by David Monagan Jaywalking without Being Ticketed Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2005 Jaywalking with the Irish by David Monagan, is like a properly drawn draught of Guinness. The flavours and aromas of a bygone Ireland still linger and instill the modern society with its underlying richness, and permeate Jaywalking from the …
by Joanna Brady Schmida Many readers today are acculturated to the faster pace of a story’s development. A mindful prolific reader will appreciate Brady’s lyrically lush language. The rhythmically paced slow build lulls the reader into the tempo of the time, the late 1800s in Key West. Set against the Key’s historical backdrop, Brady’s masterful …
by Richard Berenholtz Promethean Panorama’s New York, seen through the bird’s-eye of an architectural photographer, elevates the city’s horizons to vibrant painterly panoramas and inspiring new heights. As a native New Yorker, underwhelmed by every and anything, Skylines of New York overwhelms with a seductive majesty; it is the must-have cocktail table bookend to Berenholtz’s …
1. Why rely on memories if they are malleable and unreliable? Public and historical events are etched into memory, especially when they overlap personal memories. For example, in March of 2011, I was hosting a Meet the Candidates Night for the upcoming village election. The incumbent, the Mayor of East Hills, was being challenged. Why …
Many of you, with time on your hands, watched the film Bad Education the night of its airing, April 25. Many of you have not. I had planned to view the film that evening, given the massive press build-up and “artificially contrived excitement,” thanks to its exceptional cast. Fortunately for all those vested in the …