By Rick M. Pezzullo The 94th Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, Mar. 27. Here is a look at the 10 films nominated for Best Picture, and some of my predicted winners in the key categories. Don’t Look Up
Read MoreBy Richard Levy For more than two years most of us have not taken a real vacation. We’ve been locked up in our houses endlessly watching Netflix, isolated from the real world we used to know and love. We’ve been
Read MoreThe world is shrinking every day. We’re hurtling down the path toward monolithic world citizenry, each of us dipping into the deep well of global browsers, internet databases and social media, blurring the distinctions among us. The traditional distinctions of
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Disclaimer: The author of this article on cleaning around the house has little expertise on the subject. For that, I turned to Mrs. Home Guru, my wife Margaret, and other reliable sources. Oh, wait, I do have
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Even though I’ve lived in a maintenance-free condo for some years, I still have residual anxiety come spring when I would realize that the ecstasy of the season comes with the need to keep one’s garden free
Read MoreDrinking responsibly can be a daunting task. The vernacular meaning tends to focus on the level of alcohol consumption. I view this well-worn phrase as a reminder, a self-directive if you will, to be mindful of not only the alcohol
Read MoreQuite soon, or thereafter – depending upon when the presses roll – we will close the books on our first full-fledged celebration of Saint Patrick since the COVID-19 pandemic fell upon us two years ago. We will firmly sink a
Read MoreBy Morris Gut This free-standing building near the Hawthorne Metro-North station had been operating as Gordo’s Tavern for 40 years before shutting down in 2019. Along the way, they accrued a large following of locals and out-of-town visitors. Unionville Tavern
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Do you like the word association game? When you think of the word “spring,” does it rapidly associate with “house cleaning?” I must confess, for me, I had no such association. Spring was a time to clean
Read More“My Dad was an avid collector of wine, but I don’t know much about fine wines. He passed away recently. How do I know if the wines in his cellar are valuable?” “I found several bottles of wine stored in
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