SMALL NEWS IS BIG NEWS
By Scott Levine The summer solstice – the first day of summer – was about a week ago. This means the first lunar cycle of summer is about to start with today’s new moon (June 28). There’s an incredible amount
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By Bill Primavera One way that I really enjoy serving my community is as a member of my town’s Advisory Board on Architecture and Community Appearance (ABACA). All sorts of projects come to our attention for review and recommendations, from
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I run into a personal wine dilemma every summer. As a general rule, I prefer red wine for my outdoor adventures, but wilting summer temperatures preclude me from enjoying my favorites from home or wine shop shelves. Most red wines
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By Bill Primavera We’re coming into vacation season when many of us will be away from home, and that’s a good time to be aware of home security. When I owned a historic home in Brooklyn Heights, I was always
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The food and beverages we consume have gone through revolutionary production processes and distribution channels in the last several decades. Before the globalization of our economy and the dominance of the corporate-industrial complex in the food chain, life seemed simpler.
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By Morris Gut I had heard of Prime Pub, a relatively new restaurant in Somers, through the grapevine. A veteran restaurant guy takes over and revamps a former Chinese eatery and turns it into an airy, inviting, multigenerational American gastro
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By Brian Kluepfel When I moved to Northern California in 1990, everything was shiny and new. A year later, in a new apartment, I asked the landlord if I could turn the unused cement bed next to our driveway into
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By Bill Primavera It’s been nearly 50 years since I purchased my first home, and I must say that the experience of acquiring and maintaining a home over the past half-century has changed in so many ways, some obvious and
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More wines, from more wineries, from more regions have been introduced into the market in the last five years – and for the most part, they’re all palatable. Until recently, most of these wines were marketed through three traditional channels:
Read more“There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point? The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we
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