In honor of International Womens Week (first week of March) here is my tribute to American jockey, Rosie Napravnik, who hails from the nearby townhip of Mendham, NJ.... Read More
Edna Lewis was born in 1916 in Freetown, Orange County, Virginia. One of eight children, she lived with her family in a small community of emancipated slaves that her grandfather helped... Read More
Here is Stage Left Steak envisioned in another country, centuries ago.
Look closely and notice the exquisite art collection inside from some of the most renowned artists of the era, a tradition which thankfully, has continued... Read More
In 1920, as the dark clouds of Prohibition descended, Bacardi began promoting Cuba as a tropical paradise to escape to. Hemingway was one of the many Americans who flocked there... Read More
“Years ago I began collecting cocktail books. I soon realized that mixology was an amazing art, but we knew so little about those who invented it, like the great Jerry Thomas. That’s... Read More
Here I am at the Spotted Cat in New Orleans, with a beer and my sketch book drawing the beautiful lady in front of me swaying to the music, her arm reaching behind for her beer, which she set on the bar beside me…unaware... Read More