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CELIAC DISEASE: THE GREAT MASQUERADER
By Dr. Jonathan E. Dashiff, MD
Lately it seems like Celiac Disease has become the new catch all phrase for every ailment
under the sun. But, in truth, there are many symptoms that are the direct result of gluten
intolerance and the following story illustrates a typical day in a doctor’s office:
The young resident, beginning a new clinical rotation, wanted to get to the office early.
Patients were not scheduled until 11am but he would get there way in advance, review the
day’s charts and be up to speed when the patients arrived. He would know their diagnoses,
lab data and treatment plans and therefore, be comfortable as the cases were discussed.
Arriving at the office at 9am, the young physician was mortified. “I must have gotten the
start time wrong,” he thought. The waiting room was full with children, teenagers, and
even a few elderly patients already there. The “drip room” was in full swing and the whole
office was abuzz with activity. “What a way to make an initial impression,” he thought.
“Late on the first day.”
Quickly he hurried over to the file rack to try and familiarize himself with the patients.
First there was a child, 8 months old, with abdominal pain, diarrhea and failure to thrive.
Next a six year old, thin but with a protruding belly and clearly malnourished. Then, there
was a fourteen year old girl who still had not begun menstruating and with alopecia, skin
rashes and depression.
There was also a twenty-five year old woman with osteoporosis who had been having difficulty getting pregnant, and had osteoporosis. Still another patient, a 42 year old male
with a history of seizures and anemia; and a 39 year old with long standing irritable bowel
syndrome and fatigue. The next patient, a 50 year old with alternating diarrhea and constipation, joint pains and mouth ulcers. Next up, a 58 year old, uneventful history, recently diagnosed with lymphoma. Finally, a 60 year old with recent surgery for a fractured hip,
and a curious history of 4 fractures dating back to teenage years.
Feverishly pouring through charts and feeling totally overwhelmed, the resident did not
see or hear the physician enter the room. Before he could formulate an apology for being
late, he was stunned to hear, “Hi, welcome to our office. Nice of you to come early. You’ve
got to taste these gluten free brownies that Mrs. Smith brought in.” Still flustered, the resident could only mumble, “Early? Brownies? How long ago did you start seeing patients?”
“Oh, you must be confused; first day jitters,” replied the physician. “We don’t begin seeing patients until 11am today. The patients in the waiting room are a few of our celiac
patients here today for Meyer’s cocktails (intravenous vitamins). Welcome aboard. We start
in 20 minutes.”
CELIAC DISEASE: THE GREAT MASQUERADER
Possible Signs and Symptoms:
Diarrhea
Delayed Growth
Constipation
Weight Loss
Abdominal Pain
Fatigue
Failure to Thrive (infants)
Foul Smelling Stool
Gas
Muscle Cramps
Bloating
Anemia
Fatigue
Mouth Sores
Hair Loss
Seizures
Tooth Discoloration
Joint Pains
Depression
Delayed Onset Menstruation
Difficulty Conceiving
and many more…
For more information contact Linchitz Medical Wellness: Jonathan E. Dashiff, MD
(516) 759-4200. wwwlinchitzwellness.com.
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It is time to come out of hiding. The right cosmetic surgery procedure will help you
unveil a body worthy of admiration.
by Stephen T. Greenberg, M.D.
Picture yourself walking down the beach with the hottest body possible that it is the combination of surgery and healthy living that will keep you in your best possible
and you will know why now is the time to schedule that cosmetic surgery shape.
procedure you deserve. Spring is here and bathing suit season is right
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assessing our bodies as we start to wear those Spring and Summer “tummy tuck” (Abdominoplasty). This serves to tighten the abdominal muscles and the skin
fashions. If you feel that you want to look better, slimmer and younger, of both the lower and upper abdomen. It is most helpful for women who have had children,
people who have lost a great deal of weight or for anybody with loose
consider the cosmetic surgery procedure that will
skin on their abdomen. The most significant results are seen when
allow you to achieve the look you desire.
Cosmetic surgery might just be combining a tummy tuck with breast augmentation to create a slimmer,
Individualized evaluation and assessment will
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determine which procedures will provide the most improvement.
Whether opting for breast augmentation, breast lift, tummy tuck, those areas you want to show off Another avenue to help you pursue your desire to look younger are
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beautiful and natural look.
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wear that new bikini!
have expanded the market and increased the options available to people
Consider breast augmentation or breast lift to help improve your look
and turn some heads at the pool or on the beach this summer! Breast augmentation is one seeking immediate results with significant reductions in facial lines and wrinkles.
of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures and women report an increase in self
confidence following the procedure as they feel younger and more attractive. Whether you The best candidates for plastic surgery are those who want to look their best by improving
are 20, 30 or 40 years old, now is the time to consider improving the appearance of your upon their natural beauty, at the same time maintaining realistic expectations. It is the proper
breasts. You will see an impressive change, especially if you have had children and would like mix of procedures that guarantees a successful improvement in appearance. What better
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to restore a more youthful contour.
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Liposuction is a perfect solution for those who would like to reshape specific areas of their
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It Is Time to Come Out of Hiding
by Stephen T. Greenberg, M.D.
Cosmetic surgery might just be the answer to improving on those areas you want to show off this summer.
You can look naturally beautiful and proudly wear that
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Breast Surgery Combined with Tummy Tuck and/or
Liposuction by Charlotte Rhee, M.D., FACS, P.C.
Many of my patients come seeking help with the
changes that can occur after childbirth; a woman’s
breast can grow to uncomfortable proportions or
just the opposite can happen. more on page 5
10 Big Improvements in Stroke Treatment in the
Last 5 Years by John Pile-Spellman, M.D.,
F.A.C.R., and Jonathan Brisman, M.D.
Over 700,000 citizens of the US suffer from strokes
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Here are some answers to common questions and
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Reconstruction of a breast that has been removed
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Obtaining Beautiful, Natural Results with
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Eyebrows are the most important feature on your
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The Use of Personal Care Agreements
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A “Personal Care Agreement” can be an effective
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Volume 9 • Number
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May 2010
Approximately 25 percent of Americans are
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Consider This When Choosing Your Cosmetic
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We offer in-depth face-to-face consultations during
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Help With Weight Loss and Diabetes
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I recently developed a healthy successful way of
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Flat Fee Divorce
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If you are considering hiring an attorney to handle
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Elder Mediation by Rita Medaglio-Barrera, CDFA
and Gloria Ciolli, MSW, CSW, ACSW, LMSW
Mediation provides an opportunity for families to
come together to discuss these issues in an open
and supportive environment that fosters creative
solutions that are best suited for them more on page 27
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Must Have Legal
Documentsby Jeanette Grabie, Esq.
The essential documents every adult should have
are a legally recognized Health Care Proxy and
Power of Attorney which allow the people you trust
to make your medical and financial decisions. more on page 27
The Positive and Negative Functions to Anger
by Nancy Nowinski, LCMHC
Anger can be an overwhelming emotion, the effects of
which can manifest in a number of physical and mental ways, including depression, alcoholism/addiction,
poor interpersonal relationships, headaches... more on page 27
Breast Reduction Using The Lollipop Scar
Technique by Charlotte Rhee, M.D., FACS, P.C.
The weight of large breasts can cause the bra straps
to dig into the shoulders leaving groove markings.
Large breasts get in the way of physical activities,
such as running.. more on page 27
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Book Corner 10
Siblings Caring for Aging Parents
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Osteoporosis
My Turn 16
Mother’s Day Without Mom
Feature 18
Joy Behar
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The Family Kitchen
Happenings 29
Classes, Entertainment, Events,
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Support Groups 33
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The Secret to Allergies by Dr. Beth John
Research shows that chiropractic patients have a
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Breast Surgery Combined with Tummy Tuck and/or Liposuction
by Charlotte Rhee, MD, F.A.C.S., P.C.
Many of my patients come to me seeking help with the changes that
ing breast reduction. Both groups of women want to have breasts that are proportional to their
can occur after childbirth. Following childbirth, a woman’s breast can
body size with the most natural result possible. In certain situations, a breast lift is also needgrow to uncomfortable proportions or just the opposite can happen. A
ed to tighten lax skin. The laxity can be the result of pregnancy or weight loss. When a breast
woman’s breast can actually lose volume and shrink, resulting in the
lift is needed, I utilize the lollipop scar technique. A breast lift procedure is very similar to a
breast appearing “deflated”.
breast reduction. The only difference is that with a breast reduction, breast tissue is removed.
Additionally, a large number of women come to me seeking help with
Combined Breast/Tummy Tuck and Liposuction Procedures.
the post partum changes of their abdomen. During pregnancy the skin
Many of my patients who have breast surgery also have other procedures performed at the
and abdominal wall muscles are stretched. Following childbirth, the abdomen can protrude
same time. This allows for one surgery and one recovery. The most common combined proand the skin can be loose or sag. In some cases, the abdominal muscles can
cedures performed by Dr. Rhee are breast surgery, whether it is a breast
Many of my patients reduction or augmentation, combined with tummy tuck, also known as
be so weakened that the individual may look like she is still pregnant. Despite
daily workouts including sit ups and crunches, a tummy tuck may be needed
abdominoplasty. For those patients who desire breast augmentation togethwho have breast
to restore these muscles.
er with a tummy tuck, I am able to place the breast implants through the
surgery also have other tummy tuck incision, leaving the breasts without any scars.
Breast Reduction
Liposuction is also commonly performed at the same time. Despite diet and
Women with very large pendulous breasts may experience varied medical procedures performed at
exercise,
certain areas of the body are prone to carry excess fat. For these
problems including back and neck pain. Also, the weight of large breasts can
the same time. This
areas, liposuction can help. The most common areas for liposuction are the
cause the bra straps to dig into the shoulders leaving groove markings. Large
allows for one surgery love handles (upper hip area) and thighs.
breasts get in the way of physical activities such as running, making exercise
Patients who have combined procedures do surprisingly well. In addition to
and weight loss very difficult if not impossible. Breast reduction (reduction
and one recovery
having the benefit of just one recovery process, there can also be a significant
mammaplasty), is a surgical procedure which makes breasts smaller.
savings in price.
There are many different breast reduction techniques. The more traditional method (inverted TTo learn more, please call our Huntington office to schedule a complimentary consultation
scar) leaves the breasts with a vertical, long horizontal scar (along the breast crease). “I utilize the
with Dr. Rhee at (631) 424-6707. Located at 33 Walt Whitman Rd., Suite 228, Huntington.
Lejour technique, which leaves the breast with a single vertical incision (lollipop scar) and, in my
www.liplasticsurgery.com.
opinion, with a rounder more natural appearing breast and a better cosmetic result.” Breast reductions are performed as an outpatient procedure and are covered by insurance.
Dr. Charlotte Rhee is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in
breast surgery. She is an assistant professor of plastic surgery at Montefiore Medical
Breast Augmentation
Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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Jumbo Marinated Portabello Mushrooms
4 jumbo portabello mushrooms
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1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 tsp fresh tarragon chopped
1 tsp fresh shallot chopped
pinch salt and pepper
sliced asiago cheese
• Clean mushrooms, removing any dirt
• To prepare the marinade, combine the
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tarragon, shallots, and salt and pepper to
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• Marinate the portabellos in a resealable
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10 Big Improvements in Stroke
Treatment in the Last 5 Years
by John Pile-Spellman, M.D., F.A.C.R.,
and Jonathan Brisman, M.D.
Over 700,000 citizens of the US suffer from
strokes each year. But here are reasons to be
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2. Intra-arterial clot extraction devices are FDA approved.
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(www.penumbrainc.com, www.concentric-medical.com)
3. Improvements in imaging technology make stroke treatments available in smaller community hospitals. CTA and
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Recovering from stroke is a difficult and sometimes long journey. Support groups for survivors and their caretakers are
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“Injectables” are non-surgical treatments delivered via extremely fine neeDo injectables hurt?
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There should be mild to no discomfort with injectable treatments. The needles don’t really hurt
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answers to common questions and good advice
Can Botox or fillers move to other parts of the body?
on how to go about receiving these treatments in
No. Botox/Dysport only acts in the tissues into which it is injected.
If you’re considering injectable
the most safe and effective manner possible.
