By Scott Levine With all the festivities this time of year, candles, turkeys or trees, this is the most festive time in the skies, too. Welcome to Orion season. Recorded references to the constellation Orion go back close to 40,000
Read MoreReaders have been taking my advice and are experimenting with the profusion of new and different wines being produced in the ever-expanding world of wine. I’ve exhorted you to seek out your “new favorite wine” and you’ve become wine explorers,
Read More(Editor’s Note: Subscribe to Examiner+ to join and support our community: https://www.examiner-plus.com/subscribe) Inside the suffocatingly crowded work session meeting room in Peekskill City Hall, a fellow weekly newspaper reporter plops down next to me on the comfortless seat where my
Read MoreBy Richard Levy After what we’ve all experienced over what is nearly two years, with COVID-19 and the impact it has had on our lives, my advice is don’t wait to take the bucket list trip you’ve always dreamed about
Read MoreDo you prefer red wine or white wine? This is the universal opening question when the topic of enjoying a glass of wine arises. Be it at home, a party or a restaurant, it helps define us, not only for
Read MoreBy Morris Gut The eighth glittering season of Westchester’s Winter Wonderland gets underway this Friday and runs through Jan. 2 at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. The second year of the pandemic-inspired drive-through version of the event is expected to
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera For many years my journalistic moniker has been The Home Guru, a column originally adopted to help promote my business as a realtor, working with home buyers and sellers. But through the years, this column seems to
Read MorePairing wine and food is a favorite activity for me. Finding a complementary match creates a culinary experience that is invariably greater than the sum of its parts. A food dish on its own may be an exhilarating experience, tantalizing
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera When my wife Margaret and I ran an antiques shop in Brooklyn Heights called The Saturday Shop (which was a misnomer because we were also open on Sundays), we had a weekly customer named Abe Stransky who
Read MoreBy Brian McGowan A brief mention was made in the last issue of the passing of Paddy Moloney, co-founder and lead composer and arranger for the Irish musical group The Chieftains, along with a promise to do Paddy more justice
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