Saturday In The Big Apple

Hello Everyone!

It is bright, sunny and cold in The Big Apple but no snow in the forecast and that is a good thing. Unfortunately it still can be pretty treacherous walking, especially at the slushy and icy crosswalks.

Had a nice lunch today with former Bartow, FL, residents Hank Campbell and his wife Susan. They now live in Valrico, FL, which is outside of Tampa.

We met up at Joe Allen and had a nice time just catching up on things and stuff, including lots of Gator talk.

Hank is a partner in a law firm in Lakeland, FL, and is the son of my former law partner Monterey “Buddy” Campbell, now retired after years of service on the Second District Court of Appeals. Hank’s younger sister Beth was in school with my son Bill III aka The Bill of Orlando, FL.

Hank and Susan are in The Big Apple for a whirlwind weekend visit. They are seeing DRIVING MISS DAISY today. I will see it on Wednesday, February 2nd.

So, guys, it was great being with you and have a safe trip home.

Billi Pod’s entertainment event for this evening is another classical music concert --

8:00==>ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA @ Carnegie Hall - featuring violinist Vadim Gluzman. Schumann’s Overture to Hermann und Dorothea; Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2; Pendericki’s Serenade; and, Brahms' Serenade No. 2 in A Major. (complimentary ticket)

The acoustics in this legendary venue are so good that it really doesn’t matter where my seat will be, and with a comp. ticket, it could be virtually anywhere.

And on this high note Billi Pod will close with the usual and now very highly anticipated ...

Musings from THE MIND OF BILLI POD (a memoir in progress):

“Carbon footprints only mean that someone was thoughtless, careless, barefoot and old like Larry King.”

GO GATORS AND GO YANKEES!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”