People have all kinds of fears about Botox which are irrational and
treatments, the most important
What exactly are “injectables”?
unfounded. Here are the facts: Botox does not travel to the brain, it is
thing you can do is find a well
There are 2 types of injectables: neurotoxins and fillers.
not absorbed into the blood stream in a significant way to effect any
Neurotoxins – Botox & Dysport
qualified physician who administers other organs, and it will not paralyze you. Any cases of Botulism poiNeurotoxins work by temporarily blocking nerve impulses to some
soning, paralysis or death have been related to the use of home manthese medications often and
muscles which cause wrinkles. The treated muscles, or portions of
ufactured or illegally imported botulism toxin (not Botox) by illicit nonthese muscles, are unable to move after the neurotoxin takes effect understands that they are as much physicians. Like Botox, fillers do not move to other parts of the body.
and therefore the overlaying skin smoothes out. The treatment is not
Fillers integrate with the tissue into which they’re injected. They can be
of an art as they are a science.
permanent and usually lasts anywhere from 3 to 6 months. Botox is the
molded and smoothed a bit by massage immediately after injection,
most popular neurotoxin in America, but Dysport, a Botox competitor, is now available and is
but they certainly don’t move around the face.
being well received by patients since it lasts as long and has a slightly faster onset of action.
Where should I go to have injectable treatments?
Fillers
The use of injectables is part science and part art, just like cosmetic surgery. Don’t let just anyFillers, as their name implies, work by simply filling up folds, lines, or wrinkles. A newer and
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Book Corner
by Debbi Honorof
Family Dynamics
Siblings Caring for Aging Parents
They’re Your Parents, Too! How Siblings Can
Survive Their Parents’ Aging Without Driving
Each Other Crazy by Francine Russo. Bantam
Books; 2010; 286 pages; $26
Baby Boomers have paved the way for many
societal changes, but perhaps one of the most
difficult “firsts” we have to navigate is caring for
our aging parents. There are currently 36 million
individuals in the U.S. caring for aging parents,
the vast majority of them baby boomers, with
women most often serving as primary caregivers.
The challenges are many, but author Francine Russo helps us to understand the dynamics of the situation, and offers practical and useful advice
in this comprehensive yet eminently readable book.
Ms. Russo, who covered the “boomer” beat for Time magazine for nearly a decade, brings her own personal experiences to the topic. She also introduces us to a
wide array of families – each with their own
unique set of family dynamics – and tells us
about how they have coped with the challenges of caring for one or more aging parents. Throughout the book, the author offers
sidebars with interesting and informative
research, statistics and practical suggestions.
The “twilight transition” is how Francine
Russo describes this stage of life. “These years
of our parents’ decline are the final phase of
the family in which we grew up. They are the
transition to a new day, a new epoch in which
we and our siblings will be the oldest generation of our family.” She views this time as not
just a passing phase, but as an “existential crisis” that will transform us “from the children
of our parents to the elders of the family.” So
it’s not just about facing challenges and solving problems; how we deal
with the transition will have a major impact on how well the family unit
actually survives once the crisis has passed. “When we come together, sisters and brothers around our aging parents,” writes the author, “it is this
core of our original family that is crumbling.” There are both external challenges, such as living far apart, but there are also internal challenges, such
as unresolved feelings like anger or guilt.
How siblings react to this new phase of life and relate to each other
often resembles how they related to each other as children. “The old ways
of relating are what we know,” writes Ms. Russo, “so slipping into them
is automatic.” Every family is unique, and each has to find its own way in
this complex process, but when people face difficult situations, they tend
When family
caregiving is
“done right,” the
experience can
actually bring a
family closer
together and help
the members of
that family grow
as individuals.
to fall back on old, familiar ways of behaving – such as when they were
children – potentially creating situations fraught with tension.
Sweeping societal changes have also contributed to these challenges.
Life expectancy has increased dramatically over the past few decades, and
people over 85 are the fastest growing segment of our population. Our
generation was the first to move away – in significant numbers – from our
families for educational or job opportunities, so half of us live 50 miles or
more from our parents, and many live clear across the country. The
women’s movement, which made it acceptable for women to work outside the home, challenged long-held beliefs about women being primary
caregivers for their own – and their spouses’ – aging parents. Our generation of women delayed having children in order to pursue our career
goals, thereby creating the “sandwich generation,” which put us right
smack between raising our own children while caring for our aging parents. A higher divorce rate and more single-parent households have
spurred additional demands, and remarriages and stepfamilies have created a whole new set of family dramas.
One of the interesting – and unexpected – premises of the book is that
when family caregiving is “done right,” when there is proper planning,
sharing of responsibilities, communication, reaching out for support, assistance, and comfort, accepting help, showing appreciation, and being flexible, the experience can actually bring a family closer together and help
the members of that family grow as individuals. “We need to recognize
that caring for an aging parent is not just a job to be done but a new era
of family life that involves us all,” Ms. Russo suggests.
Even when siblings live far away, there are many ways they can help the
primary caregiver, even if it’s just lending an ear, expressing their gratitude
or helping with financial or legal issues. Many adult caregivers find the
experience profoundly positive and satisfying, are happy to “give back” to
their parents and provide a positive role model for their own children.
Francine Russo’s book is a tremendously important book for the boomer
generation. Whether we are currently
caring for an aging parent, or might
face this situation in the future, we
need to prepare ourselves and our
families for the many eventualities
that will occur.
“As we struggle through the twilight,
stirred by the tumultuous feelings
evoked as our parents fail and eventually die,” the author writes, “how we
behave toward our siblings now is likely to determine who we will be to one
another in the next generation.”
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Keeping Healthy, Staying Strong
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Think osteoporosis isn’t something to worry about?
Think again. While women in their 40s and older are
more likely to develop the disease, osteoporosis doesn’t
just strike mature women; men and younger women
need to know about this condition as well. Read on to
learn more about this common condition, and how you
can help prevent it.
“Osteoporosis is a bone-weakening disease that results
in an increased risk for fracture, primarily of the wrist,
spine and hip,” says Dr. Grattan Woodson, M.D.. People
with it have lower bone mass and decreased bone quality, which means that their
bones are smaller and more
fragile
than
normal.
Because of this, they’re
more likely to suffer from
fractures, and wrists, spines
and hips are more impacted
by falls.
Osteoporosis is also the
most common metabolic
bone
disease
among
Americans. About one in
five Caucasian women past menopause have
osteoporosis, which means they’ve already lost
some bone mass, and another third to one-half
have a condition called osteopenia, which means
their bones are weaker than normal. Although
osteoporosis seems to strike white women most
often, it affects both women and men and all
ethnic groups.
For osteoporosis,
the most
important
exercise is
walking because
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on the bones of
the legs and
spine in such a
way to
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areas and helps
prevent fractures.
Are You at Risk?
One of the problems with osteoporosis is
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a bone. Even then, it may be overlooked;
studies show that one in five women are not
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have a fracture that’s not due to a car accident between the ages of 20
and 50, you’re 74 percent more likely to break another bone after the age
of 50.
Besides experiencing pain, older people who have bone fractures are
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and need long-term care than younger people who suffer the same
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You’re also more likely to develop osteoporosis if:
• You smoke;
• Your body weight is low (less than 127 pounds);
• You have a hormone deficiency (the hormones estrogen and androgen help keep your bones strong);
• You don’t consume much calcium;
• You consume an excessive amount of alcohol;
• You don’t get much physical activity (weight-bearing
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• You’re at high risk of falling, which increases the risk
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• You’re taking certain medications like steroids, antiseizure medications, hormone suppressants or taking
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• You have a chronic condition like thyroid, liver or renal
disease, diabetes or cystic fibrosis.
There’s another category of people at higher risk of osteoporosis – young women who are anorexic or have extremely
low body fat due to over-training. “Anorexia athletica is a condition that affects both women and men, but most predominantly young women,” says Woodson. It’s associated with
thinness and excessive exercise that leads to amenorrhea, or
loss of menses, and severe osteoporosis that often results in
premature spine and hip fractures.
“When a woman is placed under severe physical and psychological
stress, a number of hormonal changes occur that result in the loss of the
menstrual period because nature understands that women under severe
stress should not bear children,” explains Woodson. “However, in the long
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Risk Factors
Aside from gender and age, there are several other factors that increase a
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Family history: having a first-degree relative with osteoporosis or
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increases the risk of osteoporosis.
Race: certain studies show that Caucasian people and people of Asian
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Small body frame: women and men who have small body frames or who have a
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Joy
Behar
On Innocence, Effort and Negativity
by David Lefkowitz
On August 11, 1997, against a daytime television landscape of game shows,
soap operas and cable news networks, a talk show premiered on ABC with a radical premise: a group of women would sit around and discuss the news of the
day. A simple premise, with the commercial draw assumedly being the group’s
den mother, Barbara Walters. The first episode of The View was also anchored by
calm everymom Meredith Vieira and featured lawyer Star Jones and 22-year-old
former MTV staffer, Debbie Matenopoulos.
What, you say, aren’t you leaving someone out?
Nope. Joy Behar wasn’t on the premiere, though it’s a testament to her longevity, popularity and galvanic presence that it’s almost sacrilege to picture The View
without her. (Actually, Behar was one of the original hosts. As she explains it: “I
was on the first week but not that first show. I was really hired to sub for Barbara,
because she was gonna be on twice a week, and I’d do the other three. Then people sort of liked me, I guess, and they put me on five days a week.”)
Sort of liked her? For those who’ve followed the program’s bumpy and often
cacophonous ride through 12 years and counting, Behar is both the straightshooting pragmatist and the go-to gal with the ready quip. If Barbara gave The
View its foundation and Meredith its coziness, Joy flung open the windows for
fresh air and the occasional bolt of lightning. The Anti-Defamation League once
took issue with her comparing Donald Rumsfeld to Hitler, lawyer Gloria Allred
went on a rampage when Behar called Tiger Woods’ mistress a hooker, and the
Catholic League has long fretted over the show’s perceived “anti-Catholic animus,” with Behar among “the worst offenders.”
Rather than backpedal, Behar jabs, “I’m a Catholic, or I was. Of course, I’m
lapsed. Every Catholic is lapsed at this point! [The Church] has a problem with
anybody who questions the pedophilia scandal, which is what I do. So I call them
out on it, and they don’t like it. Too bad.”
No surprise that Behar’s religious practice is limited to “weddings and wakes.”
She tells LONG ISLAND WOMAN, “I think they should admit females into the priesthood, and they should allow birth control. I understand their position on abortion; I respect that. But this pedophilia scandal, where they kept hiding it from
the public and pushing these rogue priests from one parish to another, I think is
a disgrace. And I’m gonna call them out on it. And believe me, I’m not the only
one.”
Viewers have come to expect such frankness from Behar, who, in addition to
her continuing View duties, has, since September 2009, hosted her own nightly
talk show on the HLN Network. “I’m a big First Amendment freak,” Behar avows.
“I love free speech, and I really do believe everyone has the opportunity and right
to say whatever they damn please in this country. You can then counter-act it
with more speech. You agree to disagree and then move on.”
It’s a position she wishes more viewers would take when, for example, they’d
become infuriated with Rosie O’Donnell’s left-wing politicking or Elizabeth
Hasselbeck’s right-wing momisms. “The Democrats and Republicans very often
blend into one another, and you can’t always tell which is which. So you have to
have a sense of humor about politics and not take it so seriously. Even Obama.
Now the progressive left is all over him. But I don’t think he presented himself as
such a lefty, even though the right wing wanted to portray him that way when
he was campaigning. It turns out he’s a middle-of-the-road type of guy. But
when you’re in the middle of the road, you don’t please anybody.”
That philosophy also explains how Behar can get away with asking sensitive
questions without seeming belligerent or prurient. “I’m an innocent,” she says. “I
don’t go there with an agenda thinking, ‘Wow, I’m gonna trap this person.’ I have
no interest in trapping or exposing anybody. All I am is inquisitive … like a child,
almost. So when I ask Howie Mandel, ‘Why do you have to wash your hands a
hundred times a day? Why do you do that?’ It’s just really a question I have.”
Among the other perks of doing “The Joy Behar Show,” the host notes that she now
gets to ask more of those kinds of questions. “It’s very hard to get your point in on
The View very difficult. I’ve been trying to do it for 12 or 13 years now. Since I now
have another place I can put my two cents in, yeah, it might make me mellower.”
