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Osama Bin Laden is Dead 03/21/08 Have you seen the headlines about the latest Osama bin Laden tape? The figure on the audiotape is supposedly bin Laden, at least in the minds of the geniuses at Al Jazeera television...................................................Joe Wallace Eliot Spitzer's 03/13/08 Eliot Spitzer's career is over. The media is having a feeding frenzy. The Emperor's Club web site is shut down, and the FBI has its hands more than full with more than five thousand phone calls..................................................Joe Wallace Times Square Recruiting Station Bombing 03/06/08 It's finally happened. The crude bomb detonated outside the Times Square recruiting station has brought this country full circle back to the 1960s, if only symbolically...................................................Joe Wallace Crazy Headlines 02/27/08 This morning I was looking at Digg.com headlines posted by Breitbart.com, waiting for my caffeine buzz to kick in. "Fed Chief Signals Another Rate Cut". ...................................................Joe Wallace Superfast Internet Satellite Launched 02/23/08 At the same time the U.S. military was trying to prove to China just how wonderful our missile technology is (under the guise of protecting us from chemicals), Japan was doing something far more interesting; the launch of the WINDS satellite...................................................Joe Wallace Stock Market Follies 01/24/08 Whenever I go to the gym, I always wind up on the cross trainer machine next to guys watching the financial reports on the gym TV system...................................................Joe Wallace President Huckabee? 01/02/08 I told myself that my first screed for 2008 would NOT be about politics. It's too flimsy to be considered a New Year's resolution, so I didn't worry too much about breaking my promise by writing about that Huckabee guy..............................................Joe Wallace Ron Paul: The Saga Continues 12/09/07 After the huge outpouring of e-mail over my last column about Ron Paul, I tried an experiment. I deliberately stayed away from actively researching Paul's campaign.............................................Joe Wallace Holiday Shopping and Financial Downsizing 11/27/07 I am still reeling from the news footage of the army of zombies, I mean shoppers, who invaded those shopping malls on Black Friday............................................Joe Wallace Don't Be Fooled By New Nas CD Title Nigger 11/12/07 When I read about the controversey over the new Nas album, charmingly titled Nigger, I went in six directions at once............................................Joe Wallace More About Candidate Ron Paul 10/26/07 I have never gotten the kind of overwhelming response on anything I've written here at LI Exchange the way I did regarding my post on Republican Presidential long shot candidate Ron Paul............................................Joe Wallace Who The Heck Is Ron Paul? 10/25/07 Ron Paul has been getting what the kids would call mad traffic. His currency as a political candidate is getting stronger, and the attention he gets online would make Obama green with envy...............................................................Joe Wallace Terrorist Prisoner Claims Conversion 10/11/07 Have you seen the reports that 60 Minutes will air a story including details that Ramzi Yousef, "he mastermind of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center...............................................................Joe Wallace Fall Spam Assualt 09/10/07 If you've written to me in the last two weeks, I probably never saw it. My inbox has been absolutely clogged with spam emails, with a volume that could be described as ferocious..............................................................Joe Wallace Superbad Movie 08/20/07 Hollywood blockbusters usually don't see the light of day in this column. I save that stuff for the other LI Exchange writers. Or maybe it's just plain laziness?...............................................................Joe Wallace Return Of The Draft? 08/11/07 Did you hear what Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, White House deputy national decurity advisor told NPR this week?...............................................................Joe Wallace Nassau and Suffolk County Hand Down Sentences 07/31/07 A Nassau County Judge sentenced Tyreek Williams to 21 years in prison for his part in a home invasion gun battle that blinded a ten year old boy in one eye and left him partially paralyzed...............................................................Joe Wallace Long Island Bands: NAMM Is Where Deals Are Made 07/18/07 Twice a year, I travel to different parts of the country to get a look at the latest gee-whiz music gear, sound system equipment, and recording studio toys at a little event called NAMM..............................................................Joe Wallace 21 Lines About 21 Babies 07/03/07 Not many people remember that old indie-rock classic by The Nails called 88 Lines About 44 Women.............................................................Joe Wallace Uniondale Test Cheating Problems 06/25/07 A casual glance at the recent headlines referring to the Uniondale test cheating problem will make you think the headline writer needs to go back to school.............................................................Joe Wallace