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Shirley Temple 7UP

6oz Ginger Ale 1oz Grenadine 1 Maraschino cherry The original recipe for a Shirley Temple. The very first mocktail… But did you know there is a name for an alcoholic Shirley Temple?  If you add 2 ounces of vodka it becomes… a Dirty Shirley! The lore is that a bartender at Chasen’s restaurant in Beverly […]

Sports

March was not Madness

I’ve been devoted to watching the round of 32 since the early 1980’s.  Its highlight is always the spoilers and the upsets. Not this year… Let me get right to the point:  the men’s Final Four was #1 ranked in the South Auburn, #1 ranked in the East Duke, #1 ranked in the West Florida […]

Television

Beyond the Gates

Uhhh… soap operas are dead aren’t they?  Apparently not… Daytime dramas were hugely popular in the 1970’s and ‘80. By the ‘90’s, they had begun to lose viewer’s attention to the rise in cable options and by the turn of the century, streaming started to take over.  One decade in and there were only four […]

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I’m Still Addicted to Deli…

My quest for deli will never end but I feel like I should have titled this post, THE DEATH OF THE DELI… I’ve previously written about my love for deli delights and sadly, I must report the closure of yet more opportunities for me to feed my nosh… Two of my New York delis have […]

Television

Abbott Elementary

Abbott Elementary is a show about being an educator. The lack of resources, the modest pay and its effects, and most importantly, the commitment it requires to do the job. The set up:  A mostly black inner city school in Philadelphia. The teachers are – of course – a cast of character creating their own […]


 
 
 

 

Hikers, Not Criminals

I don’t know where to start with this. There’s just so much wrong in this scenario. I’ll start with the basic situation. Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd went hiking somewhere between Iraq and Iran. Maybe I shoul...
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LGBTQIA… W-X, Y and Z

I got this question for Ask BA: Hey BA: What does LGBTQIA mean? I heard it on the Emmy’s and thought, “What’s the I-A for? AND, is it offensive to wonder when that acronym will stop growing? This is a tough one because so...
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Election-Diverse

The last time we elected a president, we changed history. The United States of America elected it’s first president from and underrepresented group. Even better, the battle for the nomination was historic – It came down...
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Brett Kavanaugh

Confirming a United States Supreme Court Justice is a big deal. But the process can be convoluted. We just experienced how divided… political… partisan… biased it can be. So we now have our newest Justice… Brett Kavanau...
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The Soap Opera Experiment

Did you know that there are only four soap operas left on network television? Days of our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. There’s now a cable channel for reruns and vintage ...
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Beyond the Gates

Uhhh… soap operas are dead aren’t they?  Apparently not… Daytime dramas were hugely popular in the 1970’s and ‘80. By the ‘90’s, they had begun to lose viewer’s attention to the rise in cable options and by...
by Communicado Magazine
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