MEN’S CLUB NEWS
Breakfast at Buffy’s
BY HOWARD ARKIN
Passing by Buffy’s on a
summer day in 2017, I hap-pened
to notice a group of
men seated at a long table.
Attempting to join them, I
was told by then club presi-dent
Arnie Rabinowitz that
I had to be a member of the
North Shore Towers Men’s
Club. Being that the qualifi-cations
to join were virtually
non- existent, I was accepted
and started coming down to the
breakfasts which are held three
times a week. At one time I
counted as many as 26 men at
the breakfasts. Unfortunately
over the past few months, less
than a dozen have been showing
up. This most likely is attributed
to the pandemic. At last Friday’s
breakfast some very noteworthy
topics came up: the remnants of
Hurricane Ida that hit the north-east,
the Supreme Court’s ruling
on the Texas abortion case, and
the never ending saga on whether
to wear or not wear a mask.
It was just a matter of time
before we got to the things that
interested us the most. Yale
Kessler told us that as a child he
and Martin Gottfried, the noted
New York Times art and drama
critic, lived in the same Brooklyn
apartment house. Someone mis-heard
the name Martin Gottfried
for Arthur Godfrey. This enabled
us to do a few minutes on Arthur.
I took this opportunity to tell
everyone assembled that I had
never purchased either bottled
water or dog food. Concerning
the dog food, Jerry Siegel con-cluded
that the reason that I have
never purchased dog food was
because I have never owned a
dog. These people with PHD’s
seem to have all the answers!
Ron Levin's description of
the pain that he endured
after getting a shingle shot
had me thinking to settle on
the booster alone.
Lauren Bacall's name
came up and we were
informed that she lived in the
Dakota on West 72nd Street
in Manhattan, in addition to
having a great pair of legs.
Another wise guy wanted to
know if a person got into an
elevator with a support or service
horse during the pandemic crisis,
would the horse be counted as
just one person?
Unfortunately with fewer peo-ple
coming down to the break-fasts
we might very well be in
the twilight days of Breakfast at
Buffy’s. If this is the case, I want
to thank the doctors, dentists,
stock market experts and all of
the others that have given me
so much advice and invaluable
information over the past few
years. I think that I might have
even learned something from
the character at the table who
has this obsession with baseball
statistics.
BY HOWARD ARKIN
Due to the increase in COVID19
cases during August, the North
Shore Towers Men’s Club meeting
was wisely changed from a live
session back to good old reliable
ZOOM. As usual, Jerry Siegel
procured a speaker whose pro-fessional
expertise could be ben-eficial
to the membership.
Our guest speaker was Wendy
Behar, who is a licensed therapist,
motivational speaker, published
author and last but not least, a
North Shore Towers resident. As
expected, she did not disappoint.
Some of you might remember
Wendy’s grandmother, Ellene
Zurich, also a North Shore Towers
resident, who unfortunately passed
away last year at the age of 109.
I’m sure that she must have tak-en
quite a bit of advice from her
granddaughter.
Wendy’s topic for the evening
was health care strategies, specifi-cally
for the mind and body in the
golden years. Prior to the session
we were emailed a link on self-as-sessment
and strategy for self-care.
The link listed many helpful hints
to deal with problems that we
might be experiencing. Into the
session Toby Horowitz (president
of the Men’s Club) went around
the room--or in this case the box-es
on the screen--soliciting both
comments and questions from the
members, some of which were
quite revealing. When my turn
came up, I think that I confessed
to being a "people pleaser." Right
now, I'm in a quandary. Should it
be “No more Mister Nice Guy” or,
as Wendy suggested, “In order to
help others, help yourself first."?
Other club members had var-ious
stories pertaining to the
evening’s topic, such as Toby’s
gratitude to the kidney donor who
saved his life or Jack Schwartz's
telling us how he changed careers
at the age of 55. Another feeling
that many of share was that of
Jack Sevita, who discussed the
supportive friendship of other
residents that
have come
his way over the years at North
Shore Towers. One slightly neg-ative
note was that the Flesches,
both Sari and Gerald, have not
been able to find a bridge game.
Hopefully by the time you read
this I'm sure that they will have
succeeded.
Jared Casden, who had read
Wendy’s latest book, “Your Rules,
Your Life: First Steps to Move
You Forward” told us that he has
already benefited by it. We’ll see,
Jared.
We were told that Wendy
Behar’s lecture might be appear-ing
on Channel 995 in the future.
For those of you who missed this
evening’s session, try to see it.
You won’t be disappointed.
For information about the Men’s
Club, contact Toby Horowitz at
tmhmgt@yahoo.com
Men’s Club Guest Speaker Wendy
Behar
Better known as Buffy’s!
Men’s Club
Annual Buffet
That’s quite a spread!
On August 29, the Men’s Club held
their annual buffet at the Towers on The
Green with over 100 attending.
Men’s Club board members Jerry Siegel
and Toby Horowitz, as well as Buffy, are
to be congratulated for making the after-noon
truly enjoyable. Not a complaint was
heard and as you may know, some of us
have a tendency to complain.
Having such a large crowd reminded
me of the story of two men at the funeral
of Harry Cohn, the far from beloved presi-dent
of Columbia Pictures. One expressed
surprise that there were so many people
there. The other replied, "Give the public
something that they like and they’ll come
out every time."
Hoping to see everyone at our next
buffet. I think there are a few dollars still
left in our treasury…right, Jack?
October 2021 ¢ NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER 23
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