By Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Happy January and welcome new followers! I apologize for my tardiness in posting this month. The past few weeks have been a bit of a nightmare in the US. There have been some bright spots (Figure Skating, the upcoming fourth season of Bridgerton, movies, spending time with friends), but for the most part, every day, I wake up with a sense of dread. I don’t want to be Debbie Downer, so I’m going to share some of the highlights of my trip to Savannah, G

By Lori Perkins As we celebrate this national holiday I wondered about the wedding of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott, because I didn’t recall seeing any of those photos. I know we don’t think of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a romantic, but being the editor of this romance-centric magazine, I realty wanted to know about their early courtship. And it was quite romantic in the 1950’s kind of way. A mutual friend set them up.  King was getting his Ph.D. from Boston Theol

By Max Ximenez There are few things more restorative than a chicken dinner; and perhaps one of them might be the vaunted “Stimpak” of the Fallout franchise. For a limited time, both can be found at Dave’s Hot Chicken as part of their promotional packaged combo meal of your choice of ten pieces of Dave’s signature “saucy bites” of fried chicken or a chicken slider sandwich, plus ranch dressing, seasoned fries and a Stimpak toy of your very own! While one might be tempted to us

By Lori Perkins I have been making New Year’s Resolutions for decades, and they are more or less the same – lose weight, exercise more, save more money, make more money, and a list of things I want to do. This doesn’t work. Four years ago I survived a stage 3 cancer battle, and coming out of recovery I realized that what I wanted to do going forward was find more joy, and specially, FIND MY JOY. So I started making New Year’s Propositions – proposals to make my life more joyf

By Lori Perkins I’ve been working in publishing for four decades, so of course, I’m a book lover. But the last thing I want as a present is another book. Or bookmark. Or a mug about a book or my book loving passion.  At this ripe old age, I also have no wall space left for posters about books. So what do you get someone like me? I’ve been keeping a journal for over 40 years (yes, since I was a kid), so a lovely 5 x 8 book --lined our unlined (I love the ones from the Metropol

By Lori Perkins  I love Beaujolais Nouveau, the new (meaning 2025) French red wine that is held back by French law until the third Thursday of November when they allow us plebs outside France to sample it.  This is the newly harvested wine from this year, and is fruitier than the more fermented varieties. To my friends who have never had it, I describe is as Manischewitz but French and without the tannins.   Last year’s was not so great,  but this year is wonderful! And even

Riverdale Avenue Books invites the brave, the curious, and lovers of all things macabre to an unforgettable afternoon of horror and history at the Lizzie Borden House Anthology  launch party. The event takes place Sunday, November 9, from 2:00–4:00 PM  at the historic Lizzie Borden House Bed & Breakfast , 230 2nd Street in Fall River, MA, the very site of the notorious 1892 axe murders that continue to haunt America’s imagination. Guests will be treated to a reading by seven

By Elizabeth Kerri Mahon You’ve heard of pub crawls; well, this past Saturday, I took a historic house crawl sponsored by the Historic House Trust of New York City . The Historic House Trust helps preserve twenty-three significant sites, many located in New York City parks. The historic house crawl featured four houses in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx: the Morris-Jumel Mansion , the Dyckman Farmhouse , the Van Cortlandt House Museum , and the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum . I’m

By Lori Perkins I’ve known October was Breast Cancer Awareness month for much of my adult life, being very familiar with the pink ribbon...

By Lori Perkins America was incensed when ABC took Jimmy Kimmel off the air at what seemed the demand of two right-wing media...

By Lori Perkins I went to the Thursday night ”advance” showing of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues , excited to see what Rob Reiner and...

By Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Last week, HBO Max aired the final episode of And Just Like That , and fans are both relieved that this...

Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Sunday night was the season finale of season three of HBO’s The Gilded Age , and what a fitting end to an excellent...

By Lori Perkins This year, like every year, Riverdale Avenue Books - award-winning indie publisher - celebrates Christmas in July! And,...

By Lori Perkins People who know me know that I love horror.  I was one of the founding members of Horror Writers of America in the 80’s,...