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“LOVE ACTUALLY” COMES TO NORTHERN MAINE
IN SYRACUSE STAGE COMEDY
by: Bill West
John Cariani’s play, Almost, Maine, which has come to Syracuse Stage from the Geva Theatre
in Rochester, is a delight. Cariani has said in a program interview that with wrong direction and
inferior acting, his take on different aspect of love could become simply cute without us feeling any
of the pain. Fortunately for this production he has a fine director in Skip Greer and a team of four
excellent actors.
Because the play is in fact a series of fairly brief vignettes (similar to a series of short stories, a
genre which Cariani loves), the actors have to change character and moods very quickly, and, happy
to say, they are all well tuned to the different nuances which Cariani has cast upon his various
scenes set somewhere in Northern Maine where he grew up. This is not touristy coastal Maine
with its picturesque villages, lobsters and fishing boats. We are many, many miles from Boothbay
Harbor, Castine and Bath – in those parts of Maine which have a bleak continental climate, where
the fields sprout potatoes and where lumber and pulp mills, with their gaunt stonework, rise up
beside the river courses.
However, the long cold winters do reveal a vast sky-scape in a region sufficiently far north to
experience the famous Northern Lights during the long dark nights of winter. The play makes the
most of this magical element in the atmosphere
of Northern Maine. All the action takes place on
a very starry moonless night, and we are given
glimpses of the Lights as they cast their brilliant
atmospheric hue upon the various lovers as
they undergo the pangs of emotion. In this
respect, lighting designer, Kendall Smith, has
done a superb job of conveying the spirit both
of romance and pain via the lighting effects he
achieves, with a truly stunning upbeat finale.
The starry sky dominates, with a few conifer trees decorating the stage and
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real love must prove itself by distance – will she really return from
around the world?
The British movie, Love Actually, was also a series of vignettes,
some linked to others, some charming, some quite painful – but all
providing a commentary on aspects of love, especially the romantic
kind, and dealing with rather urbane people from the middle and
upper class echelons of British society.
Cariani’s scenes have transported this idea to the region he
knows best from his childhood – a region often unsung, where folks
live relatively simple yet harsh lives in a difficult environment. Yet, as
we all are aware, love knows no boundaries, and, as the playwright
notes in the program book, “Almost Maine is a play about people
who are normally very grounded, but who have become very excited
by love...and other extraordinary occurrences.” Cariani’s gift, is that
in these brief scenes, through skilful dialogue and clever dramatic
devices, he makes these characters come alive for the short time they
are on stage. Add to that Greer’ sensitive directing and actors who
can deftly assume the various roles demanded of them, and you have
a little winner on your hands.
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The final production of the season will be August Wilson’s Fences,
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recent production staged by the Syracuse University Drama students in
H H H the Arthur Storch Theatre, under the experienced direction of Robert
FORMER SYRACUSE STAGE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ROBERT MOSS, Moss.
RETURNS TO DIRECT THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DRAMA Moss is right to think of the characters in Room Service as real-life
STUDENTS IN THE FAMOUS 1930’S COMEDY ROOM SERVICE people, not just stereotypes. To laugh at them and with them one has to
For those familiar with the Marx Brothers version of John Murray and be able to imagine being in their shoes as they move from one crisis to
Allen Boretz’s successful 1930s comic farce, Room Service, it has been the next: the impecunious team of theatrical producers, the enthusiastic
good to have the rare opportunity to witness a reprise of the comedy but equally impecunious playwright (from Oswego of all places), the
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Charlo Kirk’s Gordon Miller, the theatrical producer ultimately
responsible for everyone else’s dilemmas, took command from the start,
aided and abetted by his two ‘clever’ incompetents, Brad Koed’s Harry
Binion and Robbie Simpson’s Faker Englund, and Miller’s girl-friend
Lori Pasqualino’s Christine Marlowe, while Kerry Kamierowicz’s hotel
manager, Joseph Gribble, caught between his brother-in-law Miller’s
schemings and the irascibility of the owner Gregory Wagner, was
wonderful in his moments of distractedness and near insanity.
Meanwhile, Chris Dwan, as Leo Davis, the playwright of the show
Godspeed that Miller wants to produce at the hotel’s theatre, is reduced
from a naïve brightly enthusiastic theatrical newcomer to a quivering
pawn in the
producer’s survival
game by the end of
Act I.