Joy Behar, mellow? Well, not exactly. As with most entertainers, there’s always
the worry that one day the phone could stop ringing. Plus, for comedians, success might mean losing their edge. Asked if she’s afraid that by having all the elements of a happy life in place – success, fame, love – she might not be funny
anymore, Behar replies, “Of course. I’m Italian. In fact, I was just watching something on TV about Humphrey Bogart. He was married to Lauren Bacall, he had a
lovely child, his career was on a roll, he did The African Queen, and everything
was great. And his comment was, ‘We can only go down from here.’”
“But that’s also what makes people funny,” adds Behar. “Negativity is funny. You
can have a positive feeling about life in general, but you must see things in a
negative way in order to make them funny. Otherwise it’s ‘Oh, everybody’s so
happy,’ and what’s so funny about that? Nothing. So you have to be very careful
not to get too excited when things are going well, because things do change.”
That said, change was often a good thing in Behar’s life. Her childhood wasn’t
bad but wasn’t great, either. “There was no abuse of any kind, not even verbal,
nothing,” she says. “But my father was a gambler; he was at the track, which is
not a good thing to have in the family, because it made my mother very angry,
and it made him very negligent in some ways, because he was obsessed with the
ponies. But I had a very supportive Italian family, uncles and aunts around. My
mother was a very good mother. And my father did always work. He never cheated on my mother, as far we know. And he never drank. He just played the ponies,
and it was to the detriment of the financial stability of the family. But I’m glad I
had some sort of pathology because otherwise, I’d never be a comedian.”
“All comedians need something to butt up against,” Behar continues. “It’s not
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a different defense, and if you’re clever, you use humor. And if you’re lucky
enough to play the piano or play baseball or you have a talent for something, it’s
helpful to get through childhood. So I don’t think comedians are any crazier than
anybody else.”
At this point it’s almost inconceivable to imagine Behar as anything other than
a comic, but her early resume could put workaholics to shame. “I worked many
jobs in my previous life,” laughs Behar, noting that the phrase makes her sound
like Shirley MacLaine. “I worked at Kings Park State Hospital. I worked as a schoolteacher on the Lower East Side and Rhode Island. I lived on Long Island for awhile,
so I taught high school English in Lindenhurst and subbed at Babylon High School.
I worked as a counselor for the New York State Employment Service. I taught
English as a second language. I worked as a receptionist at ‘Good Morning
America.’ But I felt ‘successful’ in my life when I felt I could make a living as a
stand-up comic. I would make $500 to get up in front of people
and make them laugh, which was pretty good money at that
time. I thought to myself, ‘I can do this.’ And everything after that
has been gravy.”
As it has been for Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Robin Williams and so
many others who started in clubs and then moved on, the pull of
stand-up still holds an addictive quality for Behar. She’s doing two
live shows this spring, one in New Jersey and the other on Long
Island. “I was talking to my girlfriend, Susie Essman [of Curb Your
Enthusiasm fame], who just came off 20 shows in two months. I
told her I didn’t have the energy to do it all, and I get scared that
if I go back to it, I’m gonna be frozen. And she said, ‘Nah, don’t worry about it. It’ll
be a little tricky in the beginning, but then you’ll get back into it. Kind of like riding
a bike.’”
Which brings us to exercise and a healthy lifestyle regimen, to which Behar, 66,
grudgingly submits. “I’m not really big on exercising,” she confesses. “I do it sporadically, but I have a trainer that I’ve hired to do Pilates stretching and lunging
and that sort of thing. The joke of it is that she’s teaching me to breathe. People
think it’s funny, but it’s a fact. I lie on the ground and stretch and do all sorts of
things while I’m breathing properly. And I go on the treadmill for 10 minutes of
what they call ‘burst training.’ You do two minutes at a comfortable pace, and
then you jack it up to an uncomfortable pace for one minute. And then you do
it again. That seems to be more efficient and less boring than standing on the
thing for 40 minutes.”
If Barbara gave The View its foundation and Meredith its
coziness, Joy flung open the windows for fresh air and the
occasional bolt of lightning.
Behar Quickies
Who are your favorite comedians of all time?
“Mel Brooks. And Joan Rivers is one of the funniest women – or people –
working. She’s my role model, because she’s getting older and it doesn’t
stop her.”
What was your worst stand-up gig?
“I was opening up for Buddy Rich at the Bottom Line. The room was
filled with drummers from Queens. So while I was speaking, they were hitting the table with their drumsticks and yelling, ‘Get off! We want
Buddy!’ So I said to them, ‘Listen, I’ve gotta earn my fifty bucks. Buddy’ll
be out; he’s doing a little coke in the back.’ I did my five or ten minutes
and got the hell off that stage as fast as I could. That was a bad one.”
What are three songs on your iPod?
“Big Yellow Taxi” (the Counting Crows version).
“When October Goes” (Rosemary Clooney)
“I Hope You Dance” (Lee Ann Womack). “A brilliantly beautiful song with
the lyric, ‘When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.’”
What’s something people wouldn’t guess about you from seeing you on TV?
“Italians and Jews are very often confused with each other. So
between my name, and Steve, and the New York attitude, people think
I’m Jewish. But I’ve said that I’m an honorary shiksa-non-grata.”
The same question about your View colleagues?
Barbara likes a good dirty joke. Elizabeth and I are very good friends off
camera. Sherri [Shepherd] is exactly the same as she is on camera.
Whoopi [Goldberg] is very circumspect and thoughtful, but she is that way
on TV, too. Whoopi’s also very generous; she loves to give gifts. She just
gave me a whole ton of Bakelite bracelets that she’s not wearing anymore.
I was so happy.
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counts her blessings while also taking
care of herself. “Thank goodness, I’m a
pretty hearty soul. I have low blood
pressure. I do my yearly mammogram
and check-up for blood work, and the
usual gynecological stuff once a year.
Plus I go to the dentist every three
months.” When I register some surprise at that frequency, Behar notes, “I
like to keep my teeth clean. I’m really
making a commitment to them. I
refuse to have any fake thing in my
mouth.”
I ask how she handles such a hectic
schedule. “Well, I have the same
schedule at HLN as at ‘The View,’
which helps a lot. So on weekends, I
like to watch my movies, read a book,
read the newspapers, go out with
friends. I took my daughter and my
son-in-law out to dinner the other
night, I’ll have people over for dinner
on Saturday, and this weekend, I’m
going to see A Little Night Music. I
like to just really be in my life on the
weekend.” For her four-week vaca20 • May 2010 • LONG ISLAND WOMAN
tions in August, Behar escapes to her
house in Sag Harbor.
Of her 27-year relationship with junior high school teacher Steve Janowitz,
Behar again quells the marriage
rumors. “Right before I got the HLN
job, I was thinking of doing it, because
I thought, ‘Oh, I have all this free time;
let me throw a wedding.’ But now I
don’t have all that time, so it’s on the
back burner. But we do live together.
He moved in permanently in 2001,
right after 9/11 (though that was just
a coincidence, not a conscious thing).
It’s almost as if getting married legally
is an imposition on me. I’d really have
to make an effort to do it, and, well, I
have so many other things I’m ‘efforting.’” For which television viewers are
abundantly grateful. ▲
David Lefkowitz co-publishes
Performing Arts Insider (TotalTheater.com), hosts Dave’s Gone By
(davesgoneby.org), and teaches
playwriting.
Read
him
at:
http://davelefkowitzwriting.wordpress.com/about/.
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by Ann Block, Esq.
by Dr. Beth John
Allergies occur when function than people who had not
the immune system is received chiropractic care.
hypersensitive and overA key factor in relieving allergies is balreacts to normal anti- ancing the nervous system and normalizgens in the environment. ing the immune response. Chiropractors
However, it’s the nervous specialize in freeing the nervous system
system that controls the
of interference thereby
Research shows that
immune
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strengthening
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Therefore freeing your
immune response as
chiropractic patients
nervous system of stress
shown in Dr. Pero‚s study.
have a 200% greater A body with malfunctionand interference allows
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ing defense mechanisms
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out a severe reaction.
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formulas are
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ents are surprised when
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by Lyn Dobrin
The Family Kitchen
How Recipes Travel Through Time
‘English’ enclave where roast beef
If only I hadn’t been so lazy, my
and potatoes was the traditional
grandmother’s apple strudel would
meal served on holidays and for spestill be on the family table. Nona, my
cial family meals. My parents cooked
maternal grandmother, was from
most meals; they just cooked very
Yugoslavia and was an amazing baker.
plainly. Roughly translated, an Italian
If Nona had a signature dish, it would
restaurant would refer to this as a
have been apple strudel – layers of
pomodoro sauce.”
homemade filo, apples cooked to the
Brown says his pomodoro sauce –
right tenderness, walnuts, cherries
utilizing olive oil, garlic, Spanish
and who knows what else.
onion, San Marzano canned tomaOf course, there was no written
toes and fresh basil leaves – differs
recipe. “Nona, teach me how to make
from his mother’s in that he uses
it,” I asked. “You don’t get up early
fresh herbs instead of dried, fewer
enough,” she said. She was right. I
onions, and olive oil instead of vegdidn’t get up early enough and so
etable oil. For the tomatoes, he pursearch for her strudel wherever I go.
chases very high quality San Marzano
Fortunately, there are chefs on Long
tomatoes in bulk from Italy a few
Island
times a year. “I stick to one brand
who have
kept fami- Mother and son, Marianne and Chris Artinian with the Morton's carrot cake. because they are consistent in terms
of flavor and sugar to acid ratio.”
ly recipes
At Morton’s Steak Houses throughout the country, the carrot cake
alive. Take Ruvo in Greenlawn and Port
on the menu originated in the kitchen of Glen Cove resident
Jefferson. Executive Chef Joe DeNicola
Marianne Artinian. Artinian’s son, Chris (then vice president of East
draws his inspiration from his Sicilian grandCoast Operations for Morton’s, now Morton’s CEO and president),
mother. “Grandma DeNicola was an incrediremarked at a family barbeque that his mother’s carrot cake was good
ble cook,” says DeNicola. “Grandpa Angelo
enough to be served at Morton’s. This set into motion six months of
was a vegetable salesman who peddled his
talking to Morton’s execs and testing in the Morton’s kitchens to
wares from a horse-drawn cart in Garden
ensure that the cake could be consistently replicated by their chefs
City. Whatever he didn’t sell that day, Grandma DeNicola made into
around the country.
great meals, adding whatever meat they could afford.”
Artinian thinks she first got the recipe at a cooking class around 25 years
DeNicola sometimes alters Grandma’s recipes – “our own fusion cuiago. Over the years she has made changes such as adding a buttermilk
sine,” he says – creating dishes such as his lump crab cakes wasabi with
glaze to guarantee a very moist cake. The frosting – cream cheese, butter,
lentil bell pepper salad. While Grandma never knew from wasabi or
confectioners sugar, fresh orange juice, orange
made crab cakes, her crunchy cold lentil
Almond’s
zest and vanilla extract – is covered with
salad was a family staple. Joe combines the Rugalach
chopped walnuts.
two into a terrific appetizer. Two recipes on
On the menu at Almond (in Bridgehampton
the Ruvo menu that DeNicola keeps in their
and Manhattan) is Quentin’s Grandma’s
original form are Grandma’s Meatball Ragu
Rugalach, a recipe developed by Risa Smith.
and Grandma’s Chicken Scarpariello. The
Says Smith, “I was making a baby shower for
family ties continue with the chocolate
my future grandson, Quentin. My husband
mousse cake, a Ruvo dessert made from
said that someone was eating all the rugalach,
first-cousin Elena Souzzi’s recipe.
way before dessert time and right off the bakStuart Brown, chef/owner of On3 in Glen
ing sheet!” It turned out to be Almond’s
Head, was inspired by his family recipe for
owner/chef Jason Weiner, a guest at the showtomato sauce, but don’t imagine an Italian
er. Weiner hired Smith as his rugalach baker. “I
grandma in the kitchen. “I grew up in a very
Fortunately, there
are chefs on Long
Island who have
kept family
recipes alive.
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Sustenance
The Family Kitchen
go to the restaurant once a week, bake the cookies, and thanks to the
wonderful workers in the kitchen, I never have to clean up,” says Smith.
One recipe I did manage to glean from my grandmother was her roz
de leche, a smooth rice pudding (made from
cream of rice cereal) sprinkled with cinnamon. As she made the pudding, I grabbed
her hand before adding each ingredient to
measure. It is my son’s comfort food – perhaps because when I was pregnant with him
while living in Kenya, I developed a powerful
craving for it and had my mother mail me the
cream of rice. And now, a new generation is
developing an attachment – when my grandson had a wisdom tooth removed, his greatgreat-grandma’s roz de leche was the only
food he could eat. The tradition continues.