Medical Marijuana Bill 06/14/07 The New York State Legislature doesn't seem to know what they have on their hands when it comes to the medical marijuana.............................................................Joe Wallace Save Net Radio 06/04/07 A lot of the inspiration I get for writing this column comes from telephone conversations I have with my friends and collegues............................................................Joe Wallace Shark Virgin Birth 05/24/07 CNN is reporting that a Nebraska zoo has had a shark birth with no male involvement. Scientists are saying that this is a very bad sign of a shark population in decline...........................................................Joe Wallace In Praise Of The Off Button 05/18/07 Did you hear about the interview accused child pornographer and hip-hop star R. Kelly gave to Hip Hop Soul magazine?..........................................................Joe Wallace US Treasury Dept. Vs. Michael Moore 05/10/07 Michael Moore is a bit of a problem for me. I sympathize with some of his ideas, but his methods are complete crap..........................................................Joe Wallace No Gas May 15th? 05/02/07 Have you seen the "No Gas May 15th" email forwarded all over the world and back? It's the latest in a string of emails apparently designed primarily to get all my friends duped into sending me a ton of unwanted forwards..........................................................Joe Wallace German Follies 04/03/07 I took a week-long trip to Frankfurt, Germany recently to have a look at Musikmesse, a massive trade show for music equipment manufacturers.........................................................Joe Wallace Study Shows Long Islanders Put Up With More BS 03/22/07 Did you hear about the study released by the Long Island Index that shows Long Islanders paying 50 percent more property taxes while getting far less satisfaction for the money?.........................................................Joe Wallace Red Tape 03/15/07 I hung up the phone feeling worn out, after having a long conversation with a good friend of mine about a nightmarish ordeal she had when her car was towed away.........................................................Joe Wallace The War On Terror Gets Stranger And Stranger 03/06/07 Did you hear about the Iraqi national detained at L.A. International? A security sweep found this genius wearing wires and...a magnet in his nether regions?........................................................Joe Wallace Thinking About High Def On Oscar Night 02/26/07 I had one eye on the Oscars, one ear on the phone, and my spleen on full-vent mode Sunday night.........................................................Joe Wallace Peter Pan, Or, How I Learned To Stop Eating Peanut Butter 02/19/07 I am a confirmed bachelor. Proof of this is in my deplorable habits of drinking milk right from the carton, and eating peanut butter right from the jar........................................................Joe Wallace Microsoft Vista Now On Sale. HELP! 01/30/07 Windows Vista is now on sale in stores, after five long years of promises, setbacks, complaints, and Microsoft hype. It really is here. And I won't touch it with a ten foot pole.......................................................Joe Wallace Pondering The Troop Surge 01/16/07 A political blogger friend of mine dropped me a breathless email today......................................................Joe Wallace The Vonnegut Connection 01/07/07 Recently I stumbled across an old press release from Long Island University announcing an MFA program in writing featuring a workshop by Kurt Vonnegut......................................................Joe Wallace Being First 12/16/06 My friend Alan has been talking my ear off about the pending release of the new Microsoft Vista operating system.....................................................Joe Wallace Taco Hell 12/06/06 The acting health commissioner in Suffolk, Dr. David Graham, said recently that there's no need for panic or concern over the recent outbreak of E. coli....................................................Joe Wallace Over A Barrel 10/31/06 For more than a year and a half, I had a free wireless internet connection thanks to a next-door neighbor who left his network unsecured...................................................Joe Wallace It’s That Time Of Year Again 10/25/06 My good friend Jan ruined an otherwise pleasant coffee-shop conversation by asking, “Are you getting your flu shot?”..................................................Joe Wallace Sugar Buzz 10/19/06 "Cut the sugar out of your diet, or you're screwed." That's not exactly what the doctor said, but that was the general message. Bad news to have both parents diagnosed as Type 2 diabetics, worse to be a complete sugar addict from day one..................................................Joe Wallace The Sounds Of Silence 10/13/06 I recently attended the Audio Engineering Society conference in San Francisco; curious to see what kinds of cool new gadgets are available for musicians, documentary filmmakers, and podcasters.................................................Joe Wallace LIRR Gap Snags Former State Senator 10/03/06 Former Senator Carol Berman made headlines recently when she fell into a ten-inch gap between a LIRR car and the station platform...............................................................Joe Wallace Pod This, Pod That, Enough