Daily Archives: July 12, 2009

Back from Sun Valley

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I am back from The Allen and Co. Sun Valley Conference. I had the best of times. The conference is about networking, family, learning and fun!

Most of the attendees were situated in the media industry; the sports industry; the Internet business; healthcare; and finance and politics. There were many attendees from Washington DC and I was surprised at how many good friends I knew that were at the conference. Most people bring their family members and the feeling of connectedness is palpable. I was really welcomed and felt very comfortable.

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Brooklyn Boy Makes Good

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One of my longest tenured friends is Mark Rivera, saxophonist for Billy’s Joel band. We grew up together in Brooklyn and have remained in touch all of these years.

He and my family went to lunch yesterday in Georgetown and then we caught the Billy Joel and Elton John concert at Nationals Park as his guest. It was a great concert with two mega-selling artists at the controls. Too many hits to talk about! A great night was had by all.

Mark is a great musician and has played with Ringo, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon and Foreigner. He actually told me when we were kids that he was going to play in The Beatles and he almost did. :-)

It was fantastic to catch up on old times and Mark has committed to play the National Anthem again for us at an upcoming Capitals game. He is so cool and so talented. We are all proud of him. Check out this video by clicking here.