A fat slice of fresh-baked pound cake. Sometimes simple is just fine. Cocopastel Bakery 440 East 138th St. (Willis Ave.-Brown Pl.), Mott Haven, Bronx 845-795-8025 www.Facebook.com/COCOpastelNYC Read more
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CBC had to scramble to fill holes in programming when the NHL season shut down in March thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Fortunately, the Canadian public broadcaster has access to great Canadian films. CBC also ran Hot Docs documentaries on other days in the late spring. The CBC has had to do this before due to NHL lockouts. Now with the CBC carrying NHL Stanley Cup playoff games, the run of Canadian films on Saturday nights has come to a temporary close. Depending on whether the tournament goes as planned and/or the length of time in between the Stanley Cup presentation and the start of the next NHL season, Canadian films will return to CBC on Saturday nights. Read more
We all want to support our favorite restaurants in the time of COVID-19 to give them our business so they can stay in business. What if those restaurants aren't able to give us what we had before the pandemic settled into our lives? Example 1 With my negative reaction to mozzarella cheese, I don't frequent too many pizzas in restaurants. I have a place that I love that makes a New Haven style pizza with parmesan cheese. The place doesn't require a special order, which psychologically is huge. I was in the neighborhood of the place and called in an order for the lunch-size pizza. The pizza is a really good size for a single person. The regular pizzas are meant to be shared with 2-3 people. I called in for the lunch-style pizza. I was told that the pizza was not available at this time. Confused? You weren't the only one. The person said I had to get the larger pizza. That wasn't going to happen and the conversation ended. Read more
Newfoundland and Labrador has a new premier-designate, but Andrew Furey won't be in the House of Assembly for awhile. Furey won the Liberal Party leadership race this week over John Abbott. Neither Furey or Abbott are in the assembly. Furey will have to wait for someone to step down, run in that riding in a by-election, and of course, win that election. While Furey has never held political office, his father (George) was the Senate speaker and his uncle (Chuck) was a former provincial cabinet minister. Dr. Furey is an orthopedic surgeon who founded Team Broken Earth in helping out in medical missions. Furey will replace Dwight Ball, who will step down as premier once Furey is in place. Read more
