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Restaurant Review: Martine’s Riverhouse Restaurant, 3 ½ Yums (New Hope, PA)
Reviews are based on a 5 Yum scale, 5 being must-go, 2 being save your money, 1 being call an ambulance.
Where: Martine’s Riverhouse Restaurant, New Hope, PA
Price: $$$
Fun new word: RiverhouseSo it is two words or one? Is the ‘H’ capitalized or not? I found it both ways on their website and their Facebook page. That can happen when you make up words – it’s tough to know which is catchier.
My husband Frank and I made it across the Delaware River to New Hope, Pennsylvania. We parked in Lambertville, New Jersey, and walked over the bridge, since New Hope decided several years ago there would be no free parking anywhere in town. It’s Delaware River Towns Restaurant Week and both communities are nestled on the river. It’s a spectacular place to live. Art and progressive politics are in the air, but there’s something for everyone. Last night that something was dinner at Martine’s.
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Book Review: When Brooklyn Was Queer, by Hugh Ryan
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“When Brooklyn Was Queer” by Hugh Ryan
c.2019, St. Martin’s Press
$29.99 / $38.99 Canada 308 pagesYour city sure has changed.
Landmarks were destroyed, the skyline is different, and streets are shifted in a way that feels same-not-same. It’s like having dinner with a relative you met once, when you were nine: as in “When Brooklyn Was Queer” by Hugh Ryan, everything and nothing is familiar.
Once upon a time, Brooklyn was little more than farms and fields.
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Restaurant Review: Martine’s Riverhouse Restaurant, 3 ½ Yums (New Hope, PA)
Reviews are based on a 5 Yum scale, 5 being must-go, 2 being save your money, 1 being call an ambulance.
Where: Martine’s Riverhouse Restaurant, New Hope, PA
Price: $$$
Fun new word: RiverhouseSo it is two words or one? Is the ‘H’ capitalized or not? I found it both ways on their website and their Facebook page. That can happen when you make up words – it’s tough to know which is catchier.
My husband Frank and I made it across the Delaware River to New Hope, Pennsylvania. We parked in Lambertville, New Jersey, and walked over the bridge, since New Hope decided several years ago there would be no free parking anywhere in town. It’s Delaware River Towns Restaurant Week and both communities are nestled on the river. It’s a spectacular place to live. Art and progressive politics are in the air, but there’s something for everyone. Last night that something was dinner at Martine’s.
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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: What Is Lesbian Literature?
Photo by Sue Hardesty The Amazon Trail: What Is Lesbian Literature?
By Lee Lynch“… when teachers, editors, agents and awards administrators, among others, hold mainstream writing as the standard, and all but ignore books with an exclusively lesbian focus, they lead us away from serious, in depth examination of our lesbian selves.”
It’s nice that some non-gay writers include us in their stories. I’m thinking of Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder detective novels in which he has an amusing lesbian friend who is a dog groomer. Very respectful and matter-of-fact that she’s a dyke. But that doesn’t make the novels lesbian any more than the presence of Robert B. Parker’s gay male bartender and strongman in his Spenser series makes the books gay male.
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The Twist Podcast #91: Binary Blues, Facebook Snitches, Fabulous Farmers Markets, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the trauma of coming out as binary, the Facebook police, fabulous farmers markets, and the week in headlines.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Spotify, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast #90: Lent to Listicles, Nutty Rightwing Judges, and the Week in Headlines
LISTEN FOR MARCH’S WORD OF THE MONTH! Be the third person to identify the word and win an Amazon $25 gift card.Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at Trump’s Bible book signing, trends in Lent, rightwing nutjob judges, and the week in headlines.
NEW AT THE TWIST: You can now subscribe directly to The Twist Podcast for a handy email with each new show AND GET A FREE COPY of the fan-fave murder mystery Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery when you do!
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Spotify, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing
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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: What Is Lesbian Literature?
Photo by Sue Hardesty The Amazon Trail: What Is Lesbian Literature?
By Lee Lynch“… when teachers, editors, agents and awards administrators, among others, hold mainstream writing as the standard, and all but ignore books with an exclusively lesbian focus, they lead us away from serious, in depth examination of our lesbian selves.”
It’s nice that some non-gay writers include us in their stories. I’m thinking of Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder detective novels in which he has an amusing lesbian friend who is a dog groomer. Very respectful and matter-of-fact that she’s a dyke. But that doesn’t make the novels lesbian any more than the presence of Robert B. Parker’s gay male bartender and strongman in his Spenser series makes the books gay male.
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The Twist Podcast #89: Methodist Madness, Cohen Calamity, #MAGA Meltdown, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the coming schism in the Methodist Church, Michael Cohen’s last stand, MAGA reactionaries, and the week in headlines.NEW THIS WEEK: You can now subscribe directly to The Twist Podcast for a handy email with each new show AND GET A FREE COPY of the fan-fave murder mystery Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery when you do!
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Spotify, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing
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We Have a Winner! Congratulations to Our First Monthly Gift Card Giveaway Winning Listener
The word for February is lavender. Listener C Porter was the first to email us after listening to the Twist Podcast #88 and identifying this month’s word. A $25 gift card from Amazon was emailed immediately. Enjoy, C Porter, and thanks for listening to our show!
Rick and I will will have another fabulous word for you during the first podcast of March. So fasten your headphones and lucky winner by emailing us with the word you hear during the show (listen for details), at TheTwistPodcast @ Outlook.com.
Mark, Rick and our entire imaginary team
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The Twist Podcast #88: FEBRUARY GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! Plus: Top 5 National Emergency Wish List, Snowmobile Nation, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we share our listeners’ top 5 national emergency wish list, discover the best places to snowmobile, and take a Twisted look at the week in headlines.NEW THIS MONTH: Win a $25 Amazon gift certificate by being the first listener to identify our Word of the Day and email it to us at: TheTwistPodcast @ Outlook.com! We’ll be offering this giveaway each month only on The Twist.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Spotify, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast #87: How to Pronounce Buttigieg, Trump Gets His Wail, When in Wyoming, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we learn how to pronounce Democratic contenders’ names, Pelosi’s curtain counter-offer, travel spots in Wyoming, and the week in headlines.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Spotify, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast #86: Ghosts of Neverland, Super Blah LIII, SOTU Low Points, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the dark legacy of Neverland, the most mediocre Super Bowl ever, Pelosi’s SOTU clap back, and the week in headlines.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox, Spotify, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast #85: Pelosi Enters the Ring, Oscar Noms Announced, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our first podcast of 2019 as we talk about Nancy Pelosi’s long knives, the just-announced Oscar noms, and another crazy week in headlines.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Castbox and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2019 MadeMark Publishing