Category Archives: senior lifestyle

We Met On The Internet

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Scott Rodwin and I met on the Internet. He answered my new business pitch and the rest is history. We have been promoting his invention, The Loop, a novel earbud holder, for a few weeks now.

Earlier this week, I discovered that the Boulder, CO, businessman and his wife Marsha, were vacationing in South Beach. We arranged a meetup and ended up spending time together over a two day period. The pictures and videos below were taken in Wynwood, Miami.

Scott and Marsha own Rodwin Architecture and Radiance Power Yoga in Boulder. They also have other projects going on, but I will get into that in a few weeks. Eliot and I are the same age as Scott and Marsha’s parents, but somehow we have a lot in common. The love of the Internet makes you ageless.  

Namaste

  

Marsha and Scott Rodwin

  

Yoga positions

  

Scott ‘s Strength

  

The Rodwin’s with Tony Goldman

  

Marsha’s move.

Unique Partners

  

Strong and beautiful positions

  

United Forever

  

Totally In Sync

 

Introducing The Net-Wielding Interceptor Drone  

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You need a drone to get a drone. That’s the philosophy of the police in Tokyo who were the first to realize that an innocent looking drone could turn out to be a carrier of explosives or poisons. The solution was a net-wielding drone interceptor that could hunt down suspicious quadcopters.

Watch the above demonstration.

Japan is actually planning for drone squads as the most efficient way to provide protection for a number of the city’s most important buildings, including the Imperial Palace, the National Diet (where Japan’s parliament meets), and the prime minister’s office.

The six-rotor interceptor drone is capable of casting a net several times the size of the drone being captured. The world is watching Japan to see if the net is a successful solution. Hope so. We need something, fast. 

Thank you Mashable for alerting me about this.

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Photo Fun

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 Has Eliot been working out?  

   

I think I am the most popular “birthday wisher” on Facebook. While most other folks wish the birthday person with a simple “Happy birthday,” I try to do something special.

I have great success because of an app called, PhotoFunia. It has over 450 photo effects and filters that I can choose from. I usually lift a photo from the birthday person’s news feed and match it with a funny image. It only takes a minute to do and the recipient is overjoyed. Now you know my secret. 

    

   

Shoes Of Prey

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A few days ago, I showed you an app called ShiftWear that allows you to change the designs on your sneakers. Today, I am stepping up “the designer in you” by introducing you to Shoes of Prey, a website that gives you the ability to design your own shoes. The video gives you a fun explanation how the design function works.


     

    

You will be able to pick from countless number of styles, heel height, material, color, size and width. Shoes of Prey, founded in Australia, has been around since 2009. The company just moved its headquarters to Los Angeles. Shoes of Prey claims that five million women worldwide have designed shoes from their website. 

Not only can you design shoes online but you can visit six Nordstrom stores across the U.S. that have physical Shoes of Prey design studios.  You can also design shoes at Nordstrom.com. 

It’s going to be very interesting to see how many more women will be interested in designing their own shoes.

Shoes of Prey has been funded by BlueSky Venture Capital, Greycroft, Khosla Ventures, and Nordstrom. They are in good financial shape.

 

Happy Chanukah

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Photo by Eliot Hess

  

Sam, Mara, Ari and Ezra Schneider’s Menorah

 

Whitney Hess’ Menorah in Kamakura, Japan

 
 

Facebook

  

Brooklyn subway

  

Bullets Flying

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Warning, the video below graphically shows a man being killed by Miami Beach police. It’s brutal. Consider yourself warned. 

So there I was, minding my own business in a Miami Beach nail salon, when a shirtless guy gets gunned down a block away on Alton Road. Bang, bang. Without any warning, a group of five or six men and women, rush in to the salon, looking for place to hide.

I had no idea what was going on a block away but apparently a white man had just held up a nearby Bank of America. He was armed with a straight razor he allegedly took from a barbershop after the bank robbery. The police fatally shot the possibly deranged guy as he appeared to attempt to attack them. 

The whole scene started at 10:30 yesterday morning. All of the young folks in my salon witnessed the five police cars come to a screeching halt on Alton Road after receiving a alarm warning from the bank. 

I think everyone was in a state of shock and loudly recounting what they saw. Everything happened so fast. I didn’t get nervous as my feet soaked in a tub of soapy hot water. I instantly knew everything was under control.

I also didn’t feel the need to rush out the door to find out exactly what happened. I knew from experience that all I had to do was wait a few minutes and everything would be posted on YouTube and Twitter. 

Sure enough, Marcellus Johnson, a Miami-based event photographer, captured the entire disturbing showdown on his smartphone. He immediately posted them on several social media sites and within seconds the video went viral.

  

National Sawdust 

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If you ever find yourself in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you must visit a new experimental venue that nurtures contemporary music. It’s called the  National Sawdust, a nonprofit performance space and recording facility which used be an old sawdust factory. 
The founder is Kevin Dolan, a former senior vice president and general tax counsel at Merrill Lynch & Co. Kevin, also an accomplished organist, is my neighbor in Miami Beach.

A few weeks ago Kevin told  me that a few of the artists from The National Sawdust were performing at an Art Basel party at the Wolfsonian Museum sponsored by Vanity Fair magazine. The list included: Glenn Kotche, formerly with the band Wilco; Jeffrey Zeigler, formerly with the Kronos Quartet; Magos Herrera, a Latin jazz artist and Helga Davis, singer  who toured last year on the Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach. 

We were invited to attend and I got to include a few friends.

 

Kevin with Eliot

   

Art Basel crowd. lined up outside behind velvet ropes to get in.

  

 
 

One of the many National Sawdust performers.

 

On loan from National Sawdust


 

Howard, Ruth, Elliott, Mindi, Eliot and me.

 

 

Creative Guests

 
 

Steve with other guests who wanted to cause a stir.

  

Williams takes a turn

   

Group shot

Mixing in with the crowd

    
   

Ruth and Howard

  

Mindi and Elliott

 

What To Wear At Art Basel

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Art patrons are very serious about what they wear when shopping for art. This year’s Art Basel, the biggest art exhibition in America, did not disappoint.  

    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
 

Life Support 

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Thank you to all those who contributed just because we asked.

Here is a link that is dedicated to the family and friends of Lois and Eliot. The funds collected here will be attributed to our support group. It can be as little as $10. 

Thank you in advance.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/ticketed-events/conversation-hillary-dec-1-1/?raiser=630638

   

I need one for real time encounters too.

 

Non Digital Creativity 

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After a hectic week of work assignments and racing around with family and friends in Los Angeles, my cousin Hanna and I just wanted an evening of old fashion arts and crafts. Hanna is the only one who is willing to sit with me for hours acting as my art coach. I was completely relaxed and didn’t think of checking my iPhone.

Years past we made string bracelets, tile frames and collage masks decorated with magazine and newspapers clippings. Tonight, I graduated to acrylic paintings. Hanna outlined an abstract drawing and I filled it in. After tonight, I really think I am ready to free draw on my own. I am excited to experiment. Let’s see. Stay tuned. 


painting by Lois

  

painting by Hanna