We had quite a good and varied crowd at last night’s coffeehouse at Windber’s Grand Midway Hotel. Plenty of regulars, a few past guests we hadn’t seen in a while and a sprinkling of total newcomers. It being the last one before Halloween night, I again donned the creepy Bell Boy costume from last weekend’s […]
Read more "Windber Coffeehouse Nights: 25 October 2018"Feared by Lisa Scottoline (Mystery/Law Novel, 2018). The latest in a substantial series of fast-moving legal/mystery/thrillers from this best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author, this one finds the law form of Rosato & DiNunzio being sued for reverse discrimination. Three young lawyers claim they weren’t hired simply because they were men. Additionally, John Foxman, the firm’s only male […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Feared"Attendance for the weekly coffeehouse at Windber’s Grand Midway Hotel rebounded sharply from the somewhat lackluster turnout of the 11th. I should note that Dracula Con 2018 took place in between the two–on Saturday, October 13–and was a considerable success. Unlike the coffeehouse, this year’s Dracula Con was an over-21 event, due to the local […]
Read more "Windber Coffeehouse Nights: 18 October, 2018"I’ve been doing full-length book reviews here for quite a while, and rest assured that I will continue to do so. But why not do an occasional movie review as well? Accordingly, here’s my take on a film that gathered 7 Academy Award nominations (including for Best Picture) and actually won 2 in 2007. Saoirse […]
Read more "MOVIE REVIEW: Atonement"With the rush of final preparations for Saturday’s Dracula Con extravaganza going great guns, I was again doing most of the hosting for the weekly coffeehouse. The massive and gorgeous white coffin that has been converted into a cooler for soft drinks was up on the bar for all to see. Attendance this time out […]
Read more "Windber Coffeehouse Nights, October 11, 2018"Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight, Her Work, Her Life by Antonia Felix (Biography, 2018). It may seem a bit early for a full biography of Senator Warren, given that she is–in terms of her political career–still in the early prime of life. Much more may be forthcoming from her, but she is one of the leading figures […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Elizabeth Warren: Her fight, Her Work, Her Life"I celebrated this, my 60th birthday October 4th at my favorite hang-out: Windber’s Grand Midway Hotel. Owner Blair Murphy is still running himself ragged in preparation for the Halloween Season (and particularly this year’s Dracula-Con shindig on October 13), so I was running the coffeehouse for much of the evening. Syn previewed her costume for […]
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