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And now, upcoming shows to which I'm looking forward: First and foremost, next Saturday, Oct. 1, I will be returning to my hometown of Summit, NJ to host "Lodge Laughter" at the Elks Lodge for the third time. This event always sells out, and there are only a few tickets left. If you'd like to attend, mail your checks in today. Details here. I'll be at Broadway Comedy Club on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 8PM to perform in Sheba Mason's show. Sheba is the estranged (and very wacky) daughter of legendary comic Jackie Mason, and her show is always a hoot. You can catch me at my old stomping ground, Therapy Lounge, on two consecutive Sundays -- Oct. 9 and 16 -- headlining and hosting, respectively. This free show starts at 10PM and is always jam-packed. On Monday, Oct. 10, I'll be doing a set at Harriet Halloway's monthly Waiting to Inhale show at Gotham Comedy Club. And finally, on Saturday, Nov. 5, I'll be back in Summit serving as host and auctioneer at the G...

Harold Eliot Leeds and Wheaton Galentine The house where Carrie Bradshaw lived, supposedly on the Upper East Side but actually at 66 Perry Street in the West Village, still draws a steady stream of "Sex and the City" fans. They snap photos of the row house, which was built in 1866, as if to partake in the fictional life of a New York writer and the foibles of her quest for lasting romance. But a real New York romance played out at the house next door, No. 64, whose plainer facade served as Carrie’s building for the first three seasons of the show, said Tim Gunn, the fashion executive who lived in an apartment there for 16 years. It lasted almost six decades, linking two men from their first meeting at the Rockefeller Center skating rink during World War II until one of them, Harold Eliot Leeds, an architect and professor of interior design at Pratt, died in 2002. Read the full story at The New York Times This brings to an end the vintage series that began in October ...

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The Imperial Court of New York presents DAYTIME MEETS THE NIGHT TIME A Night of Cabaret benefiting Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & LifeBeat Honorary Chairperson: Robin Strasser – "Dorian" from One Life to Live New York, NY, September 26, 2011 – The Imperial Court of New York today announced that they will be hosting a night of cabaret honoring One Life to Live and All My Children with performances from some of the daytime stars from those shows as well as performances from Broadway, Primetime & the Imperial Court of New York. The event takes place on Friday, November 4th at 8pm. Daytime Meets the Nighttime , benefitting the Jan Hus Neighborhood Church and Lifebeat , Music Fights HIV, will be more than just a dazzling display of regal glamour and amazing, show stopping songs, it is an opportunity to celebrate two wonderful organizations who serve their communities with resilience. Many special guests and performers will make this an evening to remember. Emperor XX Van...

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts condemned some members of the audience at the recent Republican debate for booing an openly gay soldier. The crowd at Thursday's debate provided yet another controversial moment when some people booed a video of a soldier asking about the candidates' policy on the Don't Ask Don't Tell law. Roberts called the moment "strange," and noted that none of the candidates or anyone in the audience praised the soldier for his service. He also criticized the GOP hopefuls for not denouncing the boos. One of the candidates, Rick Santorum, later claimed not to have heard them. But Roberts did not like Santorum referring to the lifting of the ban on openly gay soldiers as "social experimentation." "I get out of all of these things that many of these candidates would rather take legislation to build a time machine and go back in time to where we had no women voting, slavery was cool," he said. Roberts has previously said that Mi...

Stuffed Breast of Veal James Beard Cookbook (1959) Ask the butcher to cut a pocket in the large end of the meat. 5 to 6 pounds breast of veal 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup ground ham 1 cup liverwurst 3 tablespoons cream or milk 1 1/2 cup dry bread 1 teaspoon thyme 2 eggs, beaten 3 tablespoons whiskey 1/4 cup chopped parsley Salt to taste Strips of bacon or salt pork Preheat oven to 375º Sauté the onion and garlic in hot butter. Add the ground ham and mix thoroughly. In another bowl mash the liverwurst and thin it with a little cream or milk. Combine the ham mixture with the liverwurst, dry breadcrumbs, thyme, beaten eggs, whiskey, parsley, and salt. Stuff the breast of veal with this mixture, put a layer or two of foil over the opening and fasten it to the meat on both sides with metal skewers. Place the meat on a rack in a roasting pan, and top it with strips of bacon or salt pork. Cook in oven, allowing 25 minutes per pound of the st...

Café Brûlot from Brian Landry of Galatoire’s Restaurant New Orleans 2 oranges 1 lemon 12 cloves 3 cinnamon sticks 2 ounces brandy 2 ounces orange liqueur (such as Cointreau) 6 cups of brewed French roast coffee, kept hotMethod: Carefully use a vegetable peeler to carve the peel from one orange in a continuous coil. Stud the orange peel with the cloves. Thread one end of the coil through the tines of a fork and set aside. Peel the lemon and cut the peel into 1/4-inch twists. Repeat with the other orange. In a small saucepot over low heat, combine the lemon and orange peels, cinnamon sticks, brandy, and orange liqueur. Heat the ingredients for 3 to 5 minutes. When the mixture is warm, pour it into a brûlot bowl or a stainless steel bowl with a flat bottom. Scoop up some of the mixture in a ladle. Light a match and hold it to the ladle, igniting the liqueur. Using your other hand, carefully pick up the fork holding the clove-studded orange peel coil and hold it over the bowl. Slowly lower...

Southwest Vegetable Quesadillas from Hannah Lawrence 13 cans garbanzo beans 1 1/2 cup lemon juice 9 tablespoons garlic 5 teaspoons cumin 4 bunches cilantro, chopped 5 large yellow onions, diced 10 teaspoons drained black beans 10 teaspoons corn 10 teaspoons chopped red pepper 10 teaspoons chopped green pepper 5 teaspoons salt 5 teaspoons black pepper 60 10-inch wraps 5 cans salsa In a blender or food processor, combine garbanzo beans, 1 cup of the lemon juice, garlic, and cumin to make the hummus. Combine the cilantro, onions, remaining 1/2 cup of lemon juice, black beans, corn, red and green peppers, salt, and pepper. Spread a layer of hummus over the entire wrap. Cover half of the wrap with black bean mixture. Fold wrap in half. Cook on grill or flat top until the wrap is crispy. Cut into wedges. Garnish with salsa.

What Happens at the Equinox? Equinox Means "Equal Night" Translated literally, equinox means "equal night." The Sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are, therefore, about equal in length all over the world during the equinoces. The autumnal equinox will occur September 22 at 11:09 P.M. EDT. This date will mark the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern. Reasons for the Seasons: These brief but monumental moments owe their significance to the 23.4 degree tilt of the Earth's axis. Because of the tilt, we receive the Sun's rays most directly in the summer. In the winter, when we are tilted away from the Sun, the rays pass through the atmosphere at a greater slant, bringing lower temperatures. If the Earth rotated on an axis perpendicular to the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, there would be no variation in day lengths or temperatures throughout the year, and we would not hav...