There were
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cameo roles too,
such as Ross
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come to tend to
the bogus sick
patient (playwright
Davis) and who
ends up bound
and gagged in
the bathroom;
Nicholas
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Hourihan Jr. as the Senator who ultimately saves the situation. when he Declaration of Independence, with Jefferson being challenged by a vocal
comes to regard the play as a great success, Hourihan made for a striking bunch of ladies from the annals of American history. Abraham Lincoln
presence on stage. also appears, by hindsight assisting Jefferson with a few ideas of his own,
On has to compliment Raffy Ganimian, too, for handling the role of aided by Harriet Tubman and Madam C.J. Walker, while the final gunshot
hotel owner, Wagner, so well - from the gruff authoritative figure of Act from Annie Oakley briefly causes a shudder of recognition from Lincoln’s
I, to a benign presence once he thinks the money is in the bag, to the gaunt and sturdy frame.
final distraught, blustering figure at the close, when the Senator ‘hands The actor playing Lincoln we have already met as the hotel waiter
over the winning cards’ to Miller and his theatrical team who have providing the room service - an emigré from Russia, Sasha Smirnoff,
‘mismanaged’ to put on their play by the skin of their teeth. played most convincingly by Amos VanderPoel. Indeed, his audition
There are certain hints that the play to be staged at the hotel’s earlier on in the hotel room was quite a tour de force.
White Way Theatre is concerned with things Patriotic, Americana-style, However, if this reviewer had to pick a favorite out of the many
and Moss, with his own small team of playwrights, has decided to hilarious scenes, it would have to be the one between Dwan’s naïve
insert an invented extract of Davis’s play Godspeed into the final act of Oswego boy, Davis, and Chelsea Gonzalez’s Hilda Manney the hotel
Room Service, and it turns out to be lots of fun, being a spoof on the secretary, in Act I, Yet this wasn’t so much a hilarious scene as a very
affectionate reminder of those wonderful 1930s romantic movie scenes,
in this instance gently parodied. One look from Manney was enough to
Show Your Mom convey that feeling we’ve all had when seeing the leading actress, very
demure in her manner, beguiling the gentleman who is quite overcome
How Much You by the lady’s charms. When they ended up dancing to the slow rhythms
Est. 1983 LOVE HER! from the radio and devouring chocolates, the 1930s romantic allusion
was complete.
The detailed set by scenic designer Gette Levy reminded one of those
Take Her to lavish sets which adorned this theatre in the years of Arthur Storch,
before the new John D. Archbold Theatre was built. Not only was it
Avicolli’s on brightly lit and filled with wonderful detail, such as the closet for all the
necessary clothes, but all the accoutrements were in place in readiness
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Did you know that you’re not getting the “full” Internet experience? tune and pass it along. Included with your Spotify membership are such
Well, that’s kind of an exaggeration, and it’s a bit of a stretch from features as offline music, playlists, sharing, “find similar,” biographies of
the example I’ll give you to my conclusion, but bear with me! groups, purchase, search, and even artist-dedicated streaming radio.
I recently felt like the left out kid when I followed a funny The record industry, of course, would prefer we bought the songs
thread and found a very nasty, but viral, video that all the ICs via iTunes for $.99. (Well, to be truthful, they’d really prefer we went
(Internet Cognoscenti) had been passing around for quite a while. To back to the bad old days of buying a CD containing only 2 decent songs
get the gist (and don’t tell your mom I sent you here!), take a look at for $19.99.) There’s nothing to say that you still wouldn’t like to have a
this “reaction video.” www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/2009/07/09/2-girls- particular song in your owned library. While Spotify does permit you to
1-cup-the-biggest-reaction-video-ever/ create playlists, even collaborative playlists (for that open office space
The real “story” behind the story tune-sharing, or
isn’t the truly twisted video. It’s the a Friday night
tapes of the reactions of the people get together), I
who watch the disgusting thing. And as it would still want
turns out, there is a whole small industry to have a locally
in “reaction” videos to this, and no doubt owned library.
other funny/weird/revolting content. And Spotify
Now, I keep up with a lot of stuff does have a
on the Internet. I have three full pages “premium,” or
of RSS feeds, many of which are simply paid level, ($15/
aggregator sites, on my iGoogle site. month) which
Between that, and the stuff I get passed shows no ads
from my friends and co-workers, I feel as (oh, did I forget
though I don’t miss a lot. to tell you?
