Contrary to popular belief, I’m not the smartest person in the room. But I am the most determined. And when the kind folks at AllOverAlbany.com sent this tweet to one of their followers… @ktesque If anyone might know, it’s probably @chuckthewriter. — All Over Albany (@alloveralbany) August 20, 2012 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js I had to take a…
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The Cahoots Memorial Restaurant/Bar “Dead Pool”
Remember Cahoots? The bar / dance club in the basement of the Albany Hilton, the place that was touted as the Capital District’s premier nightclub and entertainment center, where “the party never stops”? Yeah, that wasn’t the name I remembered it by. I think the term “meat market” was more used. And no, Cahoots didn’t…
Read MoreMy Commitment to Charities
What can I do to help? Or, more specifically, what can the sale or auctioning of anything I’ve created be able to help? Over the years, I’ve been more than happy to provide several of my framed photos and artworks to organizations, for which the proceeds can be used for various charitable endeavors. Just this…
Read MoreI said a Schaefer light, not Schaefer Light!
My interior decorating tastes don’t lean toward French Provincial or Danish Modern or feng shui or any of those other styles. I lean more toward the style of Contemporary and Classical Advertising. Okay, it’s Man-Cave Modern. There. Happy? Those interior decorating tastes would certainly explain why I purchased this vintage beer advertising clock on eBay…
Read MorePositive stories of Olympics sportsmanship
Let’s see. Eight badminton players get expelled from the Olympics for sandbagging their matches and not trying to win, so that they would receive more comfortable placement in the quarterfinals. One female soccer player turned into a “socker” player, giving Abby Wambach a black eye. NBC tape-delayed the Olympics to the point where you think…
Read MoreThe New York Cosmos were the greatest soccer team of all time
You people have no idea. You watch MLS today and you see David Beckham and the LA Galaxy playing against the New York Red Bulls. You watch the Euro 2012 tournament, you watch the World Cup, you watch the FA Cup, and you think these games are the highest pinnacle of professional soccer. And, sadly,…
Read MoreTwo less Uneeda Biscuit signs in the Capital District
A few months ago, Kevin Baker, he of the “Trivia Nights Live” team, sent me an e-mail. Apparently some construction work on Albany’s Lancaster Street revealed an advertisement for a local pharmacy and ice cream shop, and if I wanted to take a picture of it, I should get to Lancaster Street as fast as…
Read MoreGot a Match?
Yesterday afternoon, after spending some time celebrating fellow blogger DerryX‘s second blogging anniversary, I took care of some personal business – shopping, laundry, the usual things that bachelors do. In my travels, I took a pit stop at one of the thrift stores on Troy’s River Street. And in a weathered old bowl on a…
Read MorePrice Chopper and Wegmans… yawn… call me when we get a Grand Union and an A&P.
Again, the Capital District has gone into a tizzy and a topspin. And it all has to do with grocery stores. “Oh my God, we’re getting a second Shop Rite! Praise the Lord, we gotta get there on Opening Day, because if we don’t, the food won’t taste as good!” “Oh my God, Price Chopper…
Read MoreCan the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove be saved?
Two years ago, I photographed this iconic lighthouse in Nova Scotia. I had to get up at the crack of morn, drive an hour south of Halifax to get this shot, and even in doing so, I almost fell into the Atlantic Ocean trying to photograph the lighthouse from this very spot (damn slippery rocks).…
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