Time in a bottle...

...is Jim Croce's beautiful idea and poignant melody. A nostalgic and heavy hearted week for Yankees fans with the passing of George Steinbrenner, who in another career lifetime, I often heard referred to by a few folks who worked for him as "the man upstairs." Imagine what it must have been like to serve the Yankees in the way Bob Sheppard did? Fifty-seven years of announcing players who have created the American legacy that is the New York Yankees...and making fans feel welcome. : )

Have you been noticing more of the new blue and gold style NY license plates around? Finding this one the other day made me wish New York was a state where only one plate was required.

My friend Karen, who I've known since we were four-year-olds, visited this week...made me think about the timelessness of friendship--and classic television!

This week in our Hudson Valley Artist Spotlight, we caught up with Matt Turk and heard his gorgeous a capella spin on the Pink Floyd tune On The Turning Away. Matt's new album is titled American Preservation and includes traditional Amercian tunes and stellar interpretations of classics from artists like T. Rex, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jim Croce.

An American treasure from start to finish. Check out Matt's original music too, and find out where he's performing at his site or space. He mentioned two shows this Saturday, 7/17: Wave Hill in the Bronx with Fred Gillen Jr. and Jim Keyes from 1-3pm and a solo show @ Le Pain Quotidien in Rye from 4-6pm. Matt has a CD release show @ The Living Room in Manhattan this Wednesday, 7/21 @ 8pm.

The fictional Ricardo's and Mertz' lived in a brownstone on 68th St., Jim Croce and his wife Ingrid lived and played for a while in NYC and Frank Sinatra knocked one out of the park singing this game winning ditty...

It's up to you...
Catherine