Monthly Archives: February 2009
Catskills Corner Special: Skiing in a Recession
Over the Christmas holidays, I ran into an acquaintance from Brooklyn in the lodge at Hunter Mountain. He was bemoaning the cost of skiing: it had set him back $300...
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February 27, 2009
Melody Makers and Shakers
Not the worst place to hold a party: the Elks Lodge, New Brunswick, right in the heart of town. Last Saturday Posie and I traveled down to New Brunswick, New...
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February 26, 2009
Hope is still very much alive…
(Since writing this post, I see that the New York Times has put up an excellent “interactive video and transcript of President Obama‘s address, with annotations from New York Times...
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February 25, 2009
Featured Wine: Tyrrell’s Vat 1, Hunter Semillon “Aged Release” 1994, Hunter Valley, Australia
This is – or, I should say, the bottle now being empty in front of me, was – by any measures, a unique wine. Semillon, to the extent that the...
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February 24, 2009
And the Oscars go to… the Brits
It was another resounding victory for the mother country last night, with the Anglo-Indian production Slumdog Millionaire picking up eight Oscars, and additional trophies going to Kate Winslett, along with...
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February 23, 2009
I Witness
Plattekill Mountain, Saturday February 21, 2009, 2:53pm. Click on image above to see full-size (and spot the snowboarder)....
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February 23, 2009
Catskills Corner: Campfire Hunter
In these days of Blogs, Facebooks, Twitters and the like, it’s rare for anyone to go to the trouble of starting up a print fanzine. Let alone a print fanzine...
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February 20, 2009
Slumdogs of the World Unite
We finally got to see Slumdog Millionaire last night, courtesy of a friend’s review copy. (We rarely go to first run movies any more, though I had a chance to...
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February 20, 2009