The Margabucha (a kombucha mixed drink)
I wanted to create a drink with the pleasures of a tall, cool, fruity, salty margarita, and just the right kickstart to a 5 o’clock Friday night out—sans the calories.
—One Stop Beer Shop tapster Pamela Rossi
“Where Were You Then?”—A New CD by Shelley Hirsch
What keeps Shelley Hirsch’s music coherent is her unique extended vocal style combined with her expressive narrative powers. Every song, no matter how abstract or literal, tells a story infused with emotion and personal truth.
A Positive Valentine’s Day
I will use cognitive therapy
Every negative thought I get
No matter how relentless and repetitive they are
I will instantly replace with a positive thought
Okay
Here I go….
Three Ladies of Chill Repute
Want a formula for getting your (totally deserving, yet under-appreciated) artwork out of your studio and into a larger context? Want to join that invisible art world phenomenon called “The Dialogue”? Find yourself a middle-aged lady who curates. Sorry to be so blunt, but it’s true. My own statistical research has proved it….
“Stations Lost” — A two-man play at The Boiler
Fitzpatrick is one of those rare artists whose work is its own universe that he invites his patrons to inhabit. Fitzpatrick’s work is likely to draw comparisons to Henry Darger and Daniel Johnston, except Fitzpatrick isn’t crazy (at least not clinically.)
OP-ED The New Money Train—from Aqueduct to Albany
The glistening white mega-yacht navigates the placid waters of the East River at dusk, against the backdrop of a jaw-dropping Manhattan skyline. It gently pulls into the Domino marina where it disgorges its impeccably GQ outfitted owner nursing a vodka martini—shaken, not stirred—in hand, and sporting a designer-label white dinner jacket….