With the gang from Spector/Anker Associates (PR firm) at the grand opening of the first Bloomingdale’s in South Florida.

Playing an extra at the Orange Bowl on the set of the movie “Black Sunday.” It was a journalism assignment for the University of Miami newspaper.

At The Miami News, I always finagled a way to write the annual story about the Orange Bowl Queen. Here I am cozying up to the 1981 and 1982 editions.

Another goofy Miami News assignment — an audition to become a Ringling Brothers Circus clown. However, little did my editors know that I had my own circus story — a University of Maryland era girlfriend who left me to go to Ringling’s clown college in Venice, Florida. I contrasted my pseudo “try-out” with my memories […]

Playing around at the office with Spector/Anker glamour girl account executive M.J. Taylor.

Two shots of my niece, the budding stage actress ReNina Hoblitz. ReNina grew up in South Africa, studied theater in London, and has a real neat English accent. I dropped in her photos here because she needs the plug and the pub.

Decked out for a night on the town during the Miami Vice era.

My Florida adventure was broken up in the mid-`80s by a year in Emmaus, Pennsylvania cranking out health and fitness books for Rodale Press, the publishers of Prevention magazine. I’m squeezed in here among some of Rodale’s finest. I think it was Halloween, but with this crew, it could have been just a regular day. […]

An Italian gangster from back East was brought to Arizona to play an Italian gangster from back East in an undercover sting targeting crooked politicians. We hooked up after the dimes were dropped (21 indictments) and collaborated on my third book, What’s In It For Me? I’m seen here promoting it at — you guessed […]