etsy’s main contribution was so stimulate the start of the space and a six week workshop on entrepreneurialism. Held last fall with sixteen participants. Staff funding is coming out of the regular budget. APL is a school district library so they get $42 per person for their budget from taxes. They will have official launch of the space shortly. Because of the layout the space can only be open during library hours. They don’t seem to have a very strong connection to their community and possible customer base.
Temperature at 6:30am.
Walk in Germantown briefly on the river where Paul Stewart told me we could find access. Temperature was about 20 degrees at 2pm.
Started working on the OLD Family Timeline that was originally created at the time of our 25th wedding anniversary. Blown up and displayed at the Community Center. Last entry is 2003.