But then you find out about an the basic plan
application like Spotify (www.spotify. includes ads,
com), and you can’t help but wonder which is how
what else you’re missing. And the the folks at Spotify
reason you’re missing it is even more make their money). Ostensibly, there is room in there for
concerning: because the site is designed payback to the record industry. It’s just that because of a
to supply music content, and because there is no obvious payback to service like this, the RIAA’s ever-dwindling share of that once-fat pie
the record industry, the US recording industry is not supporting it. You would shrink further still.
simply can’t access this service inside the US. (Right now, Spotify is only No, I won’t hide the fact that I think that the record industry behaved
available in Finland, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.) badly for so long it’s hard to let them off the hook. I think that rather
The idea behind Spotify is to make a library of millions of songs than $.99 per song they could be charging $.50 and still making a
available instantly on your computer, or your mobile device. Spotify decent profit. I think they overcharged people for music for years, and
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lived very, very, very large at the expense of their signed
artists. And I think that for years, they stood as gatekeepers
between us and who-knows-how-many amazing talents: they
simply would not cut records for or promote artists they
chose to ignore. And there were few, if any, avenues for
these artists to get in front of the public (other than through
local venues). Now, while there are still some marketing and
managing benefits to an artist or group having a label, it’s not
an absolute pre-requisite. Through avenues like Blip.fm, or
Pandora, users can find music “similar” to something else they
like, discovering all kinds of new talent along the way. Some
of my greatest musical adventures have been down unmapped
avenues chasing from one artist to the next, all because a Blip
DJ I like blipped a song, I “discovered” it, and that led me to
try a song that came up as an erroneous result, and... well, you
get the idea.
And because I publish my blips to my Facebook and
Twitter accounts, my friends have heard many of these songs,
discovered them, and then often returned something to me
saying, “If you like that...”
I wholeheartedly endorse this kind of viral movement of
music throughout the Internet.
So I was really disappointed to discover that I’d have to
wait - perhaps indefinitely - for Spotify to come to a computer
near me. Here’s how The Daily Beast’s Nicholas Ciarelli
explained it:
According to reports, Google and Spotify have considered a
partnership in which consumers would be able to use Spotify’s
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Over the course of

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most polarizing directors.
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Fox. Complimenting This groundbreaking work serves as yet another
Clooney is a cast that example of Anderson’s unwavering dedication to shunning
includes Anderson conventionalize, and his ability to deliver one original
favorites such as Jason project after another. And, as has happened with his
Schwartzman, Bill previous work (particularly THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS),
Murray, and Owen there will be hose who won’t quite embrace this creative
Wilson. Unlike many ingenuity, while there will be plenty of other households
of the Dreamworks (mine included) where FANTASTIC MR. FOX will become
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the final product, you’re already well aware of the horrors that await. For
rather than serving as those who pick up the DVD and are completely in the
a deterrent. And, dark, your hopes of a fun-filled evening of award-winning
to put it bluntly, fun are about to come crashing down. Taking home Oscars
what a final for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, the
product it is. devastating drama (set in the late 1980’s) tells the story of a
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FOX is more than your typical film.
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18th annual wine and herb festival
by: Cathy Millspaugh
Finger Lakes wines are finally receiving the acknowledgement that

they so richly deserve. In the March issue of Wine Spectator, Finger
Lakes wines, wineries and vineyards were published in three articles
in the one of the most highly recognized wine magazines in the world.
James Moleworth, senior editor of the magazine who has been with
Wine Spectator since 1997 has visited the Finger Lakes and has grown to
appreciate us. His articles featured one vineyard and two wineries and
listed numerous wines receiving high scores. Two Cayuga Lake Wine
Trail wines who made the reviews were Sheldrake Point Vineyard for
their 2008 Riesling Finger Lakes Ice Wine scoring 91 and Swedish Hill’s
Optimus a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc
with a score of 88, one of my favorites.
