Adam’s World Weekly 5/25This past Saturday I ventured into the city for something that has become a bit uncharacteristic for me in my 40s – a late starting show.Kelli Baker, who I interviewed recently, was performing at The Bitter End, but the start...

Adam’s World Weekly 5/18This past week featured two life changing anniversaries for me, one joyful, one heartbreaking.First, the good – on Friday I celebrated nine years since my final chemo treatment.As a survivor, every year is a landmark year, and...

Adam’s World Weekly 5/11There’s an old saying in the writing world that goes – write drunk, edit sober.For this week’s edition of my newsletter I am embracing half of that ideology, because the Knicks just swept the 76ers, and I am celebrating.Winnin...

Adam’s World Weekly 5/4Over the past few weeks I’ve started to get back into the swing of things when it comes to attending concerts.Two weeks ago I saw Save Ferris (and a bizarre opening act) at FTC Stage One – it was a good way to jump back in sinc...

Adam’s World Weekly 4/27This past weekend I started a journey I’d been contemplating for quite some time – I had my first piano lesson as an adult (I’d had a few as a child, but it wasn’t a good fit at the time).For a little over an hour I began lear...

Adam’s World Weekly 4/20It’s been exactly one month since my dad passed away, joining my mom in Heaven, and I have been busy putting together a dual celebration of life for them.This past week I booked the venue I wanted (which doesn’t normally do me...

Adam’s World Weekly 4/13This past weekend I cracked open a new book to read.I know this probably doesn’t seem like news to any of you, because you know me as someone who is constantly reading, always with my nose in a book. It was, however, a first f...

Adam’s World Weekly 4/6The other day I was going through songs, and videos for consideration for my weekly NYC column when I came across something I’m sure will be happening more, but I wish would happen less.I was listening to a song that sounded so...

Adam’s World Weekly 3/30It’s been a whole week without my dad, and time feels very different to me.While I was grieving the loss of my mother, and being a full-time caregiver to my father, there never seemed to be enough hours in the day. Every minut...

Adam’s World Weekly 3/23At around noon this past Friday I was on my way to visit my father in the hospital when my cell phone rang. The hospital’s name came up on the caller ID, and I figured with how well he’d been doing this was the call to let me...