And now, a new
generation is
developing an
attachment.
The tradition
continues.
Nona’s Roz de Leche
Around 5 cups milk (can use skim milk)
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup cream of rice
Dissolve the sugar in the milk as it is heating; slowly stir in the cream
of rice, making sure there are no lumps. Cook slowly, stirring very
often, until it starts to thicken. Pour into bowls. Serve cold with cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Stuart Brown’s Tomato Sauce
2 Tablespoons olive oil
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 medium Spanish onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 #10 can whole peeled, seeded San Marzano tomatoes
6 whole basil leaves, chiffonade
Salt and Pepper to taste
Heat olive oil in large casserole over medium heat. Brown the garlic.
Remove from pan. Lower heat slightly and add onions. Cook until
translucent. In the can, crush the tomatoes well with your hands.
Add tomatoes to the onions. Cook over low to medium heat for
about an hour until most of the liquid is evaporated. Further crush
the tomatoes with a large spoon or a potato masher. Season and
add the basil. ◆
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Flat Fee Divorce
by Dr. Dazhi Chen, PhD, LAC
which can actually change your metabolism.
Recent reports dated
There are several unique characteristics with
August 27th, 2007 show
two-thirds of American
this therapy:
adults are either overweight
1. You do NOT gain back the weight you lost.
or obese in this country and
2. You will see the results as early as the
obesity rates have grown
FIRST WEEK.
from 15% in 1978-1980 to 32% in 2003-04.
3. Stop craving food.
Not only does obesity increase the risk for
4. Health Issues such as insomnia, constipadeveloping major diseases,
tion, menopause and stress
I recently developed a will be alleviated simultaneincluding type 2 diabetes,
heart disease and stroke,
healthy, successful way ously during the treatment.
but may lead to some forms
5. It is effective for how your
of losing weight with whole body will function.
of cancer as well. Many
therapeutic weight loss proIf other weight loss proacupuncture, actually
grams may work in the
grams have failed call Dr.
changing your
short term, however, as
Chen at 516-526-2058 or
most Americans know, the
646-262-7895, (located at
metabolism.
patient gains the weight
444 Community Drive,
back almost immediately after he or she disManhasset) for an appointment or email
continues the program — usually under
[email protected]. Acupuncture is also an
unhealthy conditions during treatment or
effective treatment for Menopause, Pain
after the patient has stopped exercising.
Management (neck pain, shoulder and back
Weight gain can be attributed to many
pain) as well Depression, Fatigue and Infertility.
things, but metabolism is a key consideraDr. Chen, is Senior Acupuncturist and
tion and should be looked at seriously.
Research Scientist at North Shore-LIJ Health
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Systems and Credentialed Acupuncturist in
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Breast Reduction – The Lollipop Scar Technique
by Dr. Charlotte Rhee
The essential docu- effective after death.
Without these legal instruments, your
ments every adult
should have are a legally husband, relative, or friend would have no
recognized Health Care choice but bring a Guardianship proceedProxy and Power of ing in court in order to be permitted to
Attorney which allow make decisions for you. In this expensive
the people you trust to make your med- and time-consuming process, the Court
orders an investigation
ical and financial decisions if you were to lose A Health Care Proxy and into your life, and your
the mental ability to
Power of Attorney are Guardian is required to
report to Court each year.
make them yourself.
powerful tools which
A Health Care Proxy and
Life throws us curves.
You do not know when
can prevent potential Power of Attorney are
powerful tools which can
the unexpected car accihardship for you and
prevent potential hardship
dent or heart attack may
your loved ones.
for you and your loved
result in loss of capacity.
ones. I strongly advise you
Contrary to popular
belief, New York Law does not allow to meet with a qualified attorney to preyour spouse or other relative to make pare legally effective documents tailored
your medical or financial decisions unless to your specific needs and desires.
Practice concentration: Elder Law,
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large
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breasts may experi- breast crease). I utilize the LeJour techence a variety of nique which leaves the breast with a
medical problems single vertical incision (lollipop scar)
including back and neck pain. Also, and in my opinion, with a rounder
the weight of large breasts can cause and more naturally appearing breast
the bra straps to dig into the shoul- with a better cosmetic result.
ders leaving groove
Breast reductions are
markings. Large breasts
performed as an outpaThe LeJour technique tient procedure and are
get in the way of physical activities such as leaves the breast with covered by insurance. If
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more about this proce(lollipop scar).
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The Positive and Negative Functions to Anger
by Nancy Nowinski, LCMHC
TO:
Elder Mediation
By Rita Medaglio-Barrera, CDFA and Gloria Ciolli,
MSW,
SENT:
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Rep:CSW, ACSW, LMSW
Have you ever been on It can also be helpful in expressing tening needs. It gives them a forum to share
Elder mediation recogNO LATER
THAN:conDATE:_________________ T
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the receiving end of sions and communicating
to resolve
decision making, express emotional feelings
nizes
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someone’s wrath? Anger flict. When we feel
a situation isAND
getting
before it becomes a crisis.
the decisions that
can be an overwhelming out of control, anger can enable us to
Parties may seek mediation to resolve the
impact their quality of
emotion, the effects of take charge and resolve it.
following issues:
life. Because most major
AD IS
FINEcan
ASdisrupt
IS.
which can manifest in a number of physOn the negative side,
anger
*Disputes among Adult Children about their
life changes involve the
CHANGES
Parents
whole family, decision-making rarely involves
ical and mental ways, including depres- our thoughts and actions; it may mask or
*Residence Decisions
just one issue. Mediation
sion, alcoholism/addiction, poor inter- prevent us from recognizing and dealing
Families will have to *Care-giving Issues, includprovides an opportunity for
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personal relationships,
with underlying hurt
ing caregiver role-reversal
families to come together to
be able to evaluate
Cognitive
therapy
can
be
headaches and cardiofeelings. It can convey a
disputes
discuss these issues in an
resources and options *Financial Management
open and supportive envibeneficial to assist with negative impression to
vascular disease to
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ronment that fosters creative
and develop evername a few. Anger
others resulting in poor
the underlying issues
Planning
solutions that are best suited
changing strategies to *Estate
often conjures up
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C L AS S E S
•Reduce Stress & Journey to Higher
Levels: See May 11.
•How to Win a Government Contract:
7pm. Half Hollow Hills Community Library,
55 Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills. Part of the
month-long series for entrepreneurs and
small business owners. Refreshments
available. Free. Registration required. 631421-4530. hhhlibrary.org.
4
•Reduce Stress & Improve Your Life: 7:309:30pm. Smithtown. Fourth in a five-class
meditation course to benefit body, mind and
soul. $25 (discount available). Registration
required (also registering for new session
beginning June 1). 631-724-9733.
lightawakeningsmeditationandbeyond.com.
•Putting Your Business On the Web:
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•Neck and Back Pain Support Group:
6:30-8:30pm. 1991 Marcus Ave., Ste.
108, Lake Success. Hosted by Leslie
Munzer
Neurological
Institute.
Refreshments and dessert. Free.
Registration required. 516-442-3527.
[email protected].
•Start-Up and Expansion of Your
Business: 7pm. Half Hollow Hills
Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Pkwy.,
Dix Hills. Part of the month-long series for
entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Refreshments available. Free. Registration
required. 631-421-4530. hhhlibrary.org.
5
•Veterans Business Outreach: 7pm. Half
Hollow Hills Community Library, 55
Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills. Training,
counseling and mentoring opportunities
for veterans. Part of the month-long series
for entrepreneurs and small business
owners. Refreshments available. Free.
hhhlibrary.org.
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•Brain Tumor Support Group: 6:308:30pm. 353 Veterans Memorial Hwy.,
Ste. 303, Commack. Hosted by Leslie
Munzer
Neurological
Institute.
Refreshments and dessert. Free.
[email protected].
•Marketing Your Business: 7pm. Half
Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills. Part of the
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•Reduce Stress & Journey to Higher
Levels:
7:30-9:30pm.
Smithtown.
Ongoing meditation group. New topic
weekly. $15 per week (discount available).
Newcomers
welcome!
Registration
required. 631-724-9733. lightawakeningsmeditationandbeyond.com.
•How to Market Yourself for Explosive
Business Growth: 7pm. Half Hollow Hills
E NTE RTAI N M E NT
12
•Financial Tips: 7pm. Half Hollow Hills
Dix Hills. Give teens a head start on a
successful financial life. Proper use of credit
cards and advice on saving and investing.
13
•Starting and Growing Your Business:
17
•Brain AVM and Aneurysm Support
Group: 6:30-8:30pm. 1991 Marcus Ave.,
Ste. 108, Lake Success. Hosted by Leslie
Munzer
Neurological
Institute.
Refreshments and dessert. Free. Registration
required. 516-442-3527. [email protected].
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Joan Rivers with Don Rickles at the Theatre at Westbury, May 21 and 22 (see Events)
18
19
•Reduce Stress & Improve Your Life: See
May 4. Final class in five-session course.
Registration has begun for new session
beginning June 1.
•Face Pain and Trigeminal Neuralgia
Support Group: 6:30-8:30pm. 100
Merrick Rd., Ste. 128W, Rockville Centre.
Hosted by Leslie Munzer Neurological
Institute. Refreshments and dessert. Free.
[email protected].
•Franchising 101: 7pm. Half Hollow Hills
•The Four Building Blocks of Business:
55 Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills. Panel of
experts discuss legal, accounting, funding
and insurance questions. Part of the
20
•Writing the Business Plan: 7pm. Half
Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills. Part of the
•Buddy Merriam and Back Roads:
7:30pm. Congregational Church of
Huntington, 30 Washington Drive,
Centerport. Bluegrass. Part of the First
Saturday concert series presented by the
Folk Music Society of Huntington. $20.
631-425-2925. fmshny.org.
•Long Island Philharmonic: 8pm. Tilles
Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post
campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. Broadway
Show Tunes. $55; $70; $85. 516-2993100. tillescenter.org.
•Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra: 8pm.
Boulton Center for the Performing Arts,
37 W. Main St., Bay Shore. $48. 631-9691101. boultoncenter.org.
2
•Fiddler on the Roof: 7pm. John W.
Engeman Theater, 250 Main St.,
Northport.
Tonight’s
performance
benefits Huntingotn Hospital’s Women’s
Health Center. $100. 631-261-2900.
Happenings
May
johnwengemantheater.com.
•An Evening of Jazz: 7pm. Tilles Center
for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post
campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. NassauSuffolk Performing Arts. $15; $25. 516299-3100. tillescenter.org.
•New York Theatre Ballet: 2pm. Tilles
Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post
campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. “Carnival of
the Animals” and “Sleeping Beauty.”
$12; $20. 516-299-3100. tillescenter.org.
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•Bret Michaels: 8pm. Theatre at
Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd.,
Westbury. 800-745-3000. livenation.com.
•Americana: 2pm. Islip High School, 2508
Union Blvd., Islip. The Silver Chords
present a spring concert celebrating
American composers. Free. 631-4766731.
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•Steve Forbert: 8pm. Boulton Center for the
Performing Arts, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore.
$30. 631-969-1101. boultoncenter.org.
•Kenny Loggins: 8pm. Theatre at
15
•Whodunnit Audition: 7:30pm. The
Minstrel Players, Houghton Hall Theatre,
Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St.,
Northport. Auditioning for the role of Sgt.
Standish (male actor, age 20-40, British
accent preferred) in late July/early August
production. Take a resume and headshot.
631-732-2926. minstrelplayers.org.
•Stars of Doo-Wop: 7pm. Tilles Center for
the Performing Arts, Hillwood Recital Hall,
C.W. Post campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. $35;
•Arlo Guthrie & Janis Ian: 8pm. Theatre
at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd.,
4
16
•Jordin Sparks: 8pm. Theatre at Westbury,
960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury. 800745-3000. livenation.com.
6
•WRCN Island Rock Idol: 7pm. Boulton
Center for the Performing Arts, 37 W.
Main St., Bay Shore. 631-969-1101.
boultoncenter.org.
7
•Peter Lemongello: 8pm. Theatre at
•Miggs: 8pm. Boulton Center for the
8
•Cabaret: 2 & 8pm. Tilles Center for the
Performing Arts, C.W. Post campus, Rte.
