A NYC scene I’ll miss – firehouse on our block, dalmatian and all   Bertessa is leaving Manhattan (EE and Dahlia are coming too), and the time has come to close the bar. Actually, the bar is the last piece of the apartment getting shutdown, but it is looking pretty picked over: Yeah, there are [...]

Ouch – this will equal some serious trash stink in NYC It’s been a long while, but I wrote this right after Memorial day and it seems like the world could use some more hot weather drinks as it goes over 100 degrees here in Manhattan… As always, a visit to the Virginia countryside tends [...]