My 25-year-old daughter Miranda, the former Buck Wheat and only remaining reason for a Lipton Father’s Day celebration, invited me to...

Leaving the hospital for the third-time in six-weeks my mother expressed her frustration with an unrelenting disorder ravaging her golden...

Spend your career moving an incalculable number of cans of paint and it’s likely you’ll retire with stories of spills; an independent...

My daughter Miranda called me last week. The phones ringing raising immediate concerns considering THE kid and her generation’s...

If you were born on November 2, 1953 your father likely paid $.27 per gallon for the gas he used to fire-up the Studebaker and run your...

Benjamin Moore CEO Dan Calkins was interviewed on CNBC recently live from the floor of the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting....

Life’s pace returned to an amble last week after several spent in sprint mode; the added velocity a result of our efforts to keep the...

As with most large cities my current home of Stamford, Connecticut is comprised of a multitude of neighborhoods, each leaving their own...

I’ve blogged previously of the equally immutable and poisonous facts of paint manufacturing: the process' dependence on petro-chemical...

Recently my doctor shared a list of do’s and don’ts which he recommends for "patients your age." But while I appreciated the medical...

When University of Connecticut basketball coach Dan Hurley cut the nets down on his team's championship season last week, he did so from...

My 25-year-old daughter Miranda returned to the Nutmeg state recently after a five-month-trek across Mexico. The occurrence of children...

Though I've had three-years to recover from my last shift behind the counter at Tremont Paint, a need to return to THE Bronx still...

Had there been independent paint retailers in Central America in 300 AD their shelves would have been stocked with Maya Blue, a blend of...

My 25-year-old daughter Miranda, THE former Buck Wheat of these pages, arrived home last week after four-months napping across Mexico....

On February 24, 2009, esteemed anti-trust attorney David Balto testified before THE Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on...

Author and poet Shel Silverstein tells us that if you walk far enough, you'll eventually reach the place where the sidewalk ends. In my...

My mother called another resident of her adult care facility a lush recently, and now there’s beef at the dinner table. And it's not...

Last week American musician Bonnie Raitt won three Grammy Awards for performances on her recently released “Just Like That” album. THE...

Slipping into the driver’s seat of a Porsche Macan for the first time you’re immediately struck by the SUV’s lack of front-seat...