Already 09/29/06 Apple is sending lawyers after people who include the word “pod” as part of their business name..............................................................Joe Wallace Terror Musings 09/21/06 I remember some not-so-moderate Islamic leaders being interviewed after 9/11, when reporters grilled them about the deaths of more than three thousand innocent people.............................................................Joe Wallace Islamic Radicals 09/15/06 I was recently shown some disturbing photos, purportedly taken at a “Religion of Peace” demonstration............................................................Joe Wallace Voting Booth Jitters 09/12/06 Former Vice President Al Gore is rumored to be considering another run for President. I don’t know what to make of this...........................................................Joe Wallace A Word On Steve Irwin 09/07/06 This installment of my usually snarky column is a bit more somber. No jokes this time, nothing snotty; this is an honest, no-kidding farewell to Steve Irwin..........................................................Joe Wallace Decline Of Western Civilization 09/01/06 Have you checked the local headlines lately? Cannibals, brawling high school footballers, carjacking, shooting sprees…rotten news stories about rotten situations..........................................................Joe Wallace LIRR Headaches? Not As Bad As Driving 08/29/06 A recent set of problems with the Long Island Rail Road system left commuters grumbling..........................................................Joe Wallace Rupert, Jitters, And The World’s Biggest Drug Dealer 08/24/06 I woke up this morning, hurriedly stuffed some peanut butter in my mouth, and got right in to a can of ice-cold Starbucks iced coffee. It disappeared in about two seconds...............................................................Joe Wallace Vacation, All I Ever Wanted 08/21/06 “Sorry, Sir,” the man at the airport said with a frown, “but you can’t take that on the plane.” I’d only had one sip of my coffee, but rules were rules..............................................................Joe Wallace Just Plain Funny, I Mean, Rude 07/31/06 I dated a woman once who, on an otherwise ordinary dinner date, suddenly went into a long tirade about her sister’s parenting skills.............................................................Joe Wallace Hidden Dangers 07/25/06 You can’t escape the bad air, apparently. Temperature inversion traps the smog, leaving a brown haze lingering over the skyscrapers............................................................Joe Wallace Military MIAs 07/17/06 I was reading an online article recently about a missing WW2 aircraft that may have crashed in the ocean somewhere about 25 miles from Montauk............................................................Joe Wallace Town Supervisor Pete McGowan’s Pending Release 07/09/06 The phone rang, late Thursday night. It was one of my political gossip-hound friends, calling to dish about the impending release of former Islip Town Supervisor Pete McGowan’s pending release from jail...........................................................Joe Wallace The Devil? 07/02/06 I was listening to the great NPR show “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” when the panel of the comedy quiz show started discussing a Salt Lake City Republican congressional candidate. Apparently, this gent started blaming his election woes on…The Devil..........................................................Joe Wallace Your Future, Night-Parrot 06/30/06 My mailbox a daily dose of useless junk mail. On a weekly basis, a small forest is destroyed in the name of The Gap, Capitol One credit card offers, loan consolidation companies, and Bed Bath And Beyond..........................................................Joe Wallace Cell Phone Solutions? Not Quite 06/27/06 There are some studies out now which indicate that in some cases, cell phones can “excite” certain areas of the brain closest to the phone.........................................................Joe Wallace Suffolk Police Department Lawsuit Reveals Shameful Practices 06/17/06 A recent lawsuit judgment in favor of the plaintiffs found that the Suffolk Police Department discriminated against four pregnant officers with some of its duty policies........................................................Joe Wallace An Inconvenient Truth 06/15/06 People are freaking out on both sides over the new environmental film An Inconvenient Truth. Global warming, the eventual depletion of fossil fuel reserves, you name it.......................................................Joe Wallace World Cup A Threat To Militant Islam? 