Stand-Up Comedy Experience
In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I participated in a workshop comedy group called The Stand-Up Comedy Experience, under the direction of the inestimable Steve Rosenfield. That workshop has grown and morphed and is now the…
Food, Fun, and Karaoke Abound In Hotel Convention at Javits
CaB Magazine Christmas 1992 I’m now quite sure that karaoke is the in thing. I know because the Javits Center has more karaoke machines in it than there are bars in Hell’s Kitchen. I’m at…
Miss Elle’s Homesick Bar and Grill, Roettele A.G.
CaB Magazine Christmas 1992 You Are Where You Eat Restaurant Reviews Home for the holidays. An image that conjures up either nostalgia or terror, and sometimes both. For those who are off to visit the…
Heard the One About…?
GENRE November 1992 Parting Glances Heard the One About…? Heading Straight for the Funny Farm Between June 7th and October 4th, 1995, 27-year old aspiring comedian Benny Goldschmidt received major yawns and was booed off…
La Metairie, Zutto, Ci Vediamo
CaB Magazine November 1992 You Are Where You Eat Restaurant Reviews The world didn’t end. We know that because you’re reading this after October 28, 1992. The Rapture. Judgment Day. With life continuing on, I,…
Shojin, Boostan, Hot Stuff
CaB Magazine October 1992 You Are Where You Eat Restaurant Reviews If you have been following this column over the last couple of issues, I have no doubt that you now picture me in bursting,…
No Dropped Forks
QW Magazine September 1992 No Dropped Forks I’ve been picked up in a lot of places by a lot of different people, in a lot of different ways. I never expected to be picked up…
Greek Active
GENRE September 1992 Parting Glances Greek Active The Alphabet, Not a Position Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! The cry of the French Revolution. Except, of course, it was Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité! The first two make perfect sense…