25A, Brookville. $40; $50; $65. 516-2993100. tillescenter.org.
•Timeless Voices: 7pm. Theatre at
•Al Stewart: 8pm. Boulton Center for the
9
•Amernet String Quartet: 3pm. Tilles
Center for the Performing Arts,
Hillwood Recital Hall, C.W. Post
campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. $40. 516299-3100. tillescenter.org.
•Long Island Youth Orchestra: 8pm.
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts,
C.W. Post campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville.
11
•Lord of the Dance: 7:30pm. Tilles Center
for the Performing Arts, Hillwood Recital
Hall, C.W. Post campus, Rte. 25A,
Brookville. $48; $60; $70. 516-299-3100.
tillescenter.org.
•Leslie West & Scrapomatic: 7pm.
•Americana: 2pm. Kings Park High
School, 200 Rte. 25A, Kings Park. The
Silver Chords present a spring concert
celebrating American composers. Free.
631-476-6731.
•Long Island Philharmonic: 7:30pm.
Hillwood Recital Hall, C.W. Post campus,
Rte. 25A, Brookville. $38; $50; $68. 516299-3100. tillescenter.org.
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•Happy Days: Through June 12. Gateway
Playhouse, 215 South Country Rd.,
Bellport. Comedy developed from the hit
1974 television show. 631-286-1133.
gatewayplayhouse.com.
16
•Leslie West & Scrapomatic: 7pm.
21
•Don Rickles and Joan Rivers: 8pm.
Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd.,
•Leo Kottke: 8pm. Boulton Center for the
22
•Andrea Marcovicci: 7:30 & 9:30pm.
Hillwood Recital Hall, C.W. Post campus,
Rte. 25A, Brookville. $40; $50. 516-2993100. tillescenter.org.
•Sonny Landreth: 8pm. Boulton Center
for the Performing Arts, 37 W. Main St.,
Bay Shore. $35. 631-969-1101.
boultoncenter.org.
•Don Rickles and Joan Rivers: See May 21.
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•The Yardbirds: 8pm. Boulton Center for the
Ongoing
•13: Through May 8. Airport Playhouse, 218
Knickerbocker Ave., Bohemia. $14-$22.
631-589-7588. airportplayhouse.com.
•Last of the Red Hot Lovers: Through
May 7. BroadHollow Theatre at Elmont,
700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. Neil
Simon play. $21-$25. 516-775-4420.
broadhollow.org.
•Menopause The Musical: Through May
16. BroadHollow Theatre at BayWay Arts
Center, 265 E. Main St., East Islip. $45.
631-870-1685. broadhollow.org.
Life: 7:30pm. Temple Sinai of Roslyn, 425
Roslyn Rd., Roslyn Heights. Rabbi Leonard
A. Sharzer, M.D. discusses cloning, stem
cells, sex selection and more. Free. 516621-6800. mysinai.org.
22
•Health Fair: 11am-2pm. NuHealth
Westbury Family Health Center, 682
Union Ave., Westbury. Education on
eating right and losing weight. Live
cooking demonstration. 516-571-9500.
23
•Anniversary Gala: 5:30pm. The Sands at
Atlantic Beach. Friedberg JCC celebrates
the milestones of the South Shore Jewish
community. $150 per person. 516-6344148. friedbergjcc.org.
24
•Animal Law and Guidance for Pet
Lovers: 7-8:30pm. Amityville Public
Library, Oak & John Streets, Amityville.
Free. 631-848-1204.
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•Island Harvest Fundraiser: 10am-5pm.
1050 Adrienne Drive, North Bellmore.
Joyce G. Jewelry hosts a going out of
business sale with 10% of all sales going
to Island Harvest. Rain date May 8. 516783-1196.mithtown Historical Society, 5
North Country Rd., Smithtown. Annual
event with 50 exhibitors outdoors.
Refreshments available. Free parking.
Handicapped accessible. 516-868-2751
or 631-265-6768. pekaleshows.com.
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•Antiques and Garden Antiques Show:
10am-4:30pm. Smithtown Historical
Society, 5 North Country Rd., Smithtown.
Annual event with 50 exhibitors outdoors.
Refreshments available. Free parking.
Handicapped accessible. 516-868-2751 or
631-265-6768. pekaleshows.com.
•Paumanok: Three Village Inn, Stony
Brook. Dinner performance by poets
laureate heralds the publication of an
anthology, Paumanok: Poems and
Pictures of Long Island, that couples fullcolor photography with a collection of
Long Island poets. 516-607-9111.
[email protected].
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•Skin Cancer Screenings: 5:30-7:30pm.
Franklin Hospital, 900 Franklin Ave., Pain
Management Dept., Second Floor, Valley
Stream. In observance of Skin Cancer
Awareness Month, dermatologists
provide free screenings. Appointment
required. 516-256-6397.
13
•Jewish Bioethics and the Beginning of
•Minimally Invasive Facial Plastic
Surgery and Non-Surgical Treatments:
5-6pm. 440 Northern Blvd., Great Neck.
27
•Golf Tournament: 11am registration and
lunch; 1pm shotgun start; 6pm cocktail
hour; 7pm dinner. Stonebridge Golf Links
and Country Club, Hauppauge. Hosted by
School-Business Partnerships of Long
Island, Inc. $250 per golfer includes a
round of golf, lunch and dinner; $900 per
foursome. $100 tickets for full dinner with
cocktail hour only (no golf). Registration
required. 631-692-2962. sbpli-lifirst.org.
•Animal Law and Guidance for Pet
Lovers: 7-8:30pm. Farmingdale Public
Library, 116 Merritts Rd., Farmingdale.
Free. 631-848-1204.
Ongoing
•Adult Connections: 7 or 7:30pm (time
varies) Thursdays. Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil
Ct., Oceanside. $10 dues per month.
Additional fees apply occasionally for
food (theme dinners, etc.). 516-7664341, ext. 111. friedbergjcc.org.
•Adult
Happenings:
7:45-9:15pm
Tuesdays. Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto
Hill Rd., Plainview. Meetings feature guest
speaker or entertainer. Ages 40 and up.
516-822-3535, ext. 328. miyjcc.org.
•Baby Boomers Club: 7:30-9:30pm
Wednesdays. Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct.,
Oceanside. Calling everyone born
between 1946 and 1964. $10. 516-6344170. friedbergjcc.org.
•Book Lovers Bonanza: 1:30-5pm
Wednesdays. Merrick Library Wing, 2369
Merrick Ave., Merrick. Books are 50 cents
to $1 and proceeds go toward library
programming. 516-379-6434.
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Happenings
May
fourth Tuesdays. Suffolk Y JCC, 74
Hauppauge Rd., Commack. Widow and
widowers group for ages 50 and up. $9.
631-462-9800, ext. 139. syjcc.org.
•Current Events Discussion Group:
11:30am-12:45pm Mondays. Friedberg
JCC, 15 Neil Ct., Oceanside. Facilitated
discussion. Bagels, rolls, cream cheese,
juice and coffee served. $5. 516-6344169. friedbergjcc.org.
•Farmers
Market:
10am-3pm
Wednesdays, April-November, subject to
availability. Plainview Hospital, lobby, 888
E. Old Country Rd., Plainview. 516-7193000 or 516-465-2520. northshorelij.com.
•Farmers
Market:
11:30am-2pm
Thursdays. Southside Hospital, cafeteria,
301 E. Main St., Bay Shore. 631-968-3000
or 516-465-2520. northshorelij.com.
•Friendship Circle: 7:30-10pm. Mid-Island
Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview.
Ages 60 and up. $6. 516-822-3535, ext.
335. miyjcc.org.
•Give Back Sundays: 8am-noon Sundays.
Zwanger-Pesiri
Radiology
provides
uninsured Long Islanders with free
radiologic services (MRI, x-ray, ultrasound
etc.) once a month at either its
Massapequa or Smithtown offices. 631930-9460. ZPgivebacksundays.org.
•Historic Main House Tours: 1-4pm
Sundays (Through June 13). Connetquot
River State Park Preserve, Sunrise Hwy.,
Oakdale. Once the clubhouse of the South
Side Sportsmen’s Club, where Theodore
Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant and others sat
after fishing. $4 tour; $6 parking fee. 631581-1072.
•Insurance Enrollment Sessions: 5-8pm
first and third Thursday of each month.
Franklin Hospital, Admitting Dept., 900
Franklin Ave., Valley Stream. Family &
Child Health Plus free or low-cost health
insurance available for NYS residents.
516-256-6397
or
866-381-1931.
healthcareaccess.edu.
•Night Sky Observing Sessions: 7pmmidnight Saturdays. Custer Institute and
Observatory, 1115 Main Bayview Rd.,
Southold. Guided tours of the night sky
through powerful telescopes. Weather
permitting. Suggested donation $5. 631765-2626. CusterObservatory.org.
•RADISH (Reserve a Day for Interesting
Social Happenings): 11:30am-1:30pm
Tuesdays. Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto
Hill Rd., Plainview. Ages 60 and up. $6.
516-822-3535, ext. 335. miyjcc.org.
•R.A.P. (Retirees Activity Program): 24:15pm. Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto
Hill Rd., Plainview. Ages 55 and up. $6.
516-822-3535, ext. 335. miyjcc.org.
•R.E.A.C.H. (Recreational, Educational,
Artistic,
Cultural
Happenings):
10:30am-noon Tuesdays. Sid Jacobson
JCC, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills. Ages 60
and up. $10. 516-484-1545, ext. 134.
sjjcc.org.
•SAGE (Senior
Adult
Group
Enthusiasts): 10:30am second Thursdays.
Woodbury Jewish Center, 200 South
Woods Rd., Woodbury. 516-496-9100.
•Singles Chat & Chew: 7:45-8:15pm;
refreshments
served
8:15-9:30pm
Wednesdays. Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge
Rd., Commack. Group for all singles
facilitated by a certified social worker. $9.
631-462-9800, ext. 139. syjcc.org.
•Sociable Singles: 3-5pm first and third
Thursdays. Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge
Rd., Commack. Group for active, single
seniors ages 60 and up. $4. Registration
required. 631-462-9800, ext. 121. syjcc.org.
•Sophisticated Singles: 7:30-9:30pm
Mondays. Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct.,
Oceanside. Singles ages 40 and up meet
weekly; facilitated by Irwin Pfeffer. $8.
516-766-4341, ext. 133. friedbergjcc.org.
•Wednesday Club: 10:30am-1:30pm.
Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd.,
Plainview. Ages 70 and up. $6. 516-8223535, ext. 335. miyjcc.org.
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•Opening Reception: 2-4pm. The Alfred
Van Loen Gallery, South Huntington
Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Rd., Huntington
Station. “Wabi Sabi” features a group of
artists. Free. 631-549-4411.
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•Opening Reception: 2-4:30pm. Huntington
Public Library, 338 Main St., Huntington. Janine
Coyne’s exhibit, “Echoes of Ellis Island,” runs
May 8 - June 21. 631-427-5165, ext. 258.
[email protected].
Ongoing
•America’s Kitchens: Through Oct. 17. The
Long Island Museum, 1200 Rte. 25A, Stony
Brook. Explores 200 years of the evolution of
the kitchen, from open fire to microwave
oven. 631-751-0066. longislandmuseum.org.
•Echoes of Ellis Island: May 8 - June 21.
Huntington Public Library, 338 Main St.,
Huntington. Janine Coyne’s photographic
essay of Elllis Island. 631-427-5165, ext. 258.
[email protected].
•Fernando Botero: Through May 24. Nassau
County Museum of Art, One Museum Drive,
Roslyn Harbor. Paintings, drawings and
sculpture from the Latin American artist.
516-484-9337. nassaumuseum.org.
•Juried Portrait Exhibit: Through May 3. Main
Street Petite Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington.
631-271-8423. huntingtonarts.org.
•Landscapes of Long Island: Through May
3. Huntington Public Library, 338 Main St.,
Huntington. Donna Gabussi’s paintings are
featured. 631-427-5165, ext. 258.
[email protected].
•Metamorphosis:
Rona
Pondick:
Through May 24. Nassau County Museum
of Art, One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor.
•Miro/Dubuffet/Basquiat: Through May
24. Nassau County Museum of Art, One
Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. 516-4849337. nassaumuseum.org.
•NCMA’s Sculpture Park: Nassau County
Museum of Art, One Museum Drive, Roslyn
Harbor. More than 50 works by renowned
artists set amidst the 145-acre property.
