It's pretty neat to have a hookah place in the area, even if it is way out in Henrietta. The day I went to Look ah Hookah there was no one there -- it's mostly a night time place -- but that worked out to my advantage as I got great service and someone to answer all my questions.The sides of the room are lined with couches, a coffee table in front of each, and cushioned stools on the other side. On each table sits a hookah, most of them very neat looking. Each hookah has disposable mouthpieces, and each one has a

Saturday, March 29, was a perfect day for a bus tour, with the sun shining brightly, but it was still just a bit too cold to be standing outside. As we boarded the big bus for the Landmark Society's City Living Bus Tour, we were each handed large manila envelopes filled with info. If I ever really get to seriously considering purchasing a home, I'm heading to the Landmark Society first. Their "Home Room" is a homebuyer's dream resource.We began in Corn Hill, headquarters for the Landmark Society. An upper-class neighborhood, it used to be known as the silk stockings and ruffled shirts

The couches and upholstered, white folding chairs that formed a semi-circle in the rear of the store were filled with about 30 women for "The Well Dressed Window" presentation at Ambiance on Thursday, April 3. A table displayed cheese and crackers, wine, and lemon and cucumber waters. As the ladies warmed up with wine, a Hunter Douglas rep exhibited the new line of shades and blinds designed to "harness the power of light." My friend and I felt a bit out of place with the many references to "the husbands," in-home theaters, on-site cleaners, and rug-fade fear. Still, some of the designs were

I love the idea of teatime. My ex -- a Brit -- said that his grandfather always carried a thermos of tea with him, and no matter where he was at 4 p.m. he would stop and partake of a cup. For a while when my son was still in grade school, after the bus would drop him home, we'd have teatime. He'd have milk or hot chocolate and we sometimes added board games to our version. It was what is called "quality time," catching up on each other's day, and a transitioning time from daily activities to the dinner

Like most of us, I first "met" Mordecai Lipshutz over the airwaves, drawn in by his distinctive deep, smooth voice that illustrated his love for music as he announced the pieces, often accompanied by bits of interesting trivia. I first met him in person at the first Rochester International Jazz Festival. Impossible to miss in his ivory Fedora hat, we had many a chat as the venues closed down and the festivities moved to the after-party at the Crown Plaza. Each year thereafter I looked forward to running into him and catching up. Such a character, I often thought a casting

I didn't like disco the first time around, so I'll admit I used the least amount of energy and imagination I could get away with for my costume for the Ugly Disco. Actually, it wasn't really even a costume, but I got away with it. It was mod, but not, which works just fine in what should be called -- in my humble opinion -- the Ugly 70s. Not at all confined to disco, the costumes were more like Sly & The Family Stone got funky with George Clinton on a fever-less Saturday night.Anyway, possessed by the party spirit, but with

I must be old, because the presence of hippies in the lobby of the Tower Fine Arts Center at SUNY Brockport didn't strike me as strange until some of the more outlandish costumes and afros began to appear. I then realized they were the actors. The play "Hair" actually begins there -- in the lobby -- and continues within the theater, where the actors lounge around, blowing bubbles, juggling balls, joking, and interacting with the audience. On stage, girls do spaced-out tag dancing while a young man meditates to a singing bowl's song. It is only when a woman with a very large