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Mark Lipton
Jun 4, 20204 min read
Paint Geeks Hit the Highway!
Every family who has ever taken a road trip knows the value of a good distraction! We have all been there: the license plate game where...
Mark Lipton
Jun 1, 20203 min read
The Apple and the Tree!
Growing up, my father was a tireless driver who loved a road trip; Billy always had another hour in him! A 30-year resident of Florida...
Mark Lipton
May 28, 20204 min read
I'm Sorry-Ish!
On March 16th, just as my fiancee Gaetana and I were beginning what we thought would be our two-week confinement due to the coronavirus...
Mark Lipton
May 25, 20203 min read
Bald Men Need Barbers Too!
Every two-weeks for 20 years I visited my barber Alex at the Katonah Barber Shop. It was Alex’s job to stop me from looking like a bald...
Mark Lipton
May 21, 20203 min read
A Flare; For the Dramatic!
Not everybody appreciates all I have to say. Thankfully my daughter Buck and my fiancee Guy both have the same superpower: The ability to...
Mark Lipton
May 18, 20204 min read
The War For Independents!
It’s become an inside joke in my house that I am starting a revolution. I’m not sure about starting one, but I do plan on participating...
Mark Lipton
May 14, 20204 min read
One Ringy Dingy!
I always loved the work of Lily Tomlin; the brilliant 1970’s era comic and TV star. Lily Tomlin was omnipresent on TV in the 1970's! Of...
Mark Lipton
May 11, 20204 min read
Long Days and Talladega Nights!
“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed!” Or at-least so says Will Ferrell in the 2006 movie, “Talledega Nights.” In the...
Mark Lipton
May 7, 20203 min read
In God We Trust: The Rest Need Data!
During the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, the price of a barrel of oil rose over 400%, taking my father’s blood pressure up with it! Tremont...
Mark Lipton
May 4, 20203 min read
THE Buck CLEARLY Stopped Here!
My daughter Buck Wheat became a graduate of THE Ohio State University this weekend: all while laying on the couch in a Rolling Stones...
Mark Lipton
Apr 30, 20202 min read
They Have Seen it ALL!
If you’re an independent retailer of paint or hardware, you may not know the name Ben Maibach, but you know the brushes and rollers he...
Mark Lipton
Apr 27, 20206 min read
THE Montvale Massacre!
Buck Wheat has only been home for a few days and already she, Guy and I have new pairs of “Beats” noise-cancelling headphones on order. A...
Mark Lipton
Apr 23, 20204 min read
LIPTON-Table for Four Please?
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Guy worked for a physicians practice which has a large presence in our county. A few hundred employees,...
Mark Lipton
Apr 20, 20205 min read
The Buck Stops Here!
A month ago, Guy and I were empty-nesters. We went where we wanted to go and when! Dinnertime was mostly pizza night, ham sandwich night...
Mark Lipton
Apr 16, 20203 min read
Oh Billy, Billy! Where For Art Thou Billy?
My parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary earlier this week! Celebrated may not be exactly the right word. They were...
Mark Lipton
Apr 13, 20204 min read
Who's Keeping Track of the Time?
Buck Wheat called me today at 3:09. I noticed the time because when your phone rings at 3:09 AM when you are sound asleep.....you check...
Mark Lipton
Apr 9, 20204 min read
"I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help!"
On August 12, 1986, while his making opening remarks at a press conference in Illinois President Ronald Reagan called the words in the...
Mark Lipton
Apr 6, 20204 min read
It's Up to YOU! New York, New York!
Guy and I recently finished our 14-day quarantine. But with the end of the coronavirus outbreak not yet in sight and in-fact the worst...
Mark Lipton
Apr 2, 20204 min read
All About the Ridges!
In July of 1640, Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony purchased the city of Stamford, called Rippowom at the time, from Chief Ponus of...
Mark Lipton
Mar 30, 20204 min read
I'm Eating Better Than You!
Being quarantined with an Italian woman has some benefits. Meatballs and sausage in a home-made sauce is definitely one of them! The...
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