Category Archives: The Good Life

Mostly Naked Lady of the Week: Tessa Fowler

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Playboy’s announcement earlier this week to cease publishing nudes, like all great Aristotelian tragedies, was both surprising and inevitable. Given that we’ve had freely available Internet porn catering to all proclivities for about two decades, it’s surprising the … Continue reading →

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Architecture du Jour: Wilderstein

Paleo Retiree writes: My wife and I recently visited Wilderstein, a magnificent 19th century mansion on the Hudson River, not far from the lovely small town of Rhinebeck. Wilderstein is sometimes said to be the Hudson River Valley’s best Victorian house. … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Lorna Morgan

Blowhard, Esq. writes: No one fills out a sweater like Welsh native Lorna Morgan. Her creamy skin, dark tresses, cherubic dimples, and — let’s not mince words — huge tits have been a mainstay of big boob sites for 15 years. … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Gianna Michaels

Blowhard, Esq. writes: One of the most popular of the major mainstream porn stars of the last decade, Seattle native Gianna Michaels is known for her curvy figure, enthusiastic performances, boisterous laugh, and the naughty gleam in her eye. Isn’t it … Continue reading →

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Cocktails Du Jour

Eddie Pensier writes: “Cherry Coconut Blazer” (coconut-infused whiskey, cherry-infused cognac, chocolate liqueur and chocolate bitters, flambéed in situ and garnished with nutmeg before serving, still warm) and “Ryan Gosling Flip” (Gosling’s rum, sherry, chocolate liqueur, banana bread syrup, black walnut … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Mistress T

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Is this the first professional dominatrix that we’ve featured? A quick check of the archives reveals that to be the case. With her cool voice and haughty-naughty mein, Mistress T is like the madam of a “Eyes Wide … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Du Jour

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Good Old Boy from The Wren in the Bowery. Bacon infused Jim Beam bourbon, tomato juice, HP sauce, brown sugar, and smoked salt served with a slice of thick cut bacon and lemon wedge. Earthy and smoky but … Continue reading →

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DON CARLO, Metropolitan Opera (Review)

Eddie Pensier* writes: I’ve always had big problems with Verdi’s Don Carlo. It always struck me less as a cohesive music-theatre piece and more of a collection of scenes and arias, rather like a concert program. It never really juggles … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Aria Giovanni

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A mixture of Italian, Yugoslavian, French, German, Irish, and West Indian ancestry, Aria Giovanni is an exotic beauty custom-made for a Mediterranean harem. On the other hand, those eyebrows make her look like the world’s hottest East L.A. … Continue reading →

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Movie Clip Du Jour

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Miriam Hopkins and Claudette Colbert sing “Jazz Up Your Lingerie” from Ernst Lubitsch’s THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (1931).

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