One of the newest ventures taking place on the trail is at Simply Red
Bistro located at Sheldrake Point Vineyard. They are offering Cooking in
the Kitchen with Sam, a series of seasonally inspired classes. Join Chef
Sam Izzo in the kitchen on a variety of adventuresome culinary journeys
in April and June. Each class menu is designed around the bounty of the
season and to encourage experimentation with new flavor combinations
and ingredients you may have never tried. Not only will you take away
new skills and knowledge, you will enjoy the meal with your new
friends, the Chef herself, along with perfectly paired Sheldrake Point a plant carrier and
wines. Class size limited to 16 people. sixteen herb or veggie
Spring is soon approaching so join us for our 18th Annual Wine & plants sponsored by
Herb Festival. Our event runs three days, April 23 through the 25 or Dickman Farms of
April 30 through May 2. Hours are Friday 1:00pm till 5:00pm, Saturday Auburn.
and Sunday 10:00am till 6:00pm. Guests receive a souvenir wine glass, Start the event
early on either Friday
at these participating
wineries, Montezuma,
King Ferry, Long
Point and Six Mile
Creek. The east side
wineries, Long Point
Serving you for Over 100 Years! Enjoy Home Cooked Food in a Casual Dining Atmosphere. and King Ferry, will
-COMING SOON- open their doors early
on Saturday at 9:00am
Pub Fare Menu 4-9 for their special early
bird breakfast treats.
Delicious pub food to compliment the largest To encourage our Wine
Craft Brew taps on the eastside & Herb folks to visit us
$1.00 off brew/pub menu in the fall during our
Harvest Hoopla events
we have designed
❀Fresh Daily Specials❀Seafood❀ our New “Grow and
Show” contests. Enter
your best homegrown
zucchini, potato or
pumpkin into our specialty contests.
At each of our events we serve our fine wines paired with a lovely
dish containing the herb or veggie that each winery is giving away. Here
COFFEE SHOP: RESTAURANT: is a list of our select herbs and veggies: Arugula, Cilantro, Dill, Howden
Pumpkin, Lemon Basil, Marjoram, Oregano, Peppermint, Potato (Seed
Open 7 days a week Open Mon-Sat Potatoes), Purple Lavender, Sage, Sweet 100 Tomato, Sweet Italian Basil,
Thyme, Triple Curled Parsley and Zucchini. A few fine recipes that will
Gift entice you at this event are Sweet Corn Chowder with Fresh Thyme,
Certificate’s Orzo Salad with Feta and Dill and Lemon Basil Tortellini Salad.
Packaging is what it’s all about these days and we are now offering
Available! packages for our trail events with worry free travel by purchasing
our complete packages. Imagine being picked up in a luxury bus,
touring the wineries along the wine trail and enjoying fine wines while
receiving all your favorite herb and veggie plants. Tickets for this event
are available through the office, online or at any area Wegmans.
10, at Cayuga Ridge Estate

Winery and Hosmer Winery,
take advantage of Spring Barrel
Tasting with the Winemaker and
Antipasti. Meet the vintner, taste
wines straight from the barrel
and enjoy traditional appetizers
while you visit. In the evening on April 10, at Sheldrake Point
Vineyard & Simply Red Bistro, revel in their Spring Winemaker’s
Dinner. Kick off Simply Red Bistro’s season with a wine & food
pairing dinner by Executive Chef Samantha Izzo accompanied
by Winemaker, Dave Breeden and Winegrower, Bob Madill. $75/
person inclusive. Tour 5:30PM; Reception 6:00PM. At Goose Watch
Winery and Swedish Hill on the same weekend enjoy a wonderful
day sampling their new releases at their New Vintage Days event.
Remember Americana Vineyard hosts weekly Sunday Concerts.
Experience a bit of Great Gatsby on April 17, at Knapp
Vineyards for their White Wine Dinner Party, Les “Diners en
Blanc”. White Dinner Parties have been trendy in France for
more than 18 years. Champagne sets the stage for this lovely
wine dinner where an element of white will be weaved into each
course. France
tradition begs
for all that Cayuga Lake Wine TraiL
attend to wear
white. We
invite you to
don your white
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apparel for this

occasion!
Cathy
Millspaugh is
the Executive
Director of 18th Annual
the Cayuga Lake Wine Wine & Herb Festival
Trail. To learn more, April 23– 25 or April 30– May 2
Celebrate Easter at one of two winery restaurants on April 4. At visit cayugawinetrail. Friday 1:00 – 5:00pm
Knapp Vineyards, join them for their Easter Brunch Buffet with all the com Montezuma, Long Point, King Ferry & Six Mile Creek Wineries
traditional favorites. Saturday and Sunday 10:00am – 6:00pm
Buffet hours are
FREE
At all 16 CLWT Wineries
11am-3:30pm. At
Early Bird Special Saturday 9:00 –10:00am
Sheldrake Point
Long Point & King Ferry Wineries
Vineyard & Simply
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while taking pleasure Veggie Plants, Wine & Food Pairings & Recipes
in Chef Sam’s cuisine, www.LakelandWinery.com
Advance Tickets: $35 single, $50 couple
$50
Sheldrake Point • Wine Tasting Parties plus handling fee and sales tax.
wines, and the hints Designated Driver tickets available.
of springtime! 11am – Fun, Simple & Delicious! off Tickets can be purchased at Wegmans.
