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Victoria’s
DIARY
Victoria
SCHNEPSYUNIS
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What a week it was!
My favorite song by
John Lennon and Th e
Beatles is “With A
Little Help From My Friends”
and that’s how it was in a week
when I celebrated Hanukkah in
a unique way and was featured
on Page Six in the New York Post
thanks to my friend.
With group family celebrations
impossible, my family celebrated
Hanukkah like never
before. I still got to be with my
kids and grandkids, but not all
at once. We celebrated separately
and safely!
Seeing Hudson, who is chock
full of ideas, and his sister
Sloane, the leader of her class,
shooting down my block to the
duck pond on their scooters
laughing and squealing all the
way warmed my heart.
Later that evening, I spent
some time with my daughter
Samantha, her husband
Spencer, their son Blake who
just recovered from a bout
with COVID-19, and his sister
Morgan, who is a dancing “star”
on TikTok. We had a socially
distant dinner in their backyard,
with two torches warming
us as we sat around separate, but
attached tables to dine together.
Th e next night of Hanukkah,
I met my daughter Elizabeth,
her beautiful daughter Addy and
handsome son Jonah for dinner
in the heat-blown
tent outside of Trattoria
DiMeo in Roslyn
Heights.
Lucky for us, but sad
for the restaurant, we
were the only patrons in
the large white tent. Th e
tables were draped in
white tablecloths, white
napkins and fabric-covered
chairs.
I felt like I was in heaven
because I got to talk
with my daughter and
grandkids about what’s
going on in their lives.
Addy, who is only in
fourth grade, was already
planning the dress she
would wear two years
from now for Jonah’s
bar mitzvah. Meanwhile,
Jonah was checking
online to see if his dream
gift of a new Xbox Series
X was in stock at Best
Buy and a few other stores.
It warmed my heart to see
Addy worried about reaching
one of her goals. “Grammy, I
hope I raise my goal of $1,000
for St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital,” she told me. She did it
before and I know she will do it
again! I have faith in her!
What a perfect night it was.
Th e silver lining of this terrible
pandemic is that I got to
be with each family group by
myself to celebrate the holiday!
We should all pray we will
get the vaccine and be safe!
Aft er all, getting the vaccine
will protect our families,
friends and colleagues. It’s a
good “herd” to be part of!
In the meantime, my gift
to everyone this year was
masks! We wear them to protect
ourselves and everyone
around us. You should, too!
Life is also enriched by
friends and I’m grateful to Todd
Shapiro, a PR man and writer
extraordinaire.
When he wrote a profi le
for our newly acquired Dan’s
Papers of Beth Stern, an animal
activist at North Shore Animal
League America.
Surprisingly, the organization
asked me if I’d like to use
Howard Stern’s art for the front
cover of Dan’s Papers, in honor
of his wife Beth’s profi le.
I asked them to share some of
his work and to my delight, one
of the three off ered was
perfect for our cover.
He is such a talented
artist and his work will
appear on the Dec. 18
cover of Dan’s Papers.
Todd then pitched
the story of Howard’s
stellar artwork to the
New York Post’s Page
Six. They published
there in which I said, “If Howard ever gives up radio,
I think he could make millions
selling his art. He’s
that talented!”
That quote
also appeared
in Vanity Fair
this week.
Hudson on Sloane could
not wait to ride their
scooters to the duck pond!
A unique Hanukkah at
the pond with Hudson
and Sloane.
Celebrating Hanukkah at Bell & Anchor in Sag Harbor with Perla Yarom,
Karen and Michael Solomon, David Yarom, and Dr. Peter Micholas.
Surprisingly, radio superstar Howard Stern
is an artist whose work appears on the front
cover of Dan’s Papers this week.
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