The downtownster faithful have no doubt noticed the absence of “Hello Wne Lovers” of late. Our champion of the corkscrew and wine glass, Mike Berger, has been called into even more pressing service at Ralphs downtown than his usual 60-hour workweek and apparently he has to blog on his own time. Since he has so [...]
Author Archives: Alec Silverman
A Poem By Jeannine Hall Gailey
July 27, 2009 – 7:52 am
Female Comic Book Superheroes are always fighting evil in a thong, pulsing techno soundtrack in the background as their tiny ankles thwack against the bulk of male thugs, They have names like Buffy, Elektra, or Storm but excel in code decryption, Egyptology, and pyrotechnics. They pout when tortured, but always escape just in time, still [...]
How New Words Are Born
July 24, 2009 – 12:52 pm
Stan Lerner is a rarity Well known for his gregarity When my friend Stan wrote “…I know gregarity isn’t a word, but it ought to be…” he inspired me to write the above iambic couplet. You see, he coined the word in a post in this blog and, if it eventually makes into widespread [...]
Elementary, My Dear Watson
July 20, 2009 – 12:32 am
I had decided yesterday to use this headline regardless of the result in the history-making run by Tom Watson at becoming, among other things, the oldest golfer ever to win a major championship. The famous Sherlock Holmes quote was first used to describe Watson’s amazing skill on the links en route to claiming his first [...]
A POEM by CATHERINE DALY
July 5, 2009 – 12:34 pm
Peace how beautiful the feet of whom publishes peace allow a pound of peace per couple peace has a gentleness about it; peace can’t withstand the heat peace is temperamental in Palermo, peace, though smothered, is so tender tender without being mushy. peace reminds us of Spring in Florence Bookmark It
Reflections on the Life of Michael Jackson
June 30, 2009 – 6:39 am
Michael Jackson was the greatest dancer who was also a major singing star ever. To find his equal you’d have to look at the two biggest dancing stars in film history, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. (Michael reputedly idolized Mr. Astaire and was deeply moved when he was told by him personally that he was [...]
The Third Area Poetry Readings
June 23, 2009 – 10:20 am
Part One – May 21st To a certain extent poetry has become like a tree falling in the forest: usually there is no one around to hear it. This is further evidence of the decline of civilization and – make no mistake – by extension, this area of decline is everyone’s loss, just like the [...]
GOT POETRY
June 23, 2009 – 9:55 am
Mexican Light a poem by Kate Gale Went to Mexico. Curved sweet tequila light. Lay on blankets on the beach, washed our mouths in the morning. Ate olives with sunshine. Avocados. Street vendors sold popsicles. If someone had a hotel room, we all showered. Our spectacular young bodies curved under water. Our breasts moons. The [...]
HELLO, WINE LOVERS!
June 15, 2009 – 12:17 pm
Hello, Wine Lovers! It’s 10a.m. Monday, June 15, 2009 and Mike is running late to work so he asked me to post something about tonight’s wine tasting at Ralph’s downtown (on 9th Street between Flower and Hope). To those of you who don’t know, Mike Berger hosts the tasting from 5p.m. to 8p.m. and it’s [...]
Bottle Rock Media Dinner Review
June 12, 2009 – 9:17 am
Upon entering the downtown Bottle Rock we were struck by stark modernity. The room is made of cast concrete: bearing walls, interior walls and both cylindrical and square pillars supporting a twelve foot-high ceiling. Straight ahead was a twenty-stool bar, half of which is dedicated to a show kitchen with pristine half-inch plate glass separating [...]