•Under the Canopy of Heaven: Works By
William Sidney Mount: Through May 30. The
Long Island Museum, 1200 Rte. 25A, Stony
Brook. 631-751-0066. longislandmuseum.org.
••Wabi Sabi: May 8 - June 11. The Alfred
Van Loen Gallery, South Huntington
Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Rd., Huntington
Station. A group of artists work with
concepts relating to the 6th century Zen
teachings of Wabi Sabi. Sculpture,
photography and paintings. Free. 631549-4411.
O U T D O O RS
1
•Woods in the Spring: 1:30-3:30pm.
Connetquot River State Park Preserve,
Oakdale. Enjoy the colorful wildflowers
and the sounds of spring birds while
exploring the preserve’s trails. $4 plus
parking fee. Registration required. 631581-1072. nysparks.com.
2
•Suffolk County Walk-Along for Lupus:
9am registration; 10:30am walk (rain or
shine). Cathedral Pines Country Park,
Middle Island. Inaugural event for Suffolk
County. $15 registration fee includes
breakfast, music, T-shirts and more. 516783-3370. lupusliqueens.org.
•Sampler
Hike:
9:30am-1:15pm.
Caumsett State Historic Park, Lloyd’s
Neck, Huntington. Hilly, five-mile saunter
through nature in the field, forest,
seashore and pond. Take lunch and
drinking water. $4 plus parking fee.
nysparks.com.
9
•Just a Hike: 9:30am-12:30pm. Caumsett
State Historic Park, Lloyd’s Neck,
Huntington. Participants choose the route
and when to stop for lunch. Take lunch
and water. $4 plus parking fee.
nysparks.com.
15
•The Historic Hatcheries: 1:30-4:30pm.
Connetquot River State Park Preserve,
Oakdale. Enjoy a hike past pristine
streams to old (dating to 1871) and new
hatchery sites. Extensive hiking. $4 plus
parking fee. Registration required. 631581-1072. nysparks.com.
16
•Healing Heart 5K Run/Walk: 8-9:45am
registration; 10am race begins; 11:30am-
2pm awards and health expo. Martha
Clara Vineyards, 6025 Sound Ave.,
Riverhead. Three-mile race; event for the
American Heart Association. $25
registration fee ($20 in advance). 631734-2804
or
516-450-9121.
americanheart.org.
•Birds with Botany for Beginners: 9:3011:30am. Caumsett State Historic Park,
Lloyd’s Neck, Huntington. Take binoculars
for bird watching. If there are no birds
around, you can learn about plants. $4
plus parking fee. Registration required.
631-423-1770. nysparks.com.
22
•Seashore Circular: 12:30-3:45pm.
Neck, Huntington. Discover geological
and social factors that influenced nature.
Take water. $4 plus parking fee.
nysparks.com.
•Bird-n-Breakfast: 8-11am. Connetquot
River State Park Preserve, Oakdale.
Continental breakfast indoors followed
by a walk for observation outdoors. $4
plus parking fee. Registration required.
631-581-1072. nysparks.com.
30
•Beginning Orienteering: 12:15-2pm.
Neck, Huntington. Learn to use a
compass, then practice on a one-mile
course. $4 plus parking fee. Registration
required. 631-423-1770. nysparks.com.
Ongoing
•Community Tours: 10am monthly. Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory, Grace
Auditorium, 1 Bungtown Rd., Cold Spring
Harbor. Guided walking tour (primarily
outdoors, rain or shine; areas of stairs and
steep hills). $5. Reservations required.
516-367-8455. cshl.edu.
•In-Line Skating: 10:15-11:30am Sundays
through Oct. 24. Cedar Creek Park,
Seaford. First lesson free. Take in-line
skates, helmet, wrist guards and knee and
elbow pads. $30 yearly membership for
singles; $40 for couples or families. 516690-7520. lirtsa.org.
All listings for HAPPENINGS consideration
must
be
submitted
by
email
([email protected]) by the first
of the month for the following month. No
information will be accepted by telephone.
Listings are published on a space
available basis.
Deadline for June Happenings
May 1
Please Note: This is an extended
calendar that will include listings
thru July 13th
Support Groups
Alcohol, Drug and Other
Addictions
AA/Al Anon Meetings ....631-473-1320/631-476-2723
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson
matherhospital.org
Alcoholics Anonymous 516-292-3040/631-669-1124
nassauny-aa.org; suffolkny-aa.org
Bay Shore, 516-435-2863, Freeport, 516-223-9590
Bereavement
Adult Loss of a Parent....................516-822-3535 x328
Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview
miyjcc.org
Animal Bereavement Group....................516-785-6416
Plainview-Old Bethpage Library
999 Old Country Rd., Plainview
miyjcc.org
Recent Widow/Widower.................516-766-4341 x131
Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct., Oceanside
friedbergjcc.org
Recently Bereaved Group ......................866-789-5423
Sunrise of N. Lynbrook, 53 Franklin Ave., N. Lynbrook
Care Center -- Children of Alcoholics Group
.......................................................................516-378-2992
Bereavement ..............................................631-376-4444
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip
good-samaritan-hospital.org
Widows and Widowers 50+.........631-462-9800 x139
Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Rd., Commack
suffolkyjcc.org
Families Anonymous.....631-474-9659/631-924-9357
matherhospital.org
Bereavement...............................................516-465-2500
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
(various locations) northshorelij.edu
Food Addicts Anonymous..................... 631-338-9059
2701 Middle Country Rd., Lake Grove
Bereavement ..............................................631-744-8566
St. Louis de Montfort R.C. Church
Widow/Widower...............................516-766-4341 x131
JCC of West Hempstead
711 Dogwood Ave., West Hempstead
FEGS Partners in Caring/Friedberg JCC
Gamblers Anonymous .877-533-4395/877-442-4248
Bereavement .....................................516-766-4341 x131
friedbergjcc.org
Overeaters Anonymous ...........................631-473-1320
matherhospital.org
Sexual Addictions Anonymous S-ANON, SA,
COUPLES.....................................................347-531-5977
Maria Regina Church, 3945 Jerusalem Ave., Seaford
Women for Sobriety .................................215-536-8026
womenforsobriety.org
Alzheimer’s
Adult Children of Individuals with Alzheimer’s
Groups ...............................516-767-6856/866-789-LIAF
Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
liaf.org
Alzheimer’s Association
............................................631-580-5100/800-272-3900
3281 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Ronkonkoma
alz.org/longisland
Alzheimer’s Group....................................631-264-0222
Broadlawn Manor, 399 County Line Rd., Amityville
Alzheimer’s Patients Groups
.............................................516-767-6856/866-789-LIAF
Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation
liaf.org
Alzheimer’s Caregivers Group:
631-585-2020, ext. 260
The Community Programs Center of L.I.,
Ronkonkoma
Alzheimer’s Caregivers Group................516-432-0570
Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach
455 Neptune Blvd., Long Beach
Friendship Circle ........................................516-484-1545
Sid Jacobson JCC, 300 Forest Dr., East Hills
sjjcc.org
Let’s Do Lunch (Young Onset Alzheimer’s)
.......................................................................516-484-1545
sjjcc.org
Shabbat Respite Program..............516-822-3535 x326
miyjcc.org
Spouses of Alzheimer’s/Dementia Patients
.......................................................................631-264-0222
Broadlawn Manor, 399 County Line Rd., Amityville
Arthritis
Arthritis Support Groups........................ 631-427-8272
Arthritis Foundation, Long Island Chapter, 501 Walt
Whitman Rd., Melville
arthritis.org
Bereavement ..............................................631-376-3850
Good Shepherd Hospice
Bereavement ..............................................631-928-2377
Hope House Ministries
Bereavement ....................................516-822-3535 x328
miyjcc.org
Bereavement.....................................516-484-1545 x196
sjjcc.org
Bereavement.....................................631-581-4266 x100
St. Mary’s Church, 20 Harrison Ave., East Islip
maryseastislip.org
Bereavement Group (suicide).............. 631-687-2960
Brookhaven Hospice
Bereavement ....................................631-462-9800 x139
suffolkyjcc.org
Bereavement................................................516-374-3190
Hewlett House, 86 East Rockaway Rd., Hewlett
1in9.org
Bereavement Groups for Children and Families
........................................................................516-626-1971
North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center
Death of a Child Support Group ........ 631-738-0809
St. Sylvester’s Church, Robinson Ave., Medford
Grief Share...................................................516-731-6736
Plainedge Baptist Church, 96 Stewart Ave., Bethpage
Grief Share Support Group .....................516-561-5160
Bethlehem Assembly of God Church,
12 E. Fairview Ave., Valley Stream
H.E.A.L.(Help Ease A Loss)
............................................631-265-4520/631-265-2810
St. Thomas of Canterbury Church
Brooksite Dr., Smithtown
Holocaust Survivors and Friends
.............................................................631-462-9800 x121
suffolkyjcc.org
Loss of a Baby............................................631-376-4444
Loss of a Child .................................516-822-3535 x328
miyjcc.org
Loss of a Sibling ..............................516-822-3535 x328
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition
........................................................................631-547-1518
hbcac.org
Lean On Me.................................................516-374-3190
1in9.org
Live, Love & Laugh Again (breast cancer)
.......................................................................631-476-2776
matherhospital.org
Look Good, Feel Better............................631-376-4444
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
Breast Health Center, West Islip
Widow/Widower ..............................516-484-1545 x196
sjjcc.org
Metastatic Breast Cancer ..........................516-877-4314
Adelphi University School of Social Work
Garden City
Breast Cancer Hotline, 800-877-8077
Widow/Widower (ages 40 and up .......516-395-8303
Parkway Community Church
95 Stewart Ave., Hicksville
Mid-Island Skin Cancer ...........................516-352-4227
ccmac.org
Widow/Widower (ages 50-60)
..............................................................516-766-4341 x131
friedbergjcc.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC)
.......................................................................631-672-2027
Long Island Chapter, Huntington Station
ovarian.org
Widows Group .................................516-822-3535 x331
Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd.,Plainview
miyjcc.org
Newly-Diagnosed Breast Cancer ............516-877-4314
Garden City
Widows and Widowers to Age 45
.............................................................631-462-9800 x139
suffolkyjcc.org
Newly-Diagnosed Breast Cancer ............516-374-3190
1in9.org
Breast and Other Cancers
American Cancer Society
.......................................516-921-6016 or 800-ACS-2345
cancer.org
Breast Cancer ..............................................516-877-4314
Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Group
.............................................................631-462-9800 x129
www.suffolkyjcc.org
Breast Cancer .............................................631-376-4444
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center,
Breast Cancer Family and Friends ........631-376-4444
Cancer Group.............516-256-6025 or 516-256-6478
Franklin Hospital, 900 Franklin Ave., Valley Stream
Cancer Patient and Survivor Group .....631-675-9003
Long Island Cancer Help and Wellness Center,
Bay Shore
breastcancerhelpinc.org
Cancer Groups...........................................516-465-2500
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
(various locations) northshorelij.edu
Newly-Diagnosed Breast Cancer
.......................................631-476-2776 or 631-689-1854
Mather Hospital, 75 N. Country Rd., Port Jefferson
matherhospital.org
Post-Treatment for Breast Cancer...........516-877-4314
Garden City
South Fork Breast Health Coalition......631-726-8606
southforkbreast.com
Spanish-Speaking Women with Breast Cancer
........................................................................516-877-4314
Garden City
Spouses and Partners of Those with Breast Cancer
........................................................................516-877-4314
Garden City
Support for People With Oral and Head and Neck
Cancer..............................516-759-5333; 800-377-0928
Syosset & Stony Brook
spohnc.org
Thyroid Cancer Survivors Hotline.........877-588-7904
Working Women with Breast Cancer ....516-374-3190
1in9.org
Cancer Survivors........................................631-473-1320
matherhospital.org
Young Women with Breast Cancer ........516-877-4314
Garden City
Family Support............................................516-374-3190
1in9.org
Caregiver Support
Adult Children Caregivers........................516-742-2050
Support Groups
JASA Nassau County Caregiver Resource Center
Caregivers Group.............................516-496-7550 x217
F.E.G.S., 6900 Jericho Tpke., Syosset
fegs.org
Divorce & Separation
Divorce Care ...............................................516-731-6736
Life Center of Bethpage, 110 Stewart Ave., Bethpage
Divorce Support Group ...........................516-992-2873
Alliance to Restore Integrity in Divorce (ARID)
Caregivers Group ............................516-822-3535 x328
miyjcc.org
Divorced & Separated .....................516-822-3535 x331
miyjcc.org
Caregivers Group.......................................516-742-2050
Temple Emanuel, 455 Neptune Blvd., Long Beach
Divorced and Separated 12-Step Group
.......................................................................718-468-2654
Community Church of East Williston
Caregivers Groups ....................................631-585-2020
dayhaven.org
Divorced and Separated Group
.............................................................516-484-1545 x196
sjjcc.org
Caregivers Group .......................... 516-484-1545 x196
sjjcc.org
Caregivers Group ......................................631-376-4444
Caregivers Group............................631-462-9800 x220
suffolkyjcc.org
Caring For Your Spouse ...........................516-742-2050
JCC of West Hempstead
711 Dogwood Ave., West Hempstead
Let’s Do Dinner (spouses of Young Onset
Alzheimer’s patients) ................................516-484-1545
sjjcc.org
Let’s Do Pizza (kids with parents with Young Onset
Alzheimer’s) ................................................516-484-1545
sjjcc.org
Sandwich Generation ...............................516-742-2050
Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct.,Oceanside
Spouses & Siblings.....................................516-742-2050
Temple Chaverim, 1050 Washington Ave., Plainview
Spouses, Children & Siblings ..................516-742-2050
Well Spouses or Partners of the Chronically Ill and
Disabled .......................................................516-829-8740
St. Charles Rehab Center
201 I.U. Willets Rd., Albertson
[email protected]
Elder Abuse ................................................516-542-0404
Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
250 Fulton Ave., Hempstead
Family Violence and Child Abuse ..........516-485-5710
F.E.G.S.
