Escape to WoodstockBy ETHAN GILSDORF
Woodstock, New York is a village unjustly famous for the music festival that never happened here: in 1969, a half-million hippies descended on Bethel, about an hour away, not Woodstock.
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 | JUNE 2008
This page is a list of articles published in our June 2008 issue.
Escape to Woodstock
By ETHAN GILSDORF
Woodstock, New York is a village unjustly famous for the music festival that never happened here: in 1969, a half-million hippies descended on Bethel, about an hour away, not Woodstock.
How to Take Longer Trips And Pay Less
By Rolf Potts
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about travel is that short trips cost less than longer ones. In reality, a month-long journey is not just cheaper than four one-week vacations; it can in fact cost about the same as one typical one-week vacation.
The Golden Golden Years
By Mad Dog
We all need something to look forward to, whether it’s a good night’s sleep, a much-needed vacation, retirement, or a new president.
Do’s and Don’t for Photo Storage
Archivist Craig A. Tuttle, author of “An Ounce of Preservation: A Guide to the Care of Papers and Photographs,” (Rainbow Books, $12.95) offers the following tips to ensure you’ll enjoy your photographs for years to come.
Create a Book of Memories
Beth D'Addono
Come on, ‘fess up. You have a shopping bag or shoe box full of photographs sitting in a closet or on a basement shelf in your home.
Hooray for Ray of Avenue A
By Christopher J. Ryan
Seventy-five years old…50 more to go! So said Ray Alvarez, proprietor of Ray’s Candy Shop on Avenue A as he watched “Creamy Stevens” strip off her clothes in honor of his 75th birthday
Who Will Handle Your Estate?
By Christopher J. Ryan
Seventy-five years old…50 more to go! So said Ray Alvarez, proprietor of Ray’s Candy Shop on Avenue A as he watched “Creamy Stevens” strip off her clothes in honor of his 75th birthday. Her high heels clicked away on Ray’s well-worn counter as her white-gloved hands touched the ornate tin ceiling for balance.
So, let’s examine the benefits of healthy sun exposure.
Chill It!
By Beth D’Addono
Summer and soup don’t usually go together. Once the mercury rises, the very thought of sipping a steamy bowl of hearty potage is enough to give a person the vapors.
Cold Beet Soup
No Polish meal is complete without soup.
Senior Power and Going Green
By Edwin Méndez-Santiago, LCSW
In visiting a senior center on Earth Day to talk about “going green” Mayor Bloomberg had a special point to make.
The Future of Hearing
How Technologies are evolving to treat and prevent hearing loss.
By ROBERT EBISCH
The music coming from Bob Dylan and his band at the indoor concert is awesome, but what I can hear of his vocals suggests that people backstage are strangling frogs.