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Today, as Stephanie was going to the city to hang out with her parents, and I was at home preparing for a clown gig at the Yonkers Public Library (part of the Andrus Yonkers’ Children’s Day), stephanie calls me, and says “NPR. 820. Listen now.” and hung up the phone. I scrambled to turn the…

I had to cut the lawn the other day. After my lawnmower debacle incident in August, I hadn’t cut the lawn at all. The weeds were getting high, the lawn was looking raggedy, and I got a notice from the Yonkers City Hall that I needed to cut my lawn! Apparently, they can fine you…

I sat for a portrait with Bill Wadman, a photographer working on a 365 day project. Each day he takes a portrait of a different person, and posts it. It might be a book or a calendar, or a something one day. I’m 11/02. He’s been doing this project for a whole year. His photos…

A group of concerned citizen’s are gathering together to help save the Yonkers Waterfront. With all the talk of investment in Yonkers, little is mentioned at whose expense the building will come from (and who will truly profit) Of course there is a little bit of NIMBY going on here– everyone wants development, but nobody…

Please excuse this bit of shameless self-promotion, but Yonkers clown and performer Adam Gertsacov (Hey,that’s me!) is directing a play at Fairfield University. Here’s the press release, along with some information about the show. Of particular interest is that opening night will feature a talkback with Adam and the translator, Ron Jenkins. Ron is a…

Thursday evening, October 11th @ 7:30pm. The forum will be held at the Riverdale Temple, located at the corner of Independence Avenue and West 246th Street. Speaking in favor of congestion pricing will be Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City. Speaking in opposition to congestion pricing will be Assemblyman…

The New York Times > T Magazine > Slide Show > The Exhibitionist > Slide 3 of 5 I have a mysterious connection to this image— if you’d like to find out more, please send me an email!

The last few days have been a study in contrasts and similarities. As Adam blogged earlier, on Thursday I was honored at Tehillah. It was a wonderful experience, though somewhat bittersweet, because I’ll be stepping down from the synagogue board (and the Vice Presidency) within the next few weeks. But learning a bit of Torah…

Thursday night was Simchat Torah, (it’s a celebration of the reading of the Torah, with music and dancing and fun) and Stephanie was honored at our synagogue as the Kallah , or the Bride of the Torah. This meant that in addition to her busy schedule of doing her work, and being the vp of…

There’s a movement afoot in our neighborhood to build a new green park next to a local school that could desperately use a park– weirdly, it’s the good people at Habitat for Humanity that are holding it back. An example of where sometimes self-interest from enlightened people isn’t enlightened self-interest. HH has the rights to…

We have one of those circular fluorescent bathroom lights in our main bathroom (right now our only bathroom upstairs, as we are re-tiling the master bath) When the light started strobing, I thought– no problem, I’ll just replace the bulb. And that’s when I ran into problems. I tried to unscrew the glass part of…

Here’s a great article written about my show in the Washington Post!: The Tiniest Show in Town! At the Flea Circus, There’s More Than Meets the Eye By Rachel Beckman Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, August 27, 2007; Page C01 The magic of the flea circus climaxed during the chariot race. That’s when ringmaster Adam Gertsacov…

So we’re starting work on the house again! (Hooray! A house blog without house projects is like a fish without a bicyc –errmmm… waitaminnit!) We’re finishing the tile on our bathroom, and erecting a wall that hides our washer/dryer. That wall will become a closet. The guys are in the house for the first day,…

A friend of mine from THE WELL, used to be Son of Sam’s paperboy. No, really! (And for those of you who don’t know who Son of Sam, let’s just say he was a resident of Yonkers that the Chamber of Commerce rarely discusses…) You can read about his exploits on his blog: MEMOIRS OF…

So far, I’m very happy with our CSA. It’s a little bit of a pain in the ass to go all the way up to Tarrytown on a Saturday morning, but truthfully, it’s not THAT bad. Oh we get other things from them too– greens and cucumbers and radishes and eggplant and eggs and zuchini…