fegs.org
Health-Related/Miscellaneous
Protection of Children and Young People
.............................................................516-678-5800 x573
Diocese of Rockville Centre,
50 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre
Autoimmune ...............................................516-674-7833
Glen Cove Hospital
101 Saint Andrew’s Ln., Glen Cove
Rape/Sexual Assault Hotline (Nassau County
Coalition Against Domestic Violence) ..516-222-2293
Brain Aneurysm “Circle of Friends”.......516-562-3815
The Brain Aneurysm Center at North Shore
University Hospital, 9th Floor, Tower Conference
Room, 300 Community Drive, Entrance 3, Manhasset
[email protected]
Behcet’s Disease ...................................... 631-956-1660
Self-Esteem in Relationships ..................631-667-4188
Ascension Lutheran Church
33 Bay Shore Rd., Deer Park
Divorced and Separated Group ............631-724-9462
Reflections Associates
15 Bellmeade Ave., Suite 3, Smithtown
Sexual Abuse Survivors .........516-678-5800, ext. 573
Diocese of Rockville Centre,
50 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre
Brain AVM and Aneurysm Support Group
.......................................................................516-442-3527
Leslie Munzer Neurological Institute of Long Island
www.lmni.org
Marriage Alive Support Group ..............631-525-3646
Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
...........................................631-666-7181; 631-666-8833
sccadv.org
Brain Tumor Support Group ..................516-442-3527
www.lmni.org
The Retreat (hotline for Domestic Violence)
.......................................................................631-329-2200
Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families
............................................516-679-5075/516-946-0649
North Bellmore Public Library,
1551 Newbridge Rd., N. Bellmore
guardianbrain.org
Separated/Divorced Counseling Group516-599-1181
Peninsula Counseling Center, Lynbrook
Separation/Divorce...........................516-766-4341 x131
friedbergjcc.org
Singles................................................631-462-9800 x139
suffolkyjcc.org
Singles Group.............................................516-822-3535
Mid Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview
miyjcc.org
Victims Information Bureau (VIBS) of Suffolk County
......................................................................631-360-3606
Eating Disorders
ANAD (Anorexia Nervosa and Associated
Disorders) Parent Support Group........ 516-887-3371
Grace Lutheran Church & School
400 Hempstead Ave., Malverne
[email protected]
Singles Group 55+ ....................................516-766-4341
friedbergjcc.org
Eating Disorders....................................... 631-724-9462
Reflections Associates
15 Bellmeade Ave., Suite 3, Smithtown
Singles Support and Discussion Group
.......................................................................516-395-8303
Parkway Community Church, 95 Stewart Ave., Hicksville
Eating Disorders.........................................631-473-3877
matherhospital.org
Women Separating and Divorcing .......631-525-3646
Eating Disorders-Family Group ..............516-694-1054
HEED, 205 S. Service Rd., Plainview
Domestic Violence, Rape &
Sexual Abuse
Eating Disorders Support Group...........631-665-0097
Counseling Center for Eating Disorders
Brighter Tomorrows ...................................631-395-3116
brightertomorrowsinc.org
Child Abuse ...............................................631-439-0480
Food Addicts Anonymous..................... 631-338-9059
2701 Middle Country Rd., Lake Grove
feng shui design
Buying a Home?
Women,Your home should
represent You
Personal Training
Yoga • Pilates
Agent knowledge and
cutting edge technology.
Alopecia............................631-680-0148; 415-472-3780
naaf.org
Divorced & Separated Groups ............. 631-462-9800
suffolkyjcc.org
National Eating Disorders Association-Long Island
........................................................................516-794-0415
CHRISTINE DOUKAS
631-225-1989
www.ifsguild.org
NoBody’s Perfect Eating Disorder Program
.......................................................................516-496-7550
fegs.org
Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
24-hr. hotline..............................................516-542-0404
cadvnc.org
Child Abuse & Maltreatment Referrals 800-342-3720
Empower your home to be
balanced, in harmony with the
environment to bestow a happy
relationship, wealth, marriage, family,
long life and success.
900 Merchants Concourse, Ste. 403, Westbury
neda-li.org
Do It With a Buyer’s Agent!!
Have someone working for you!
[email protected]
631-335-7078
NYS Lic Sales Agent of LIBBI
Chronic Fatigue & Fibromyalgia ............631-548-8237
Diabetes Group..........................................516-596-4357
Hewlett House, 86 E. Rockaway Rd., Hewlett
Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island .....516-739-7733
506 Stewart Ave., Garden City
Epilepsy ........................................................631-474-6797
St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson
Face Pain and Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group
.......................................................................516-442-3527
www.lmni.org
Fibromyalgia ............................................ 631-427-8272
Island Trees Library, 38 Farmedge Rd., Levittown
arthritis.org
Hearing Impaired and Cochlear Implant Patients
........................................................................718-470-8631
North Shore LIJ Health System Hearing and Speech
Private Instruction In Your Home
Mother’s Day
Give the
Gift
LOSE 2 DRESS SIZES
WITHOUT DIET,SURGERY or EXERCISE
See how Ardyss changes lives
and improves health
of Health
www.threevillagehomesny.com
Crohn’s & Colitis Group...........................516-222-5530
matherhospital.org
[email protected]
516-233-9777
NASM Certified & Insured
Call Karen 516-742-7451
Independent Distributor
Email: [email protected]
Business Opportunity
An appointment with Ardyss will
Change Your Life
Support Groups
Center, 410 Lakeville Rd., New Hyde Park
Self Help For Hard of Hearing People.631-549-3901
Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn
South Shore Women’s Heart ................631-376-4444
Hepatitis C Support Group (American Liver
Foundation) ................................................631-754-4795
HIV/AIDS......................................................516-496-7550
fegs.org
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ......................516-371-0660
South Nassau Communities Hospital Counseling
Center, 2277 Grand Ave., Baldwin
Lesbian Group........................................... 631-748-4193
Sayville Congregational Church
Lupus ............................................................516-783-3370
Lupus Foundation of LI. 2255 Centre Ave., Bellmore
Lymphedema...............................................516-374-3190
1in9.org
Melanoma (Patients & Caregivers)........516-352-4227
[email protected]
Multiple Sclerosis ......................................631-864-8337
matherhospital.org
Myasthenia Gravis......................................516-567-1978
Massapequa Public Library
40 Harbour Ln., Massapequa Park
Myasthenia Gravis......................................631-765-2186
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library,
120 Main St., Setauket
National Federation of the Blind............516-868-8718
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Long Island
Chapter .............................631-864-8337/516-740-7227
40 Marcus Dr., Melville
Neck and Back Pain Support Group
.......................................................................516-442-3527
www.lmni.org
Ostomy Association of Long Island/Nassau.718-3474924 or 516-759-0734
Pain Management Support Group .......631-376-4444
Parkinson’s Support Group.....................631-265-6621
Smithtown Parkinson Therapy Center,
Smithtown Methodist Church
230 E. Main St., Smithtown
Parkinson Disease Support Groups .....631-862-3560
Scleroderma................631-667-2655 or 631-968-3314
Southside Hospital
301 E. Main St., Fifth Floor Tower (5T), Bay Shore
scleroderma.org
Sleep Apnea ...............631-376-4299 or 631-376-4444
Sleep Disorders ..........................................631-476-2721
matherhospital.org
Stroke Survivors & Caregivers ................516-562-4947
North Shore University Hospital Manhasset
300 Community Drive, Entrance 3, Apt. Bldg. #304
National Infertility Network Exchange (NINE)
.......................................................................516-794-5772
Region ..........................................................800-765-2810
northeast.resolve.org
New Mothers’ Group ...............................631-376-4444
Single Parent Support Group.......516-822-3535 x328
miyjcc.org
Parenting (Special Needs).............516-484-1545 x200
sjjcc.org
Smoking Cessation
Mental Health
Parents of Adult Children With a Developmental
Disability ......................................................516-822-0028
ACLD (Adults and Children with Learning &
Developmental Disabilities, Inc.)
Lindner Center, 807 S. Oyster Bay Rd., Bethpage
acld.org
Counseling...................................................516-364-0794
F.E.G.S.
fegs.org
Emotions Anonymous.............................631-584-5604
matherhospital.org
Mental Illness Family Support ...............516-504-HELP
Mental Health Association of Nassau County,
16 Main St., Hempstead
Mental Health Association in Suffolk County
.......................................................................631-226-3900
199 N. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst
mhasuffolk.org
Mood Disorder Group..............................516-546-1370
South Nassau Communities Hospital Outpatient
Clinic, Baldwin
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
...........................................516-694-7327/800-950-6264
NAMI Long Island Regional Council, Old Bethpage
nami.org
Postpartum Depression ...........................631-422-2255
Postpartum Resource Center of New York
postpartumNY.org.
Suicide Prevention Hotline.......................800-SUICIDE
Parenting & Family Issues
Adoption Hotline........................................516-799-7445
JCCA
Developmental Disabilities Institute.....631-360-4600
Smithtown (family support services)
ddiinfo.org
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren...516-569-6600
Peninsula Counseling Center,
124 Franklin Place, Woodmere
Homebirth Group.....................................631-834-5586
[email protected]
Long Island Infant Developmental Program
.......................................................................516-546-2333
early intervention and parent support
TAROT
PSYCHIC-MEDIUM
READINGS
IN PERSON - BY PHONE
AVAILABLE FOR PARTIES:
PRIVATE • BUSINESS • CORPORATE
Parenting Young Children .......................631-376-4444
Parents of Children Diagnosed with Psychological
Disorders .....................................................631-271-2999
Western Suffolk Psychological Services
755 New York Ave., Huntington
Parents of Children With Autism
.............................................................516-822-3535 x332
miyjcc.org
Nicotine Anonymous.....631-665-0527/415-750-0328
nicotine-anonymous.org
Weight Loss
Bariatric Support Group...........................631-376-4444
West Islip
Green Seminars.........................................800-342-1303
matherhospital.org
Post-Bariatric Support Group.................516-62MERCY
Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre
Overeaters Anonymous ...........................631-473-1320
matherhospital.org
Parents of Special Needs Children
..............................................................516-766-4341 x160
friedbergjcc.org
Women’s Issues
Parents of Young Children, Birth to Five
..............................................................516-766-4341 x162
ParentingResourceNetwork.org
Women’s Self-Awareness, Self-Care and SelfRealization ...................................................516-794-7328
EDA Counseling Center
900 Merchants Concourse, Ste. 403, Westbury
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Of Love Letters, Yellow Pads
and the Presidency
The Little Known Secrets
of Best-Selling Novelist
Barbara Taylor Bradford
by Elyce Neuhauser
arbara Taylor Bradford lives the romantic life herself. A glamorously elegant Brit, she dwells in
an uptown New York apartment overlooking the East River with her film producer husband of 39 years, lunches with famous
friends including Phyllis George and Cindy
Adams, and writes wildly popular novels
which reside at the top of bestseller lists for
months at a time. There seems no limit to
her creative resources, as she churns out
sweeping saga after saga, reaping
multi-million dollar advances in the
process. Her latest work is a coffee
table
book
entitled
Living
Romantically Every Day, a testament to her own marriage, and
filled with lots of creative ideas,
thoughts and surprises for adding
passion to your life.