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Thursday: Slow Roasted Prime Rib Available!
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We were so full from all of this delicious food we could not find any
room for dessert. I would have ordered the flan, which is a traditional
Spanish custard with a caramel sauce.
Zabroso’s is the complete package: a relaxed atmosphere, seriously
great food, above average service and interesting wines.
I will always recommend making reservations when you can, and
here at Zabroso’s you can make your reservations on line (www.
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FRESCO TORTILLAS GRILL
by: Alisha Tondro
Just a short walk away from campus and easy access from a number
of downtown businesses is Fresco Tortillas Grill. Located on Walton
Street, the grill is owned by Gary Dong.
About a year ago, when Fresco Tortillas Grill opened, the
Owner Gary Dong
area was a little more populated. With a couple of clubs that
closed down and less traffic in the area, business has slowed
a little.
However, Dong has kept the little restaurant up and going. With
yellow walls and a bright red awning announcing the name of the
restaurant and the numbers where orders can be placed, it is a sight
that just can not be missed.
With a large vase with fresh flowers and white Christmas
lights draped in the front window, the establishment welcomes in
customers. As patrons enter, they are also welcomed by a menu that
has been posted in the window.
It seems a great restaurant for repeat business. And there seems
to be quite a few patrons who agree with one customer commenting
that if it ever closed he wouldn’t know where to go for his lunch
break.
The interior of the restaurant is lightly decorated and there
are only about a dozen tables for dine-in orders. However, the
restaurant relies heavily on the take out orders that can be called in
as well as ordered online at www.campusfood.com.
Fresco Tortillas Grill delivers orders for $10 or more to the
downtown area. Most of the delivery orders are made within a five
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mile radius. The grill also does catering. So
far the largest catering job it has had was
for St. Joseph’s Hospital. Although it was a
large order, catering can be done for small
parties as well.
With convenient hours between
11:00am to 10:00pm weekdays, 11:00am
to 11:00pm weekends, and 12:00pm to
10:00pm on Sunday, the grill is an open
opportunity for most office workers in the
area for a fresh lunch.
From the tortillas to the sauces and the
guacamole everything is made fresh per
order. With an average wait of three to five
minutes per order, not only is the food
fresh, but it’s also an absolute convenience
in this busy world.
“I’m pretty confident our food is better
than most in the area,” Dong boasted.
The menu offers a hearty burrito at
only $5.99 and enchiladas starting at $4.89
a piece. Customers can even order fajitas
by the pound. These start at $10.99. And
don’t forget the nachos. They start at
$3.19.
Dong, originally from southern China,
has lived in the Syracuse area for about
14 years. Dong moved with his father to
Syracuse when he was 15.
His family has been in the restaurant
business his whole life. Several family
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Beauty & fashion
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by: Maryann McKinley
Jeans are a staple of almost leg to actually fit over boots. Relaxed
everyone’s wardrobe, easy to wear fit (a style I’m personally against – how
and suitable for almost any casual are you going to walk away from that
occasion. They look great if you’re chocolate cake unless your pants remind
wearing the perfect cut; but finding you to?) are cut full through the butt and
that fit is not so easy. All jeans do thighs for a little extra room. Classic five
not look good on all figure types. pocket jeans have a straight waist and
Invest a few minutes in deciphering pretty much hug your hips and thighs, and
the denim code, and things will go drop straight through the leg. A variation
a lot easier on your next shopping on the theme is the low rise jean, with a
trip. waist that sits just below the belly button.
If your hips and thighs are I think they’re more flattering than a high-
skinny and perfect, the whole world waisted pant, but it’s up to you.
hates you, and you’ve probably In general, there are a few rules. Great
already stopped reading and moved jeans should fit comfortably while sitting
on to the latest club news. But for and standing, shouldn’t be baggy in the
the rest of us, there are steps to butt, have a little, but not too much, space
achieving your best look. You have in the crotch, and should fall to about the
to take a good look at things, and Continued on page 29
be brutally honest with yourself. Body shape
matters. If you have a barely-there butt, you can compensate. If your
hips and waistline fall in a straight line, you need to add a little curve.
If you’re slim on the bottom and big on top (or vice versa), you can
balance things out a little. It’s all about choices.
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The Syracuse Chiefs, Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals,
will open the season at home on April 8 against the Lehigh Valley
IronPigs in the first game of a four-game set.
As per league rules, the Chiefs will play 16 games (eight at home and
eight on the road) against each of the other North Division teams, which
include Thruway rivals Rochester and Buffalo, Lehigh Valley, plus the
Pawtucket Red Sox and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. The schedule
also includes eight games (four home and four road) with each inter-
division opponent.
Highlights of the schedule include three eight-game homestands and
five eight-game road trips.
The Chiefs are also scheduled to play home games on Mother’s Day,
Memorial Day, and Independence Day. The team is scheduled to play 32
of its 72 home games on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
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for a look “muffin-top” look, and steer the eye
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line for the eye to follow. You baggy leg. A waist that sits around
should also avoid side-bulging the hip line, combined with large,
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This article begins with serious consideration and then proceeds into a Denial gives such profound meaning to hypocrisy that Americans should
comical and a bit scary parody of a Twilight Zone I saw was when I was live in deathly fear. It is real. For example, this activity gave way to debt
young. It was about spacemen that had a book on “How to Serve Man”. that is beyond our ability to perceive. It is not if there will be imperiling
The problem was it turned out to be a cookbook. The people just let it consequence, it is when. We live within our social order similarly to
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collective order of our government that “the people just let happen”. that all is well, and then, one day...a fiery hell. In all of these matters we
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A Taste
cookbook. Perhaps somehow in the course of events we have entered
“The Twilight Zone”.
It was 1892. Terror Surfaced Like Never Before
of It was merciless and mindless, yet from its first appearance we were
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children. No matter what it did, no matter how vile or cruel, it was ok. At
first it seemed like it may be compatible with humans. But soon, its’ evil
Mon-Fri: 11-8 Sat: 12-7 est. 1976 reckoning became clear as bodies began to mount. Fear struck deep into
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In the beginning it convinced us that it would make our lives better.
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different than ours yet it was able to communicate what it wanted and
it was able to multiply. It demanded much human care. The hypnosis
theory came about as this creature had an uncanny ability to enslave
humans. It was understandable in the beginning when it was promising
and delivering good things, but even after the slaughter became apparent,
man kept serving this creature. It would kill and man would care for the
creature and serve. It made no sense.
It appeared bearing unnatural gift. Soon its’ deeds would reveal, that
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It spawned with great speed thus increasing its’ capacity to mesmerize.
As their numbers increased, so to did their appetite for human flesh,
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attraction to these merciless killers. After each death, even the nearest They said a firing squad made up of Cadets from the Military Academy’s
relatives still welcomed the killers at their homes. at West Point and Annapolis would have the honor of saving the other
So life went on and in every town and city and hamlet for several 27,000. They said if the Cadets slaughtered the 20,000 by firing squad
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in slaughtering them in every conceivable and vile way. Each day would be saved each year from death and hundreds of thousands from
humans would awake, knowing that the creatures would kill some from maiming. The creatures recognized man’s strange value system (the
their community and torture others. Yet no one would sacrifice their mysterious flaw) and knew this would create enormous emotional conflict
relationship with this evil as if they did they would be deprived of its’ that oddly did not exist during a hundred years of killings.
offering. By now the creatures had killed millions and butchered 10’s The humans declined. They preferred to have the creatures kill 47,000
of millions of bodies. The creature now required an average of about per year than to kill 20,000 themselves. The creatures were right. The
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humans than had died in every war combined. humans so long as we don’t have to make a big decision. Just ask you
Then one day they offered a solution. In their wicked way they wanted Doctor.
man to feel even more pain. So they made an offer. They said they Oh yes, and next time you go to the store, don’t forget your creature.
wanted humans to round up men, women and children, randomly from Make sure it has enough gas and buckle in the kids.
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COLOR IT UP
by: Dr. Barry
That’s my typical three-word advice on how to improve

your diet. People get stuck in ruts. Tuesday night we have
pizza. Friday night we have fish etc. etc. with the same
sides of French fries and coleslaw.
What about a little variety? We have at our disposal
produce from all over the world via the great Wegmans.
Mangoes and papaya and pineapples are available
essentially year-round. The awesome cornucopia of
fruits and vegetables rivals anything I have seen from
the individually hand polished apples in the Korean
markets in Manhattan to the gigantic open-air markets
in Bangkok. Okay in Bangkok I don’t know what was
in most of those stalls. It didn’t look edible and it didn’t
smell edible and I wasn’t going to try it… period. Yes,
I know I am the “just try it“ guy. But I do draw the
line if I can’t recognize it as food or it’s still quivering
on the plate. Yes, I have preached that you should try
something new, but that preaching stops at the pulpit
of scorpion tails or snake bits or salted flat fish from
the incredibly murky waters of that part of the world.
Try something new, sure, but don’t be an idiot.
You don’t have to get exotic to add variety. From
interviews with my patients done over decades most
of you think broccoli or asparagus is exotic. People speak about “having arteries
a salad” as if it was a welcome once a month change of pace. Salad try adding some black
shouldn’t just be lettuce and a slice of tomato. For the sake of your olives or chickpeas in the
mix. I like iceberg lettuce
more than the trendy
endive myself but there
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My wife looks after
Feeling adventurous? me. I perhaps should
say “my saintly wife”
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wife” to give her her just
adventure, due, but I’m trying to be
whatever brief. She knows that I like to see my meals presented with variety, and
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I still have some time. This isn’t the right venue anyway.
Let’s get back to the fungus! Mushrooms are a fantastic add-on, but
they must never be front and center. A portobello mushroom burger
where the Hamburger is replaced with mushroom is a very green and
echo friendly idea, but it just doesn’t work. Add some mushrooms and
some sautéed onions on top of the hamburger and you have knocked
off two of the “Strive for Five” items. You have heard at expression
“strive for five.” It means eating five fresh fruits or
vegetables a day. I think that’s great advice.
Everything positive I have said about
mushrooms you could say about raisins. They
go great in a salad. They are fantastic as a
quick handful snack. Usually I reveal my next
recommendation only to patients who have
get from a fresh been with me a long time. The patient’s I feel
product would especially close to. The people who I think
still be there worthy of this secret health tip. Pushing them
after you have to the next level of their physical well-being.
ground it up This is inner circle medical advice and I’m about
and dried it out to give it away to strangers! Oddly enough it comes
and made it into from my brother-in-law, a Doctor of Psychology in
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just isn’t any way than All right, you waited long enough. Here it is. Add raisins
a multivitamin is a good to your meatballs or meat loaf to bring it to the next level. A
substitute for a healthy diet. couple of raisins per meatball adds to the texture and subtly changes
Don’t get me wrong, I think and sweetens the taste, but is unobtrusive. Oh, I know, there are those
multivitamins are fine, but of you who are skeptical of the raisin meatball union and most of my
they’re not a substitute. patients screw up their faces at this potentially life-changing advice (so
They are in addition to good eating. much for being my favored /chosen one), but I urge you to get over it.
Speaking of good eating... are you a friend of the fungus? I wasn’t Try it. It’s not scorpion tails!
a fan of mushrooms when I was a kid, but I am a big fan now. I don’t Next month I plan on tackling the issue of Lamaze. It’s not a scam.
know when I made the conversion. Some people remember where they It’s not a fraud. It is well meant. It is a very, very bad idea. It is bad on
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Although it’s undergoing some renovations since the purchase

six weeks ago, Hotch’s Sports Pub and Grill is still a popular
venue for people to hang out. Run by Andy Hotchkiss and his
brother Phil, Hotch’s is located directly across from Wal-Mart on
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During all “I knew the restaurant end of it as well,”
7pm-9pm said of his brother Phil.
Races Hotchkiss explained as he spoke of his
experiences. Although SU games are a popular night
Giveaways & Prizes for patrons, the pub is full on a regular basis.
Part of the chosen decorations for the
DJ Bands Every dining area is a sign with the family name on With a trivia night starting up in the summer,
Hotchkiss expects to see the grill fired up.
Saturday it. The sign used to hang at his grandmother’s
restaurant in Mexico, New York. The sign is 50 Not only will trivia be joining the scene,
& The American years old, presenting a distinguished feel to but Hotchkiss is also planning to have a “bike
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The dining area can seat up to 120 people
night.”
On Saturdays there will be live bands as
with the right placement of tables. entertainment. Hotch’s will start having bands
Enter There is also a large sign etched into a every Saturday once they start getting booked.
