As if Brooklyn needed another selling point, the Brooklyn Smorgasburg is icing on the cake.

Hungry and adventurous Brooklynites and others descend on this cornucopia of vendors, browsing and salivating over the many selections.

This Sunday, armed with an appetite and a beautiful day, I boarded the NY Waterway Ferry (another NY treasure) from Greenpoint headed to DUMBO. What a great way to travel! Of course, rubbing elbows with tourists is something I always treasure. I particularly enjoy having people bump into me as we are waiting for the ferry to dock! But I digress. With the sun on my face, the wind in my hair, and food on my mind, I landed at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

A short walk later and I arrived at the mass meeting of food and people. Based upon the sheer amount of people there, you would think that Brooklyn Decker was posing nude. 

With a sweet tooth directing my desires and with the agility of a mongoose, I began by sampling a Bananas Foster Trifle at Butter & Scotch: to die for. Smooth bananas, a delicious cream, and infusion of liquor conspired to send me to stomach heaven. Let the games begin.

I wasn’t done. After navigating through the throng of people, I ordered a BLT from Landhaus. This scrumptious concoction of a slab of bacon, with all the usual trimmings, plus sea salt, black pepper, and a luscious mayonnaise ignited my brain’s pleasure zones.

Still not completely done with my exploration into gluttony, I completed my food fantasy by indulging in the Good Batch’s ice cream sandwiches. Vanilla, caramel, and a waffle-like cookie topped off this wonderful delight. This was a showstopper, as many a person stopped me to inquire where did I find that tempting frozen delight. There I was, in all my gluttony glory, showcasing my prize for the day. I should have asked the good people at Good Batch to pay me some referral fees.

A walk to the ferry and I returned to my Greenpoint, having had my fill of the sun and the some of the great foods Brooklyn has to offer.

I would say that it was a splendid Sunday afternoon. And it may become a regular weekend outing this spring. I had better increase my walking…

A Texas Congressman tweeted a thought that combined two hot button topics: gun control and abortion. 

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/293601-rep-stockman-if-babies-had-guns-they-wouldnt-be-aborted

While provocative, the Congressman does demonstrate the high emotional stakes that the gun control debate has stirred. 

While the President shamelessly shops some of the parents of the Newtown tragedy around to promote increased gun control legislation, pundits are stoking the flames of passion on the issue with their provocative stances. 

MSNBC host Martin Bashir outrageously initmated that some Republicans would not filibuster gun control if one of their children were slaughtered.

Ann Coulter, conservative flame thrower, suggested in her hyperbolic style, that Meghan McCain be the sacrificial lamb. 

Call me naive, but I really wish that the politicians and pundits would stop spending so much time stoking passions and come up with actual solutions. 

I have not looked at the bill that is being proposed in the US Senate, but I can imagine that there would be practically nothing in that bill that would have prevented the gun killing of those innocent children in Connecticut. 

And after all the passions set aflame, isn't this the true tragedy of this debate? 

In my Sunday night Netflix relaxation session, I watched the documentary titled Happy. 

The documentary explored various places around the world to discuss people’s views on happiness. It also tackled the latest psychological thought on happiness.

Of all the tidbits, I was drawn to the small Asian country of Bhutan. This small country actually measures its GNH, or its gross national happiness. While most industrial countries are fixated on their GDP, or gross domestic product, Bhutan tries to figure out what social and environmental conditions will make their citizens happiest.

The logic goes that wealth is not an indicator of happiness, but that lasting contentment is based on intrinsic factors. Things like community bonding, altruism, and gratitude seem to be more important in creating happier and more fulfilled people.

In our all too hectic world, are we measuring our wealth and status above all? Are we forgetting that in this all too digitally connected world that we are basic social creatures that desire deep, non-selfish, and satisfying bonds with people?

Happy. Let’s not only have the freedom to pursue it: let’s make it national policy. 

With the Down Jones Industrial Average at record highs, one has to wonder whether or not the rally is running out of steam. 

Why is the market continually going up? 

While I am an investor, I am amazed that this continual rise without fundamentals. Companies are doing fine but are not really hiring nor expanding. 

Where is the innovation? Where is the growth? Where is the participation by a majority of Americans? 

We know that the Federal Reserve is pumping liquidity into the system, but is that really a healthy way to prime the pump of capitalism? 

What about the long term unemployment problem? 

After all the talk of fat cat Wall Street Bankers abusing the system, has anything really changed? Who truly benefits besides the connected, either financially or politically? 

Has this been an unbelievable bull run that hasn't really felt like one? 

It looks all too much like fool's gold to me.