The 10 Year Challenge!

There's a new trend going on in Facebook and Instagram which consists of posting two side by side photographs of you, taken ten years apart. The underlining message is, I suppose, to show the world how well (or how poorly) you've aged in those years. Of course, if you are like Benjamin Bottom, the result can be quite interesting, but for the rest of the humans, the sight of showing yourself aging, is not really for everybody.
However, knowing that this blog is rarely seen by others except by myself, I can confidently post my slowly decaying process without hesitation.
So, here's my 10 Year Challenge post hoping I can make it through the next ten years still in one piece!

PLAYING WITH LITTLE KIDS!

The trouble of playing with little kids is that they expect you to match their level of energy!

A Word About Baby Boomers...

The Easter Bunny Rides Again!

Saint Patrick's Day Celebration!

Okay, so there's not a single trace of the Irish in my ancestry but that's no reason to miss celebrating St. Patrick's Day! So, top o' the mornin to ya!

By the way, if I was a Leprechaun, my name would be Tiny O'Shenanigans!

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing! Happy Valentine's Day!

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas - 2017!

Mobster Nick Strikes Again!

Thanksgiving Day, Mobster Nick Style!

Leonardo Da Vinci's "SALVATOR MUNDI" sold at auction!

After 19 minutes of dueling, with four bidders on the telephone and one in the room, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” sold on Wednesday night for $450.3 million with fees, shattering the high for any work of art sold at auction. It far surpassed Picasso’s “Women of Algiers,” which fetched $179.4 million at Christie’s in May 2015. The buyer was not immediately disclosed.

It's HALLOWEEN again...and Mobster Nick is still out there!

My son Ricardo's Birthday!

My son's birthday is always a date that brings back fond memories of great moments we've spent together and a promise of even greater things for the future! Happy Birthday, son! Love you very much! Many happy returns!!!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK!

The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair!

Ever since I saw this special souvenir issue of THE FLINTSTONES AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, more than 50 years ago, I've always wanted to visit the location.
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. The immense fair covered 646 acres on half the park, with numerous pools or fountains, and an amusement park with rides near the lake.
Finally, this past Summer, my dream came true and I walked around the big signature Earth Globe.
The site is no longer anything like it was back when the Fair opened. No dinosaurs or amusement park rides nor any pavilions and no sign of the Flintstones anywhere!
 Today the grounds are occupied by the Arthur Ashe Stadium, site of the U.S. Open. 
But the iconic globe is still there and it was just as exciting to be there simply trying to imagine what the fair had been like.

FACING 66 ...AND BEYOND!

FACEBOOK QUIZZES...NOT SERIOUS AT ALL?

MURPHY'S LAW

That important phone call you're expecting will come as soon as you get into the shower!

GREAT GIFT IDEAS FOR MOTHER'S DAY...OR ANY DAY!

My Mobster Nick designs are now available as collectible merchandise from VIDA Design Studio.

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GENERATION GAP!

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY!