Blogtoberfest Movie Review: Would You Rather

Available on Netflix streaming    A dinner party that starts with cocktails and devolves into tableside drownings by barrel. That's the gist of Would You Rather, a horror-thriller starring Brittany Snow and featuring a hodge podge of actors who seem like they'd be fun at an actual dinner party: John Heard, Sasha Grey, Oscar-nominated June … Continue reading Blogtoberfest Movie Review: Would You Rather

Poem.

Demons and ghosts and soulless specters glowing eyes, or the great unknown they lurk and frighten, maim or pilfer, sweeping through cold spots or rivers of blood. Victims fall, for two hours or less, inside the cracks of dark twisted plots. They get in their scrapes for failure to look; leaping past doorjambs with nary … Continue reading Poem.

The 2015 Weird Food Round-up: Two Savories, Two Sweets

I never know where my annual 'October food' posts are going to take me. Sometimes, I find a lot of spooky party platters. Other times, it's a trendy ingredient or a bizarre new dish from a restaurant... this year, I found myself gravitating toward some particularly good entrants into the Weird Food Race in the … Continue reading The 2015 Weird Food Round-up: Two Savories, Two Sweets

The Unofficial Start of Autumn: Apple Squeeze

The annual Apple Squeeze in Lenox, Mass. in the Berkshires is the unofficial start to fall and everything it offers. This past weekend, we made our usual pilgrimage to the festival...we munched on apple sausage sandwiches, browsed the many gift tents, and started a rolling tally of celebrities we nearly mowed down with the stroller, … Continue reading The Unofficial Start of Autumn: Apple Squeeze