But with all her wealth,
celebrity and charm, Barbara
Taylor Bradford is extraordinarily down to earth. Although
furiously working to finish her
nineteenth novel, entitled
Emma’s
Secret,
Bradford
recently gave several hours of
her time to LONG ISLAND WOMAN
and most graciously revealed
her secrets for romance and writing that just might surprise even
her most dedicated fans.
B
Long Island Woman: You say that
your new book Living Romantically
Everyday is for anyone planning a
wedding, starting a new relationship or
looking to spice up a long-term
romance. Some people might find the
idea of living romantically everyday a bit
overwhelming. How do you personally do it?
Barbara Taylor Bradford: I don’t think you
have to take the title so seriously in the sense of
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every day. It’s “Living Romantically When You Want To.”
(Laughs). Actually, a long time ago my mother said that it’s
the woman that makes the marriage work but that is not
true. It takes two people to make a relationship
work. We live in a rotten age of cell phones and
computers. I’d love to get back to the time of
carrier pigeons and love letters tied in red ribbons. I love the historical aspects of
romance – Napoleon wrote wonderful
love letters to Josephine and Winston
Churchill did the same to Clementine.
This is not a book to read from page to
page – dip into it and find things that
work for your life. That’s what I do.
What is the most romantic thing
your husband [Robert Bradford]
ever did for you?
I’ll tell you this. December 24,
2002 was our 39th anniversary
and throughout those years Bob
has done so many sweet, romantic things. Once he bought me a
beautiful diamond ring – at the
time I didn’t know he had it –
and he walked around with it in
his pocket for two weeks! He
wasn’t going to give it to me until
I was finished with the book I
was writing, A Sudden Change of
Heart. When he finally gave it to
me, he was so sweet; it was like,
“This is your reward.” That was very
romantic.
He always shows up with flowers
and nice gifts. Once when he was
away in London, he saw this lovely
raincoat in cream silk lined in a creamy
color. He shipped it and I got this post in
the mail. I thought it was so sweet to do.
Bob’s gotten a lot of love letters from me.
Coming from a best-selling novelist, you know
they were well-written. (Laughs). I always send
him flowers when he’s away. I’ll call his hotel – he
Barbara Taylor Bradford interview
from Long Island Woman March 2003
loves flowers in the room. Being romantic is being thoughtful about little things,
touching people. In my book, I write about a friend of mine who was having a
birthday and her husband said to her on the night before, “Your birthday present
will be under your pillow tomorrow.” The next day she found a pair of earrings.
Then he gave her a matching brooch and the next day he gave her a bracelet. He
had gone to an auction and bought the jewelry. But the way he gave it to her was
so romantic.
Were you always a romantic or did your books bring out the romantic in you?
I suppose I was always a romantic. It was from the literature that I read growing
up – I loved the Brontes, Dickens, Jane Austen. I love the classics and romantic
poetry; I devoured all of the great English poets. I also grew up in the movies. My
mother took me to the cinema on Mondays and Fridays and I loved all the
romance.
Is there a quality in a woman that you think makes her irresistible to a man?
Well, different people look for different things. But being loving is something
that most men like, I suppose. I think the quality of making somebody feel at ease,
to feel comfortable, more relaxed could make them irresistible.
Do you borrow from events in your real life for your novels? What part of
Barbara Taylor Bradford is Emma Harte [the main character from A Woman of
Substance, Bradford’s first novel written in 1979]?
A lot of me is in Emma. I found her so easy to write about because she’s so like
me. I was basically writing about myself. Sometimes it’s easier to write when you
know the customer, you know what I mean? But even though she is a lot like me,
she’s not me … she has her own persona. Our ambition is most similar between
us – we are both hardworking, driven, very understanding of people, empathetic,
intelligent and loyal. We have the ability to compromise. We always approach
everything with intelligence and value. I have a friend in Florida who always says,
“Why does everyone always wonder who Emma is – don’t they know that she is
you?”
How do you come up with the ideas for your books? Do you
start with a character, a location, a general idea?
I always start with the character. In the early ‘70s, I read an
interview with the British writer Graham Greene that said
the character is the plot. I instantly knew what writing fiction was about. Your characters are the destiny of the
story. What you are makes you do certain things, act in
certain ways. If Emma was a wimp, she’d have gone
nowhere. But she is strong, ambitious and determined
and she will make it no matter what. That is her character and that will be the story of her life.
What is the most difficult aspect of storytelling?
Finding the voice at the beginning is the most difficult. It’s the way of telling the story. There’s a lot going
on. First there is the plot, developed with a main character, then a sense of atmosphere and a sense of the
mood. Then you have your sense of time and place. Is it
going to be 1900 in Germany or 1942 during the blitz?
You have to accumulate all the factual things that happened in those times by doing the research. A novel has
to have the absolute ring of truth if it is to succeed. That
absolute ring of truth comes from the research.
Writing a novel is painstakingly hard work. I always
have 12 balls in the air – the emotions, feelings, sibling rivalry, fights – there is so much going on, I’m
actually trying to pull the reader into a world that
I’ve created – it’s totally imaginary but it’s got to be
real.
What would you like your readers to come away
with after reading your books?
To feel satisfied that they’ve had a good read, that
they’ve been touched, moved, enlightened, made to
laugh and cry. I want them to feel entertained and
satisfied.
Do you write on a computer? What is your
favorite method of writing?
I actually still write on an electric typewriter. A
new IBM – I prefer that. But I love writing all over
the paper and I put descriptive things on a yellow pad – feelings, details. I only do
research on the computer.
Do you write everyday? Could you share your daily routine?
I do write everyday, otherwise my books would never get done! Here’s an idea
of my daily routine: Today I got up at a quarter to six, had a cup of coffee and a
shower. I was at my desk at six and then I edited what I wrote the day before. I
started a new chapter and wrote about seven pages. I was finished around 5pm. It
was a long day. I spend time in my office reading, thinking, working out plots but
also writing, editing, re-writing and polishing.
How do you break up the day? Do you find writing a lonely profession?
I don’t usually go out to lunch with my girlfriends unless it’s something special
like a birthday. Someone once said to me, “What a lonely life you lead.” But no,
it’s just solitary. I’m in a room with my two dogs and they keep me company. I’m
not lonely because I have a lot of people in this room with me … Emma Harte and
her children and her grandchildren. They become real to me, those characters,
when I get into a book. Sometimes I just want to be with those characters. When I
go out, say to the hairdresser, I take a smaller yellow pad to make notes. I can’t let
go of it … that’s the way it should be, when characters stay with you all the time.
I think about the book all the time – I’ve got to love it. You’ve got to want to write
that novel more than you want to do anything else. I say to people who want to
write, you can’t be prepared to only put in two or three hours a day. Nobody is
forcing me to do this – I don’t have to sign that contract. But I must do it. I have to
do it for me. I would be a very frustrated, angry woman if I couldn’t write. It would
be like telling an actress she can’t go on stage anymore. That’s who I am.
What is your best advice to budding writers?
To think up the story, start with the character, then add the plot. Your main character will bring the plot. Always write from the beginning … what is the [main
character’s] problem? If there are no problems, there is no conflict and you need
the conflict. I also need a main character who is going to be strong.
Who wants to read about a wimp? Then I add the plot line and the
setting. The drama is important – you must as a writer know what
baggage your character is bringing to the story. What is the past
history of Jean Smith? She hasn’t just sprung into this novel.
Where is she coming from? What happened before she
entered the pages of this novel? Is she rich, poor, what are
her traits, her qualities, her psychological makeup?
You have to have a lot of psychological insight;
you have to know what makes them tick. You
need a character plot, the underlying theme
of the book. In A Woman of Substance, I
used adversity – Emma triumphed over
adversity to become a woman of substance. It was human willpower and the
desire to succeed and how she did it.
How long does it take to complete each
book? Is each successive book as huge an
undertaking as A Woman of Substance was
to write?
A Woman of Substance took two-and-ahalf years to write. Solid, almost every day. I
simply wanted to take my time – I had no
deadline. But at the time, I was also writing a
syndicated column three days a week in
Newsday. In the end, I delivered it to my editor, carrying it in two shopping bags. My editor said, “I hope that is two copies of your
book.” It was 1,592 pages and 16 1/2 pounds – I
took it to Gristedes and the man weighed it for
me. (Laughs.)
In the original manuscript, Emma had another
baby, Kate, but she wasn’t so important to the
story. She was cut and we cut lines and paragraphs
every day for four weeks and before you know it, it
was about 790 pages. But yes, the epics all take
quite a while to research and put to paper. There
have been many instances with the shorter books like
A Secret Affair where readers wrote in and said,
F E A T U R E
“Why did it have to be so short? I was just getting into
the story and the characters when it ended.” I must
admit that I am flattered when I get these comments
because at least I know that the stories were enjoyed.
The current book I am writing, Emma’s Secret, has
taken me a long time to write. Aside from the regular
research for the current story, I also needed to go
back and cross-reference my work from the Harte
trilogy. Since those books were all about 20 years
old, I needed to refresh my memory on the characters
and the stories. As I near the completion, I believe
this one will be over 600 pages. I’ve been writing it
since before the summer and I’m still immersed in it
every day.
Do you always write in the same place or are you
inspired in different locations? How do you stay
focused?
If we are traveling, I often make notes or write
descriptions, but really, I only work in this room. It
really is work. I wear pants, a t-shirt, no makeup, just
my watch – I need to be comfortable to get down to
it. It takes a lot of stamina to sit from 6am to 4pm. I
do get up and down; make a sandwich or a cup of
tea. But I have a lot of staying power. I need to be terribly focused to remember the whole story. I have
notes stuck all over the place [that say] remember to
do this in Chapter 22 or Chapter 16. I want to be
proud of what I’ve written, not just the story and the
characters but the writing. I want the words to leap
off the page, and that’s what I want to make the readers feel, they are captive of my imagination, it’s the
power of language that keeps them there, the feelings
and emotions.
How did your newspaper career influence your
career as a novelist?
It taught me so much about research and deadlines. You can’t do a 600 page book in two weeks!
You have to work at it every day. I don’t let it go
because I don’t want to lose it. I learned so much
“My mother gave me
the greatest gift:
the desire to excel.”
about people; I was sent out as a young reporter to
interview people and find what makes them tick. I
learned about who they are, it made me a better novelist. In newspapers, you’re dealing with facts, but I
think it’s just made me accurate. If I’m mentioning a
person in history – Charles I, for example, I’m not
going to say, “Oh well, I’ll just put a date in.” I always
check my facts.
In a television interview, Robin Leach said, “With
all her wealth, Barbara is a Yorkshire girl at heart, the
most down-to-earth, nicest person you could meet.”
What keeps you grounded?
Success never went to my head. I sold my first
short story at age 10, became a journalist, married
Bob and moved to America. Then I became an international best-selling novelist overnight, so I think
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you and what advice can you give to women to nurture their own children’s dreams?
My mother gave me the greatest gift: the desire to
excel. Everyday when I spoke to her, my mother
always told me that she loved me. She had in her an
ability to make me feel I could do anything. She gave
me great self-confidence. She told me I was the prettiest, the brightest, that there was no one like me. She
said, “You can do it Barbara, as long as you work
hard.” She inspired me to go out and conquer the
world. But it’s ironic that her inspiration to me was
her greatest sorrow. Years after I left Leeds, I found
her diary. I read a passage that has stayed with me
after all these years. It said, “Barbara went to work in
London today…” (she pauses, choking up) “…All of
the sunshine has gone out of my life…,” so you
know, it was a sacrifice. But I was a good daughter –
I went back all the time to see her. She came to stay
with me in London and later, New York. My advice is
help your children to be secure. [My mother] gave
me that security. She made me feel loved. If someone
said, “Barbara, would you like to come to
Washington and run America?” I would say yes, as
long as I have the right helpers and advisers. It’s not
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