Pause, Celebrate, Enjoy!
Sarasota, FL – (If this is your first read of ShabbatPlaylists, my mom suffers from Lewy body dementia sprinkled with a strong dose of Parkinson’s disease.) Sometimes Mom’s words make sense and sometimes they are mumbo jumbo like from the song titled Mumbo Jumbo in the 1966 musical “Stop the World I Want to Get […]
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Sarasota, FL – There are those times when the Sabbath must be celebrated not exactly on Friday or Saturday because of extenuating circumstances. When that happens, it calls for an alternate plan. This was that SABBATH. Merik Shechter and Jake Weinberger have been best friends since about 6th grade. They met as Merik was a […]
Read MoreSarasota, FL – As the Sabbath was settling in we had to make a detour before arriving at our Shabbat dinner destination, D’Corato Ristorante on 322 S Washington Blvd. in Sarasota. While I cannot divulge the details to protect the family, let’s just it was b’sherit (a Yiddush word that refers to that unexplainable and unexpected moment that happens in […]
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Asheville, NC – If it flies direct to a cool city out of one of our local airports and it is priced well, book it! Punta Gorda airport is host to Allegiant Airlines which does fly directly to Asheville, N.C. It’s an easy drive, park and fly experience. Our mission was to celebrate Noah Rudman’s (our […]
Read MoreApril 14-15, 2017 – Sarasota, FL Toronto, Canada & Ft. Atkinson, WI – While some may argue that traveling is taboo on the Sabbath, I counter that traveling on the Sabbath to celebrate family, friends, shows, and good eats Weinberger Style, we commemorate the Sabbath. Steve flew to Ft. Atkinson, WI and met Gabe, Erin’s boyfriend, for the […]
Read MoreSarasota, FL – Dinner and a show with Steve – a favorite Shabbat celebration. There are stories, but not for the blog! Shabbat Shalom.
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Sarasota, FL & Asheville, NC. – This Shabbat 24 hour pause is nothing short of a miracles. As the Sabbath began, so did our adventures. Steve and I headed to Asheville as we were guests along with the Couto family for the Autism Symposium. The quick backstory (see Shabbat Playlist #33): Everett was a camper at […]
Read MoreSarasota, FL – My husband, Steve, had a Shabbat birthday this year which prompts extra creativity on my part. Usually the Wednesday morning conversation leads to possible Shabbat plans. My response this time was “I got this.” During our 30 years of couplehood, we play who can top that. This birthday was no different. Erin, […]
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Boca Raton, FL – Back in 2008, our friends Gabi and Orna Klein, invited us along with Sam and Tali Schneider to the Asolo Rep Theater to the show Working, a Studs Terkel story with some new Lin-Manuel Miranda songs sprinkled in. After the thought-provoking show, we stopped at the Starbucks on University for a […]
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Ft. Atkinson, WI – Traveling always creates challenges for celebrating Shabbat. First, one doesn’t know if it is possible to have the props of Shabbat, and in this case, I wasn’t sure if Erin or members of the Beauty and Beast from the Fireside Theater cast were interested or intrigued by the moment. So I […]
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