06/12/06 I can’t stop laughing. This is, in the movies, used to illustrate a complete break with reality. Madness. A complete and incurable insanity......................................................Joe Wallace The Heat Is On 06/07/06 A state report says Long Islanders are going to pay much more for electricity this summer. “Much more” means more than a hundred bucks more, thank you very much.....................................................Joe Wallace State Comptroller Alan Hevesi’s Freak Out 06/05/06 State Comptroller Alan Hevesi made a lot of Long Islanders cringe with his remarks about “a bullet between the President’s eyes”....................................................Joe Wallace Pit Bull Mauling in East Quogue 05/31/06 An East Quogue pit bull mauling has me wondering whether people there have lost their minds...................................................Joe Wallace Memorial Day Gas? 05/24/06 Here we are, right on the verge of Memorial Day, and we’ve got three bucks a gallon plus at the pumps. Isn’t that great?..................................................Joe Wallace The Media Wars 05/21/06 If you watch cable television in Nassau County, chances are you will catch a TV ad complaining about “shadow governments” and the arrogance of news outlets that are “un-elected” and the exertion of “undue influence”..................................................Joe Wallace Stop And Count To Ten 05/16/06 My friend Jena called my cell phone at midnight. Clearly she had been drinking a bit, her voice was slurry and she dropped the phone twice before I got any sense out of her.................................................Joe Wallace WBAB Radio Gag—Is It Racist? 05/14/06 A fake ad run on WBAB’s “Roger and JP” morning show has some Long Islanders up in arms over what they say is racist humor.................................................Joe Wallace Fake Farmington Cop Gets Big Laughs 05/12/06 A Farmingdale man was recently arrested for impersonating a police officer. When I first heard this story, I stopped my good friend Jena in the middle of the story so I could understand more clearly................................................Joe Wallace McGowan Gets Support From Dem Leader 05/04/06 This week’s headlines prove once and for all that politicians not only look out for their own in an elaborate old-boy network...............................................Joe Wallace National Anthem Controversy Pointless 05/03/06 It is quite difficult to believe that there is an actual political controversy over what language the National Anthem should be sung in..............................................Joe Wallace One Hundred Thousand Faces 04/30/06 A writer uncovers much in his or her endless quest to dig up facts, figures, useable quotes and other data for publication..............................................Joe Wallace Duke Rape Controversy Exposes Serious Issue 04/29/06 A recent Associated Press headline reads: “Accuser in Duke Case Filed a Rape Report 10 Years Ago.” ............................................Joe Wallace Creeping Towards Four Bucks a Gallon 04/27/06 It is bad enough to pay the insurance fees, maintenance and upkeep without adding a skyrocketing price tag for gas to our car-owner woes.............................................Joe Wallace Pickpocket Incident Turns Into Major Retail Fraud 04/26/06 An East Islip woman has her credit cards stolen from her purse while she was in a Bay Shore park............................................Joe Wallace Chocolate Mania 04/25/06 Did you know that at least one ancient civilization mixed chocolate with hot pepper? That the Swiss consume the most chocolate per person in the entire world?...........................................Joe Wallace Suffolk Brush Fires 04/22/06 It used to be a problem “somewhere else.” For many years now, Air National Guard units are called upon to help battle wildfires across the nation, using a combination of “smoke eater” crews on the ground and airborne crews who drop fire retardant on the blazes..............................................Joe Wallace Bribery Board, Revisited 04/20/06 In 2004, a conversation between former Suffolk lawmaker Wayne Prospect, former executive Stephen Baranello and an undercover detective posing as a contractor was recorded for posterity.............................................Joe Wallace The Andy Warhol Explosion 04/18/06 Andy Warhol is a New York legend. His offices alone created a decent-sized stir among journalists who couldn’t get over his “silver era” Factory art studio/office/filmmaker’s paradise............................................Joe Wallace Easter Holiday No Relief For Cynical Columnists 04/17/06 I thought that for once, I would have nothing to complain about. The Easter holiday headlines were filled with good, cheerful news stories...........................................Joe Wallace BB Guns Targeted by Nassau County Lawmakers 04/12/06 Nassau County democrats are coming out against BB guns, paintball guns and other “toy” firearms..........................................Joe Wallace Long Island Gas Prices Close In On $3 Per Gallon 04/11/06 A recent AAA survey of gas stations has Long Islanders paying around fifteen cents shy of three dollars per gallon.........................................Joe Wallace When The Weather Turns On LI 04/07/06 It never fails. Just as soon as the good weather kicks in, suddenly there are a million and one things that need doing that have nothing in common with the great outdoors.........................................Joe Wallace Oyster Bay Evangelists Emulate President, Trick Kids 04/06/06 Have you heard the one about the Oyster Bay High School assembly?........................................Joe Wallace Long Island Proms An Endangered Species? 