I have always had a thing for London. Like so many American baby boomers, I was introduced to it courtesy of the American musical theater. First, there was the television broadcast of "Peter Pan" with Mary Martin flying over the chimney tops, and then the movie, "Mary Poppins," which was all nannies and prams and tea and crumpets and even more chimney tops. In between, there was the Broadway musical, "Oliver!" which my father took me to while it was still in tryouts at the Sh

Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, begins tonight at sundown and continues until sundown tomorrow. We fast in repentance for our sins and ask God to inscribe us in the Book of Life with happiness and health for another year. And then we eat like there's no tomorrow. Break Fast has always been a big deal in our family, and no one does it as well as my mom, Gloria. Of course, it was helpful that our family was in the food business- my grandfather, followed by my Uncle Bil