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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, […]


 
 
 

 

April: A Make or Break Month for Republicans?

So the Republican nomination campaign train keeps going… My last post centered around Super Tuesday. I didn’t feel that anything dramatic came of Super Tuesday, but, I knew there would be more to come. More is here̷...
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March Madness

I love the road to the Final Four. Love it. It stems back to when I was in high school and first found out about the tournament. That was a time when Michael Jordan played for UNC and Patrick Ewing played for Georgetown. You co...
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The Hamilton



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Bottom Line 2 / 5 - Below Average
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Super Tuesday is Over: Did Anything Change?

Super Tuesday is over and we’re no closer to a proper Republican candidate than we were Monday. Not a surprise. The results: Romney wins six states; Santorum wins 3 states; Gingrich wins 1. But, the contest with which the pun...
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Brasserie Beck



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Bottom Line 4 / 5 - Very Good
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The Final Curtain on Awards Season

The last of the awards events is the Oscars, so, I decided to respond to the 84th Annual Academy Awards on the day of leap year because the oddity of both seemed so simpatico… My overall impression of this year’s Oscars...
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