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Travesties of 2012—Vaudeville Shenanigans
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Welcome to the strangest comic relief available without prescription” begins our Host, Trav S.D. in full Captain Spaulding* regalia- pith helmet, painted mustache and all.
A Few Less Usual…Gifts for Them
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
Things to evoke a smile, enhance aesthetics, help entertain with style. Left: Delicate, graceful champagne flutes. Set of 6, each one different-bands, stripes, bubbles… (also
Mark Nadler: Contemporary Vaudevillian and Happy Guy
Monday, September 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Mark Nadler and I are the only diners in the otherwise closed second floor at Sardi’s this quiet, weekday afternoon. Greeting manager and waiters by
New York Childhood in the Olden Days: Nostalgic Look Back
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
by Aimee Garn on Living Around
“The Olden Days,” a phrase that my daughters used when they were young, amalgamates wildly different times in the past. In New York City’s Olden














