Shoot En Route, Before the Trip Even Begins
I made up the name of a contest that my friends at Airport Parking Reservations are holding. It’s a chance to take out your camera even before the trip begins by being creative with shooting the parking lot, your parking driver, and the friendly people behind the counters. They’re giving […]
Mohammed Was The Original Pirate, in the Desert
It’s a glorious day to sit on the back patio and what better to read than the weekend WSJ? Here I found out about the prophet Mohammed’s career as a pirate, and how today’s Somali pirates are carrying on a long Islamic tradition. Stephen Prothero writes that when Mohammed and […]
It was the Bomb…the Love Bomb…at the Roadhouse
It was, as some people say, The Bomb! Love Bomb rocked out last night at the Route 63 Roadhouse, that funky music and dancing shack right next to State Highway 63 in Millers Falls. I didn’t know if I’d have much gas left after a few Northampton Pale Ales at […]
Frank Moro Jr: We Will Miss Him
Frank Moro Jr. has left this green earth. I didn’t know anything about his illness, I just remember his smiling face, whenever I’d come in with car problems. Frank was one of the first and friendliest people I met when I moved to town in 1990. He ran Fisher’s Garage, […]
This Is Progress: Computer Recycling in Holyoke
From local news from abc40, By Eric Fisher HOLYOKE, Mass. (abc40) — Technology is everywhere, but once you’re done with it, what do you do? In Massachusetts, computers are not allowed in landfills due to their toxic components. But a Holyoke company is offering a way for people to recycle […]
When the Bucks Trump the Audience, It’s Time to Go
Hey DeWolf, don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Chris DeWolf was infamous, in my view, when he declared that he’d prefer a profit to 300 pageviews. He said he’d give up all of those eyeballs to just make a darn bit of money. And abandoning your […]
Mike Rigali’s Hideaway Hookah Bar in Holyoke
We discovered a cozy hideaway when we attended a Holyoke Chamber function below the Waterfront on Main St. in the city’s Springdale neighborhood last night. Both of us had been to the big bar upstairs before but never to their much cozier little bar called the Bungalow, located on a […]
A Smooth Rolling Drawer Makes Life Better
I’m on a roll with my chronicles of life’s little joys. I’ve found another. For years, almost decades, I suppose, the top drawer in my kitchen cabinet has stuck. It was frustrating to open it, resisting and veering slightly off course, so you’d have to really grab it and it […]