Tag Archives: gazettenet
NoHoTune
“Massachusetts Afternoon”, SNL’s The Blue Jean Committee folk ditty set in Northampton. What’s the back story? Hmmm. Seth Meyers’ girlfriend is BFF of someone’s daughter who dates music producer in NoHo? No? Don’t know. Leggy women in NoHo? Whoa. No Ho. … Continue reading
SideToast
It’s easy to recognize a non-native of the Pioneer Valley. They usually pronounce the H in Amherst, our neighboring town and college. We say AmErst. A local comedy troupe Side of Toast has created an online soap opera based on this … Continue reading
Filed under Northampton, Politics
FoxyLoxy
On several dusky evenings recently we’d spotted a gray fox darting back and forth across the yard and under the front porch where a skunk family is in residence. Today’s Gazette reports that this same Foxy Loxy, apparently rabid, was killed by … Continue reading
Filed under Northampton, Sports
WoolfTrek
It’s a good day to reprise my 4/27/10 post- favorite obit headline ever: ‘Helen Lavalle, 94, Advised Elizabeth Taylor’. “Amongst her many jobs, Helen was a waitress at the former Williams House, where she was the only waitress who could tell … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Film, Journalism
SideTrek-BlogSpotted
Pioneer Valley newspaper Daily Hampshire Gazette featured TheSideTrek in Phoebe Mitchell’s “Blog Spotter” report. Cool! Great article. Read it here, the link works now, thanks to Noah: ‘Florence Woman Makes Mark on CNN Blog, and Her Own’. Ms. Mitchell highlighted frequent on-air … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, Northampton
RemulakTrek
Is Jake a downtown spy? I think I saw him infiltrating an apartment building near Wall Street today. Has he converted the Pound Ridge clan? Speaking of clans, local police report today’s Gazette, “A woman driving on Sylvester Road in … Continue reading
WolfTreks
Local newspaper, Daily Hampshire Gazette, has taken to putting headlines above each obituary. This one caught my eye the other day, “Helen Lavalle, 94, advised Elizabeth Taylor”. Amongst her many jobs, Helen was a waitress at the former Williams House, … Continue reading
HampSoup- JayTracyMel
Northampton, Massachusetts isn’t New York or San Francisco, but this week: Monday night, Jay Leno read the police log from our local newspaper. He remarked to Kevin Eubanks, “I think we’ve got the white trash trifecta here”: – A Florence … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Film, Media, New York, Northampton, Recipes, San Francisco, Travel
