Hoboken’s Hottest Spot

The hottest spot on New Year’s Day in Hoboken was Bagels and Bloodies. This party had everything: a horse head, pole dancing, midgets, crack served on platters, a Chihuahua, a disco ball, crazies, foreigners in hot pants, pearl necklaces, frosting, somebody’s mom, townies, a child, high kicks, chants of 245, babes on steroids, and a Viggo Mortensen… Continue reading Hoboken’s Hottest Spot

A Practical Christmas

While my mom, dad, niece, nephew, and I were riding over the river and through the woods to my brother’s house on Christmas Eve, my mom announced over the din of “Here Comes Santa Claus” spouting from the car radio, “Madelyn and Michael, I should warn you, your big Christmas gift from Grandpa and me this year is going… Continue reading A Practical Christmas

So Thankful!

Thanksgiving 2011 was really special. I loved reuniting with the Hines family, Roger, Joyce, Roddy and Amy, on Thanksgiving Eve where we swapped stories of our favorite shared Thanksgiving memories while imbibing this year’s signature cocktail. Along with Woody and Mary, Aunt Judy, Dawn and Joe, and some of my parents long-time friends, Frank and… Continue reading So Thankful!

Aboard the QT Adventure Train

Each year, before my parents head south in January like migratory birds escaping the bitter cold of the Northeast, my mom scrambles to pack in as much QT (quality time) with my niece and nephew, brother and sister-in-law and me. The first stop on this year’s QT Adventure Train was on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. We… Continue reading Aboard the QT Adventure Train