It was more than a year ago that the country first went into lockdown. Performer Artemisia LeFay (starring in the cabaret show “Ghosts of Weimar Past” in New York City) gives an inside view and a look back on the industry as she prepares to re-enter it after the extended pandemic pause. Where were you…
Featured photo courtesy Cul+ure Collective If anyone can remember through the mists of time what life was like in the early days just before the pandemic hit, they might remember one of the most hip places in the Asbury Park scene: the bar hidden in the subterranean depths of REYLA, called Laylow. Low lights, well…
Featured image courtesy of Cul+ure Collective The trio of area restaurants known for unique and stylish dishes serves up a good cause in multiple ways, and you can join as well. All together, Barrio Costero, REYLA and Laylow are known as the Cul+ure Collective, but are better defined in the words of the owner himself.…
Featured photo by © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons It was inevitable that the melting pot that is American culture would eventually embrace the customs and trappings of the Mexican Dia De Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, which takes place from Sunday, November 1, to Monday, November 2. Images of sugar skulls, ornately dressed ladies…
Featured photo from HyggeHouse.com Have you heard of hygge? We could all use a little more of hygge. (If your tongue struggles with this uncommon string of letters, that’s because the word is Danish in origin. Some pronounce it “hoo-gah” and some pronounce it “hue-guh”) But what is this hygge, and how do you hygge?…
Photo by Eternal Happiness from Pexels With restrictions loosening and people being allowed to frequent gyms and spas in growing numbers, everyone is adjusting to a new normal, and trying to figure out what their comfort level is. To clear up some of the confusion about who is still operating, who is open, and who is still holding…
Pictured: Waiting For Mongo during a previous Porchfest | Photo courtesy Jordan Modell for Porchfest With so many events put on hold, Porchfest managed to slip under the wire as restrictions were lifted in the past month. People are once again able to gather in small groups and enjoy music on a small scale around…
You know you want to whip it, and whip it good. Of all the things that the social video site TikTok has launched, I didn’t think it would be such a delightful novelty as whipped coffee, but nor did I think a pandemic would hit the pause button on the entire global community, our lives…
How an everyday item makes us feel better about the uncertain future. I never thought very deeply about toilet paper until the Corona virus, when this simple everyday object unexpectedly took center stage. Not only did I know next to nothing about the Corona virus, but I didn’t really know anything about toilet paper, either.…
How I embraced the despicable silence I once hated … I used to decry ghosting. I used to lead the internet shame brigade in asking “just who are these uncivilized monsters who can’t just disappear with an announcement of why first?” Others felt the same about the phenomenon of ghosting. We were employment candidates that…
