What color shirts will the federal election monitors coming to New Jersey be wearing? Will they be masked, too?

Nobody sounds like Dinah Washington. Nobody. WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM

Time to start carving pumpkins. When you work in #wine, you find easy inspiration. #pumpkin #pumpkincarving #Halloween

With friends dining at Gramercy Tavern tonight, its good to have #wine connections so I can arrange to have a bottle waiting for them when they sit down.

#InternationalArtistDay is today in part because it is Picasso's birthday. I did a search "was Picasso an asshole?" Its actually ths lede in a bunch of pieces and even in a number of headers. Go figure.

This game could stand to have the ghost runner rule. #WorldSeries #LAvsTO #BlueJaysvsDodgers

It was great to have a fantastic Austrian winemaker at my home this morning to taste her #wine and talk. Her next stop was off to Brooklyn to The Four Horsemen, so maybe I'm kind of cool (nah, not really). Anyway, I showed her this ahead of her next stop. #winewriter #cookbook

when someone follows me or likes something I say, and I check out their profile and see they are a MAGAt, I safely conclude one of three things - they are a bot or their reading comprehension sucks or they are just not terribly bright.

Its #NationalCatDay. Not to be confused with International Cat Day in August which I guess celebrates international breeds like Siamese, British, Japanese, Balinese, etc. Anyway, while I am not anti-cat, most of us can agree on this - don't be Shut-In Cat Guy. #wine #winewriter

I get too many trick or treaters to be able to give out the full size of these so kids will have to accept the fun size version. They can take two, though. #Halloween #Halloween2025 #trickortreat

It's almost the season where Catholics refute that Halloween has any connection to or co-opted previously marked pagan celebrations. Such commentary in fact will be deemed as anywhere from coincidental to anti-Catholic.

So what did the president give away to XI this time so he and his friends can own TikTok?

Of course Republicans are now gravitating towards Cuomo. If they had no moral qualms voting for the president, Cuomo is a minor league criminal in comparison.

I try to do one contemporary/cultural themed pumpkin every year for Halloween. #Halloween #Halloween2025 #pumpkin #jackolantern

A thoughtful piece by a thoughtful old friend (and super talented editor) for the new Pittsburgh Review of Books. On editing some of Oliver Sachs' last written words and how they resonate with him again today. pghrev.com/the-afterlives…

With all the Mandami Muslim fear-mongering, why none from MAGAts about the Muslim influence on the president? The White House is heavily Muslim-influenced. What do you think all that money gets?

Happy Halloween! Truly, the Great Pumpkin exists. It's my 13th Annual Wine Pumpkin. A grown-up treat, no trick to it. #wine #winewriter #pumpkin #winepumpkin #Halloween

They were appropriately black tight leather pants, because of the mourning. Otherwise, they may have been color coordinated with the VP's eye shadow.