…best!” He possessed a rare connection between seriously competitive sports and mainstream entertainment. Ali was larger than life, both in physical presence and social stature. He was commonly referred to…
…tired. His health wasn’t great and he was starting to wear down. “Hey Jake, I said, what would you say if I told you Ali was coming?” He looked at…
…comes to being hit hard emotionally. I only bring this up because I believe I mentioned in a recent column that I just returned from my hometown on my dad’s…
…Orchestra from Las Vegas and The Bronx Tale’s Louis Vanaria from New York, provided the musical element to the parties. He was such a soft-spoken, sweet guy, very generous with…
…of New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia; Dale Berra, son of baseball great Yogi Berra and Frank Capra, Jr., son of Hollywood Director Frank Capra. I could write volumes from that…
…vocal about not being star-struck, I am the first to say just how star-struck I am! Of course, many of the celebs I with whom I come in contact are…
…show was a make-shift kitchen built backstage and entertainers joining me to create their favorite recipes as the full theatre watched on the big screen. After the dish was completed,…
…as I have been doing this for 35-plus years, and many of these stories come from accounts I wrote down at the time, or had left an indelible mark in…
…concert with a relatively new superstar on the country music scene, Toby Keith. At the time, he had the number one hit on the Country music charts. Since then, he…
…Grove and attended DePaul University, College of Commerce in downtown Chicago after that. One of the cool things about being in a “public” type of a business is the occasional…