Hotel Utica: The Just-in-time-for-Halloween Review
The body of a decapitated bird ushered my entrance into Hotel Utica. Downtown Utica at 6:30pm on a Wednesday already looks deserted in an “I Am Legend” sort of way. So when I walk up […]
Author: Jack Aiello
Experiences, rants, musings.
I'm never satisfied, unless it involves bacon.
How I Learned to Fear the Porta-John
As I was pounding out my review on Yelp for the beautiful Minnewaska State Park, I was reminded of a not-so-pleasant memory that made me realize why I have a ghastly fear of porta-johns. I’m […]
Epic Movie = Epic Fail
In nature, the monkey expresses boredom, anger and general displeasure by hurling his feces. While watching Epic Movie, I desperately longed to be that monkey. Imagine having the irreproachable honor of chucking a piping stack of […]
Golden Girls Season 2 DVD Review
Picture it. The Bronx. 1986. A young, sexually inexperienced (read: virgin) teenage boy who harbors a vaguely erotic fantasy of being chased down a dark alley by the charter members of Duran Duran, sits down […]
“Playing for Keeps” Keeps Gerard Butler’s String of Crappy Rom-Coms Alive and Well
The new romantic comedy, Playing for Keeps, starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel, is neither a romance nor a comedy. So what is it? Well, it still baffles me, but I’ll venture that Playing for […]
Teavana is basically your fourth (or fifth) Ring of Hell
Riddle me this: When is tea time ever stressful? When you’re shopping at Teavana. It’s ironic that this swanky little tea shop gets its name from a play on the word Nirvana, a transcendent state […]
When Head Wound Harry met Sally
If you’re a comedian and need material for your act, all you have to do is board a plane. Enclosing yourself in a phallic shaped jet with 200 strangers and a bathroom that’s only a […]
A Love Letter to Sedona
Just recently I visited Sedona for the second time in my life. Second time around and I’m still hypnotized when I drive along Highway 89 and a wall of majestic red rock set in relief […]