Michael Laba

One never knows when some aimless channel-surfing on an Easter Sunday morning might lead to an unexpected and rather delightful surprise…

Her vibe was more impressive to me than her teaching skills, to be honest. I’d already seen this woman in action one time before; her vocal

Here we are, the last day of February, and New York City finally got its first dose of snow this year. Sometimes things go in incredibly

Hello again, everyone - and welcome to the New Year! First of all, it seems like a bit of a miracle that I’m carving up enough time to get

As another year draws to a close, there’s nothing like a casual perusal of twelve months’ worth of blogs to help bring a small sense of

I’d have to check out the now over six-and-a-half years’ worth of blog entries written so far (I know… can you believe it?…) to be certain,

Happy Halloween from everyone here at michaelaba.com. (Meaning me, of course…) The pressure is on to get my monthly blog in before Nov

I had the good fortune to attend the Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary Tour at Radio City Music Hall on my first night back in NYC three week

Jumping off that bridge… As long as your safety is assured, sometimes you've just got to do it… And I’m speaking metaphorically, of course

A quick glimpse through the michaelaba.com blog entries lets me know there hasn’t really been a good rant by me on the state of politics in

Well, let’s start with the bad news of this past month. Our nation had to suffer through TWO horrendous - though sadly foreseeable - ruling

Today is the sixth-year anniversary of this website, which was intentionally dropped on what would have been my mother’s 85th birthday.