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atmosphere easy for the patrons to mingle And for all the sports, 11 flat screen TVs
freely. The pub offers to make whatever the are strategically placed around the bar and
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OnOndaga THE ROAD

by: Nancy Roberts
natiOn The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy
SmOke ShOp Published by: Vintage Books, March 2007

When do you give up?
What is the nature of hope, of faith, of
love?
No simple questions in this book, and
beSt no simple answers.
priceS There is one telling episode in the
middle of Cormac McCarthy’s tour-
in de-force post-apocalyptic novel (five
out of six Amazon reviewers used this
tOwn! same phrase to describe this book!) in
which The Man and The Boy, who have
been on the road for at least a year,
surviving on wits, air, and what little can
be scavenged from a bleak and barren
world, find a momentary haven: some
survivalist’s lair, filled with all manner of
food and other luxuries.
Oddly, rather than feeling relief and
hope, I wished they
had not found it. The
slow death of hope
was by then almost
complete. Something
has blasted the earth,
so that nothing much
is left alive, save a few
stray humans, most of
whom have resorted
to cannibalism, a few
unburned plants, and
we Offer a great no signs of animal
brand SelectiOn life. All that’s left is ash and cold and the near
certainty of death.
available nOwhere elSe! The Man struggles with how to protect The Boy, and in his own way,
The Boy struggles with how to protect The Man, his father. Each keeps
hope alive for the sake of the other, though they have made a pact
Manufacturers coupon that The Man will not leave The Boy in the dark, alone. The spoken,
or unspoken agreement is that the gun they have will be a release for
accepted both of them should the day arrive when that last little ray of hope is
obliterated.
discount cigarettes, cigars, Meanwhile, they are on a self-imposed trek “to the coast.” We are
never quite sure where they lived, or what coast they are going to,
and other tobacco iteMs. or even why, but it really doesn’t matter. There are no real significant
landmarks left. In fact, the book itself lacks much in the way of
landmarks. There are no chapters. There is little punctuation save
Conveniently located 1/8 of a mile periods. There are not quotation marks to set off dialogue. Time passes,
but it is marked out by opportunities to eat as much as diurnal cycles
off Route 81. Take Rt. 81 to exit 16. or sleep. We don’t really know why they have set out on this quest;
we don’t really know what happened to the earth and its inhabitants;
Go North on State Route 11. we don’t know where our travelers have been, who they were, or even
We are on the right, just past the when they set out.
We are simply dropped into the middle of their time on The Road, as
Onondaga Nation Arena. if that was all there ever had been, or all there ever would be.
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seems weirdly out of about 20 minutes. Drain any remaining water from the qui-
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All of the elements for success were there, and yet somehow, always
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past world. For the first fifty pages or so, I kept waiting likely is no prospect except a long, cold,
for this type of plot line to hungry death - to end his life swiftly and
develop. By surely?
the time The The Man’s wife, The Boy’s mother,
Man and The has resorted (as we guess many have) to
Boy find the suicide. She went beyond the death of
underground hope, and there was no turning back. So
cache, I far, The Man has assured The Boy that
simply wanted they must “carry the fire,” that is, hold
them to give on to the will to live, the victory of faith
up. More over surrender.
appropriately, But what happens if the cannibals
I would have catch them? In one scene, the two find a
given up. basement full of “meat;” humans chained
When do up and harvested for the meat they
you know provide. Should they be captured, this
you are is what they’ll face. Or perhaps they’ll
the last man on earth? They have this Alice-in- end up on a month-long stretch of road
Wonderland conversation with a blind man they meet where no food can be found, and simply
on the road (Tiresias? The blind prophet of Thebes die as they walk. Or perhaps they will
that Odysseus meets on his travels), who simply says, get sick - they both do, and each time
“When you are.” the sheer panic that untreatable illness
When do you know there is not one more scrap would present is immediate and searing
of food left, one more drop of potable water, one for the reader. Or they may simply freeze
more possibility that life can go on? It’s pretty clear to death - the sun has long since fled the
that there isn’t much hope of another chance. Chased scene, and nothing but cold, ashy rain
by itinerant cannibals, they can’t rest anywhere for long, and simply and snow are offered up.
having food, blankets, or shoes makes them even more likely to be Their shoes wear out; they are filthy; their clothing and blankets are
hunted down. When will The Man realize that he can no longer protect wet and offer little protection. I fretted about what would happen to
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