Madden Mischief

Former President Bill Clinton coined that term a while back when he recalled the sex scandal that led to his impeachment in 1998. He said the extramarital affair he had with Monica S. Lewinsky was a way of “managing my anxieties.” Now maybe it’s happening again. This time President Donald Trump says he’s not just … More What is it about The White House that makes U.S. Presidents so adventurous in the way they ‘manage their anxieties?’

I remember fondly my two adorably chubby, spinster aunts.  Aunt Josie sitting on her thickly upholstered chair, her legs tired from so much cooking are stretched out on the worn footrest beside the stately grandfather clock. Half asleep, she’d either be droopy-eyed watching TV or sleepily listening to her prized 1958 recording of South Pacific, … More Musicals! A Jilted Genre?

WANTED! THIS MAN AND WOMAN FOR WALKING ON THE BEACH It’s hard to believe all the angst my Open Letter to The Mayor of Boca Raton, Florida caused this week.  I dared to request that he open the “private” beach in front of our condo, just for runners and walkers like my wife Rita and … More WANTED!

To Mayor Scott Singer, Boca Raton, Fl:  Mr. Mayor, please fight this vile virus with some common sense. Many of us confined to our oceanfront condos need to exercise daily to stay fit, which means we need to walk or jog on what is our front yard, our wide empty beach. Our gyms and pools … More OPEN LETTER TO MY MAYOR

Remember a time when we were free to come and go as we please?  When we could shake hands, snug and hug? These are song lyrics from a Broadway show, long ago called My Fair Lady, revised to how we’re living today, sheltering in place, ordered not to embrace, must wear a mask on our … More I have often walked on the street before And the pavement’s always stayed Beneath my feet before. All at once am I, several stories high Confined to the condo where I live

Nothing’s easy during this crazy coronavirus crisis we’re all trying to live through.  It’s not easy being a landlord either when we’re all in a sort of foxhole together . . . at war! So happens I own an office building in downtown Boca Raton, where like everywhere else, businesses are hurting.  I run mine, … More COLLECTING RENT IN WARTIME? NOT EASY!

We got away with it.  Pulled it off.  It was like we were Bonnie and Clyde robbing a bank.  We made off with not thousands, but trillions.  And hehe, to this day they never caught us. And what did we do to feel like bank robbers?   I’ll confess, Gov. DeSantis.  Before the sun came up … More Sorry Gov, we couldn’t stand being holed up in our condo

“Should we put PR on hold until after the Coronavirus Crisis?”  We’re receiving questions like this from major clients of our PR firm, TransMedia Group. Here’s my answer to one of our clients, Hollywood celebrity hair stylist Donna Marie Fischetto, whose clients include Diane Keaton, Julia Roberts, Elizabeth Banks, Tina Fey, Hugh Jackman, Cynthia Nixon, … More Besides Masks and Quarantines, Celebrity Hair Stylist Donna Marie Sees a Role for Beauty to Play in Beating the Beast