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Shirley Temple 7UP

6oz Ginger Ale 1oz Grenadine 1 Maraschino cherry The original recipe for a Shirley Temple. The very first mocktail… But did you know there is a name for an alcoholic Shirley Temple?  If you add 2 ounces of vodka it becomes… a Dirty Shirley! The lore is that a bartender at Chasen’s restaurant in Beverly […]

Television

Beyond the Gates

Uhhh… soap operas are dead aren’t they?  Apparently not… Daytime dramas were hugely popular in the 1970’s and ‘80. By the ‘90’s, they had begun to lose viewer’s attention to the rise in cable options and by the turn of the century, streaming started to take over.  One decade in and there were only four […]

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I’m Still Addicted to Deli…

My quest for deli will never end but I feel like I should have titled this post, THE DEATH OF THE DELI… I’ve previously written about my love for deli delights and sadly, I must report the closure of yet more opportunities for me to feed my nosh… Two of my New York delis have […]

Television

Abbott Elementary

Abbott Elementary is a show about being an educator. The lack of resources, the modest pay and its effects, and most importantly, the commitment it requires to do the job. The set up:  A mostly black inner city school in Philadelphia. The teachers are – of course – a cast of character creating their own […]

Diversity

Finding Religion

Don’t worry. I already found it. It’s not in the practice of religion, it’s in the study… Let me go on… A year ago, my cousin asked me, “What do you think of going to church?” My answer was, “I think going to church is great for some people… I”m not one of those people, […]


 
 
 

 

Habemus Papa

We have a new Pope! Pope Francis has been elected to succeed Pope Benedict and this is being reported as unprecedented. I don’t know that we should make as much of the fact that a sitting Pope hasn’t resigned in centuries a...
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Election-Diverse

The last time we elected a president, we changed history. The United States of America elected it’s first president from and underrepresented group. Even better, the battle for the nomination was historic – It came down...
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Saints vs. Colts: Re-match of Super Bowl XLIV

This is not how it went down the first time… Same outcome, different details. 62-7. WTF. I said I thought this season was going to be an exercise in extremes. Extremes it is… I really feel for the Colts. They’re j...
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Positive Campaigning… Negative Campaigning…

In my last post on politics, I didn’t get to address the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare. A couple of things surfaced from that event… First, the Republican party wasn’t sure which statement they wanted to make as a...
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Network Morning Showdown

The Morning shows for the networks have always been a significant part of their news revenues, but, of late, the genre has turned into a juggernaut. I like that word – JUG-GER-NAUT. 🙂 And now, CBS had endeavored to re-...
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