Let’s face it – I am someone who LOVES to get in front of a crowd. As much as other people might dread it, public speaking is a drug for me. I get so jazzed every time. But it’s also a challenge – to keep it fresh and keep meRead More →
I have presented my road show – SeltzertopiaLive! – over two dozen times in the last year and a half, tweaking it every time to tune it just right. Based on my book, Seltzertopia, and my 14-years writing it, it’s a dynamic, interactive, tour de force. But don’t take myRead More →
So, yeah. All of my upcoming SeltzertopiaLive! events have been cancelled. Well, let’s not say cancelled. To use the word of the day from my amazing governor, they have been put on pause. (Don’t worry, Melville, Long Island! I’ll be back when you’re ready…) However, sometimes constraints become opportunities. JustRead More →
On February 25h I gave my last pre-pandemic SeltzertopiaLive! And lucky for me, it was at a large gathering with a professional videographer and photographer, so it is WELL documented. The Covenant Foundation [disclosure: I sit on their board] is a remarkable organization supporting innovations in Jewish education around theRead More →
Last week I posted “R.I.P. Eli the Seltzer Man (my eulogy)“, about the passing of Eli, his funeral in the age of social distancing, and what it was like to present my eulogy from a hotel room in Philly at his Brooklyn funeral. Today I was happy to see hisRead More →
I knew it couldn’t be too far away, but I was still shocked to learn Friday morning that Eli Miller, seltzer man extraordinaire, had passed away. There was no one like Eli. And so, of course, I’ve never experienced anything like his funeral, and the role I got to play.Read More →
Today, for my first presentation of January, of 2020, of the new decade, I traveled to Long Island – the place of my birth – and presented at the beautiful Great Neck Library. Beforehand I had lunch with Carolyn Starman Hessel, her son, and his wife. As you’ll recall fromRead More →
My local paper, the Queens Chronicle, published an interview with me this week in an article promoting Seltzertopia. …for author Barry Joseph of Forest Hills, genuine seltzer delivered to your door —not the stuff in the supermarket soda aisle — has become something of a passion that he chronicles inRead More →
This weekend saw SeltzertopiaLive! 24 (yes, two dozen presentations since the book launched in October 2018!). What a fantastic way to wrap-up an such an effervescent year. The joy of seltzer was welcomed by Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, hosted by the Center for Jewish Studies, and partnering with campusRead More →
Wow! Today I got to go back to my old neighborhood – Brooklyn Heights – where I lived during the first third of my writing of Seltzertopia – and present SeltzertopiaLive! at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. It was so fun to go visit old haunts (is it okay to shareRead More →