04/04/06 Two Long Island high schools cancelled their proms this year ........................................Joe Wallace Comedy Central Nudists Present Prickly Problem 03/28/06 There’s a comedy-quiz program airing on Comedy Central that recently featured a group of nudists brought onstage.......................................Joe Wallace Nassau County Vs. The Undie-Bomber 03/24/06 Only a certified maniac would wake me up at three in the morning to tell me about what he calls ‘the Panty Bomber’.......................................Joe Wallace Blue Point Robbery Raises Concerns, Awareness 03/22/06 Suffolk County police say an armed robber held up a bank on Montauk Highway recently, using a handgun and a black suburban getaway vehicle......................................Joe Wallace South Park Scientology Flap 03/21/06 Isaac Hayes is the smooth, silky voice behind such hits as the “Theme From ‘Shaft”, “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”, and his own excellent version of “Walk On By”.....................................Joe Wallace Lousy Drivers on the LI Expressway? 03/16/06 An alleged scam involving fake defensive driving certificates is a hot topic in Suffolk County after the arraignment of a state court officer from Kings Park....................................Joe Wallace Things You Didn’t Know About Losing Your Purse or Wallet 03/13/06 Identity theft happens in a variety of ways. The mental image that springs to mind is of a lone bad guy, trying to cheat the system by using stolen cards to pick up a big-ticket item; a television, a stereo system, etc......................................Joe Wallace Long Beach Flooding Woes 03/10/06 The late comedian Sam Kinison once made a tasteless joke about the plight of starving people in Africa. “Why don’t they move to where the food is?” Kinison raged, giving his trademark howl, to much laughter from the audience.....................................Joe Wallace Eminent Domain Comes Home To Roost 03/08/06 Shock Jock Erich “Mancow” Muller has railed against eminent domain for quite some time. On his nationally syndicated show, “Mancow’s Morning Madhouse,” he announces that the practice is immoral and contrary to American values....................................Joe Wallace Long Beach Taxi Fare Hike? 03/07/06 The city council members of Long Beach are debating a one-dollar hike in taxi fares. The minimum fare per person would go up to four dollars and fifty cents if the hike is approved...................................Joe Wallace Arab Port Deal: Bush Didn't Know 02/22/06 As if the appearance of impropriety wasn’t bad enough, the Associated Press reports that President Bush was “unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned..................................Joe Wallace Port Flap Raises Serious Questions 02/21/06 Govenor George Pataki made a statement recently alongside Maryland Governor Robert Erlich regarding the controversy over six United States ports recently acquired by Dubai Ports World, the business owned by the United Arab Emirates..................................Joe Wallace Long Island Hospitals, Budget Cuts and the War in Iraq 02/16/06 According to Whitehouse.gov, “When President Bush's proposal is fully in place, the typical family with two children will receive at least $1,600 in tax relief. This is real and practical help.” .................................Joe Wallace The Suffolk Internet Sting And You 02/14/06 The big Long Island news is the underage sex bust conducted by Suffolk police. An undercover operation had adults posing as minors in internet chatrooms to catch adult sex predators.................................Joe Wallace The Blizzard of ‘06 02/13/06 People knew the snow was bad, but when the Long Island Rail Road ground to a halt, people started realizing that this wasn’t just another winter surprise.................................Joe Wallace Don’t Blame Me, I Didn’t Vote For Them 02/08/06 For a third day in a row, a group of eleven lawmakers refused to show for a meeting in Nassau on the week of February 6th, which resulted in no work being done.................................Joe Wallace The Dove Foundation: How Did They Get My Number? 02/07/06 Ever get an incoming call on your cell phone from a 1-800 number? My first thought when the phone rang was “who is wasting my daytime minutes?” I answered, more out of curiosity about who had obtained my cell phone number than anything else................................Joe Wallace Parenting Workshops; Mom and Dad’s Version of the Corporate Convention 02/06/06 A February 28th workshop at the Kermit W. Graf building in Riverhead illustrates a sometimes-overlooked resource new parents have; a community of people just like them, all learning through a difficult time................................Joe Wallace Ric Osuna vs. The Amityville Horror 02/02/06 Most Americans who grew up in the late 1970s and early 1980s remember the string of movies based on Jay Anson’s book, The Amityville Horror...............................Joe Wallace Broadwater LNG Project Moves Ahead Despite LI Protests 01/31/06 Another phase in the controversial Broadwater Liquid Natural Gas project has begun with the filing of an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...............................Joe Wallace Texas Hold ‘Em Busts; Part of the Problem? 