By Dom Cioffi Exactly a year ago, my brother-in-law sent me an invite for a 50th birthday party for his wife. He sent the invite a year in advance because he was giving all invited guests an opportunity to fully […]
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The beat goes on: A six-part series on the Beatles
By Dom Cioffi I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard a musician say that watching the Beatles’ performance on the “Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964, is what inspired them to start playing an instrument. […]
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To dine in style: From presentation to the final bite
By Dom Cioffi I had a meal recently that absolutely blew me away. My wife made plans to dine at a small restaurant with a good reputation and eclectic fare, and while many of our friends had visited this establishment […]
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Planning for the second act
By Dom Cioffi In last week’s column, I talked about the documentary “Some Kind of Heaven,” which examined the lives of several retirees living in The Villages community in Florida. I found the movie interesting not only because I knew […]
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It takes a village
By Dom Cioffi Back in 1887, two young men named Robert Long and Victor Bell decided to form a business partnership. They initially set out to sell hay but quickly realized that the amount of wood needed for the transport wagons and […]
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Tomorrow never knows
By Dom Cioffi I did something this past week that I’ve been thinking about doing for years: I climbed inside a sensory deprivation tank for a one-hour meditation session. For the uninformed, a sensory deprivation tank (also known as a […]
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Drifting, swaying the day away suspended in mid-air
By Dom Cioffi I told my wife not to buy me anything last Christmas because I knew exactly what I wanted as a gift. I then sent her a link to the precise product I was interested in with instructions […]
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Ruling the roost
By Dom Cioffi I have celebrated Father’s Day in the same fashion for 16 years: My wife gets me a card and a thoughtful gift and places it next to the coffee maker, so when I wake up on Sunday […]
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The man who mows
By Dom Cioffi I have a specific route I take when I drive to work in the mornings. I take this route because it is the fastest and most efficient way to get from my house to my office. I […]
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Masking the problem, appreciating the results — health
By Dom Cioffi I’m not positive, but I think the first time I saw a person wearing a medical mask in public (but not in a hospital situation) was in an airport. This had to have been years ago – […]