Monthly Archives: September 2019

The Damned Live 1978

September 4, 2019 – 8:00 am

Hurrah was a walk-up nightclub on 32 West 62nd Street. The second-floor had been a disco in its previous reincarnation. Studio 54 stole that clientele and the owners brought downtown uptown by having Jim Fouratt book punk bands. The live music was the main attraction to Hurrah. The bookers loaded the stage with New York […]

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Bridges On The Hudson

September 2, 2019 – 9:25 pm

Perfection? A few passengers boarded at Rhinebeck. The sun dropped low. Even for this last day in the solstice cycle. The river was calm enough to please the early explorers Jean Cabot and Henry Hudson. It is called a drowned river and the dead always speak with quiet in their hearts. I looked out the […]

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Batten Down The Hatches

September 1, 2019 – 1:03 pm

Hurricane Dorian is predicted to hit the Bahamas as a category 5 storm on Sunday. Houses on those low islands are required with be built to withstand 120mph winds. Dorian might top the record with 200 MPH cyclonic gusts. Donald Trump has tweeter that the hurricane with will catastrophic and headed to his Virginia Golf […]

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Palm Beach Neighbors

September 1, 2019 – 8:39 am

In the summer of 2009 I was house-sitting the old stable of the Woolworth estate in Palm Beach. The main house has been divided in two. The remaining property apportioned to smaller luxurious houses providing safe haven for the mega-rich. A few blocks away was Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-De-Lago. The baroque vision of opulence overlooked […]

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Roads To Nowhere Catskills

September 1, 2019 – 6:19 am

The Catskills are less than two hours from Dutchess County, so when my host in Millbrook suggested a road trip to visit friends across the Hudson on a splendid September morning, I was all green lights. Andrew’s wife opted out of the journey. Her kids were a handful on long rides. We set off after […]

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