The idea of somehow commemorating the 50th Episode of The RLSG first occurred to me in early March. Bruce and I had just wrapped up recording a series of particularly energetic sessions, where the synergy among our guest editors, their conversational flow and gestalt of the venue all came together in inexplicably wonderful ways. This […]
Archives for June 2012
Episode 50: We Celebrate at Lyric Hall
I’ve been working on the concept for The Real Life Survival Guide – in one form or another – since the mid nineties. The idea was to create a radio show that was helpful and funny, and to use the Internet to extend the conversation. Having celebrated (and recorded) our 50th Episode, I do believe […]
Slow – Children at Play
How much time should we, as parents, put into our kids’ extracurricular activities? Gerry McGuire raised this question during Episode 49 of Real Life Survival Guide as he and fellow conversationalists savored the excellent estate-grown wines, panoramic Connecticut hills and unspoiled air atop Gouveia Vineyards. Moved to speak freely, perhaps, by the atmospheric openness and […]
Duo Dickinson: Confusing Effort and Control
This week’s Real Life Survival Guide touched on the issue of control, or rather the lack of it. Like the rest of the largest demographic bulge in history, the Baby Boomers, born between 1945 and 1965 were considered by contemporary social evaluators to be the “best and the brightest.” As a generation, we drank in […]
The Long View
I have been lucky enough to have witnessed some breathtakingly beautiful sunsets. I stood at the top of the Eifel tower and watched the last rays of sunlight sweep swaths of orange across the sprawling city of Paris like a paintbrush. I stood next to my wife and watched the sun sink behind the Santa […]
“Really?” aka, The Real Life Survival Guide Producer’s Blog
“I’m telling you, it was just spectacular!!” Bruce could not stop raving about Gouveia Vineyards in Wallingford, the setting for Episode 49. On and on, he gushed like a school girl about the “beeyoutiful property”, “incredible” panoramic hilltopviews encompassing acres of vineyards, the elegant stone and timber-frame winery building, pleasurable wines and oversized hospitality of […]
Episode 49: Work, Health, Luck, and Kids Activities
As we near an important milestone in the evolution of the Real Life Survival Guide, our location selection for Episode 49 – as suggested by Gerry McGuire – was fitting. We gathered around a sunny table with stunning mountaintop views at Gouveia Vineyards in Wallingford. Our guest editors included the aforementioned Mr. McGuire, as well […]