Such an honor that Pretty Dead is an award-winner in the New York Women in Film & TV 2020 Online Film Festival - and is now streaming as a ...

"Entertainingly irreverent" —Associated Press
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I tell stories — made up and true, dramatic and comedic — through a variety of media. I'm bookish and TVish, filmish, mysterious, foodish and wine-y.
Here, I opinionate and share my intrepid daily adventures in NYC, in my hometown Yonkers, and beyond. (Keep in mind that while you might not count, say, a trip to Trader Joe's Soho as an "intrepid adventure," I spend an awful lot of time in front of the computer.)
Thanks so much for visiting — and feel free to check out...
Such an honor that Pretty Dead is an award-winner in the New York Women in Film & TV 2020 Online Film Festival - and is now streaming as a ...
The time is weird, surreal — and of course, unprecedented. The disease, the "alone together", walking the empty NYC streets in a mask and ...
First tray of Weenie's homemade raviolis before the freezer... Raviolis are the Tedeschi side of the family's Christmas Day dinner ...
YoFiFest hosted a "Meet the Filmmakers" night, which was so much fun and — bonus! — Lohud News reporter Tiffany Cusaac-Smith ...