01/30/06 Ever watch ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker? Players like Annie Duke, 2004 Tournament Of Champions winner or 2004 World Series of Poker Champion Greg Raymer are becoming household names in some areas, thanks to a growing popularity of games like Texas Hold ‘em..............................Joe Wallace Illegal Immigration Problems Far From Over 01/26/06 The August 8, 2005 edition of USA Today featured a story about a crackdown on illegal immigration in the Long Island community of Farmingdale.............................Joe Wallace The Long Island Rail Road’s Package Deals 01/26/06 Are you expecting guests from outside New York? Looking for a way to keep your family and friends entertained without dealing with excessive travel, parking and traffic snafus?............................Joe Wallace The Deer Park Hazing Incident 01/24/06 Long Island news agencies recently broke the news of a hazing incident at Deer Park school district, involving the beating of an eighth-grade boy who had been promoted to the high school junior varsity basketball team............................Joe Wallace The Hobby Of Poppy Brite 01/17/06 Novelist Poppy Z. Brite is the author of horror novels including Drawing Blood, Lost Souls, and Exquisite Corpse...........................Joe Wallace Save The Sound 01/16/06 A controversy has been brewing over a proposed Shell/TransCanada Energy floating storage facility that would be anchored seventeen miles from the Long Island Sound ferry..........................Joe Wallace Coping With Cooking 01/13/05 There are many ways to explore the world of cooking—simple trial and error is the way many people get started, but others feel there simply isn’t time to learn.........................Joe Wallace Long Island Beer 01/12/06 Long Island beer lovers have long known about the breweries located on LI. Long Island has a colorful history of brewing beers and renowned beer guides list LI breweries as attractions not to be missed........................Joe Wallace Murder For Dinner 01/10/06 Dinner theatre has been a tradition in many communities for as long as people have been performing on stages.......................Joe Wallace Home Security, Part Two 01/07/06 Many Long Islanders remember 2005’s home invasion issues and wonder if, in spite of the arrests made last year, they might one day become a target for a robbery at home......................Joe Wallace Home Security on Long Island 01/06/06 One of the most alarming Long Island news stories of 2005 concerned a series of home invasions in Nassau and Suffolk.....................Joe Wallace An Avalanche of Paper and Plastic: Some of 2005’s Worst Offenders 01/02/06 Packaging is everywhere. Everything we buy these days is wrapped in plastic, cardboard and paper....................Joe Wallace The Shinnecock Indians 12/30/05 The Long Island Shinnecock Indian nation is said to be one of the longest continuing self-governing tribes in America...................Joe Wallace The Asian American International Film Festival 12/29/05 It’s true; Long Island is a hotbed of film festivals and independent filmmaking..................Joe Wallace The Long Island Film Festival 12/28/05 Independent filmmakers and film lovers alike will love the Long Island Film Festival. The festival, held at Glen Cove Cinemas in Glen Cove, has a long and illustrious history.................Joe Wallace Long Island Cycling 12/16/05 Cycling fans take note — Long Island has many resources for you, starting with the Long Island Bicycle club................Joe Wallace Learn the Arts on Long Island 12/15/05 When it comes to getting higher education in the arts, most people in New York State immediately think of New York City as ‘artist central”...............Joe Wallace Running on Long Island 12/13/05 Whether you are planning a vacation on Long Island or getting ready to relocate, the runner in your family will want to know where to find Long Island’s thriving running culture..............Joe Wallace Arbor View House Bed and Breakfast 12/12/05 In Long Island’s North Fork wine country there is a splendid little getaway called the Arbor View House.............Joe Wallace Museum of the Moving Image 12/10/05 Long Islanders in love with the movies have long treasured the Museum of the Moving Image. Originally built as a production studio in 1920 as part of Paramount Pictures, the museum has always had a connection to cinema and the arts............Joe Wallace An Eye For Quality: Long Island’s Graphic Eye Gallery 12/08/05 The Long Island art scene offers a diverse mixture of influences, mediums and philosophies...........Joe Wallace The Westhampton Performing Arts Center 12/07/05 The Westhampton Performing Arts Center was opened as a live theatre venue in 1932. Since then it’s had an interesting history in the performing arts...........Joe Wallace Coffee Culture With A Twist 12/05/05 Long Island, like so many other places in the United States, has a thriving coffeehouse culture. In the last decade a different breed of coffee house has been gaining popularity; the Christian Coffeehouse concept..........Joe Wallace The Long Island Sushi Experience 12/03/05 Japanese food seems quite exotic in the beginning; raw fish, seaweed and those octopus tentacles can be a bit daunting to the uninitiated..........Joe Wallace Long Island’s Wine Country 12/02/05 Newcomers to the joys of wine sometimes feel intimidated by the vast amount of choices and the impression of wine-lovers as snobby experts. Nothing could be farther from the truth.........Joe Wallace Long Island “Cut-Your-Own” Christmas Trees 12/01/05 For many people, picking and cutting a holiday tree is a time-honored family tradition. Some are happy buying an artificial tree........Joe Wallace Sightseeing With the Group Rate On the Long Island Railroad 11/29/05 Sightseeing on Long Island is great fun, especially with a group. What better way to enjoy the sights?.......Joe Wallace
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