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​ FILM REVIEW: ‘LAST NIGHT IN SOHO’ written by  Alexa Modugno An unremarkably intoxicating film, sitting through it, you will most likely be on the edge of your seat, transfixed by cinematic brilliance of mixing art house with horror. Prolific director Edward Wright is able to accurately capture the psyche of a female mod superstar in a male-dominated entertainment industry, and the cycle of abuse pertaining to aspiring ingenues in London’s patriarchal society. The movie begins with Eloise, who is a naive country girl hoping to become the next Coco Chanel. She sees herself as a modern day Holly Golightly when the opportunity of studying fashion in the heart of London’s Soho district comes into fruition, not knowing what to expect. Somewhat of an outcast, the social scene and urban life is overwhelming for her so she decides to find her own apartment outside of her fashion school and gets a job at a bar so she can afford rent, and keep up to date with the latest of what’s fashionabl...

​ Chapter 1 of my memoir:   PMDD- Life Interrupted To understand me and my relationships, you have to understand what I myself was struggling with the whole time which amplified the intensity inside the drama of these relationships.   Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is an extreme version of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS). PMS is when a woman gets physically or emotionally agitated right before their period begins. They usually feel cramps or extra sad before their period begins. With PMDD, a woman feels completely debilitated in these conditions with extreme physical pain and discomfort. They also tend to be suicidal or have suicidal ideations before their period begins. Once their period starts, the woman can have some relief but the physical and emotional pain doesn’t usually go away until after their period. This means a weak of torture during the period and sometimes a week or two of pre period torture. So that can be up to three weeks out of four in a month...

My Grandmother: Who Fought for Her Life Not a day goes by where I don’t think about my grandmother, Gloria. Part of everything I do is to make her proud. She was a Holocaust survivor who told my aunt that the reason she went through all of that was to eventually have me like fate. Everything happens for a reason is what she firmly believed toward the later years of her life. Although, it’s weird to think that without the Holocaust I wouldn’t have been alive because my grandmother would have never have come to American to escape oppression. But it shows me how great and open America for taking in my grandmother and eventually she was to live the American dream. She didn’t make millions like Siggi but it was also a rags to riches story. She started a hardware business from scratch coming to America having lost everything and starting over.  My grandmother’s family was rich in Poland before the Holocaust. She lost seven of her siblings and her parents in the concentration camps. S...

 Peter Guimaraes - Putting the Love Back in I Love New York and the Fun Back in Fine Dining  Peter Guimaraes, a restaurant owner and someone who ran for NYC mayor, puts fun events into his atmosphere which makes his restaurants lively and exciting. There is never a dull moment when it come to Peter’s restaurant, Bice. Sometimes he has live music or a DJ. It’s usually on the weekends. He also hosted a night where everyone wore white. A “white party” is what it was called. Everyone looked super classy. Bice also hosted an after party for fashion week which proves Bice is nothing short of glamor.  There is a Bice that opened up in Soho shortly after July 4th so semi recently. The environment and atmosphere is outstanding with beautiful fake trees inside the restaurant.  Not only is Peter Guimaraes hospitable with his plans and restaurant events, but he cares about New York City an helped bring the fun back after Covid. This is shown in his restaurants and his ...

If you never read the book ‘Unstoppable’, you should now. ‘Unstoppable’ is a biography of Siggi Wilzig, Sir Ivan’s father, and talks about his journey from being a Holocaust survivor to a man making millions on Wall Street. Who is Sir Ivan? Well for one thing, he created his name for writing his music but it also makes sense he’s a Sir because he lives in a castle in the Hamptons. What he is really known for is his hospitality to his friends and for recreating John Legend’s song, ‘Imagine’ to honor his father Siggi and what his father went through in the Holocaust. He also has spoken at at least one synagogue to speak about his father, his legacy and the Holocaust.  When I told Sir Ivan that I am also a descendant of a Holocaust survivor, he responded that “We are family”. We are family after all and not by blood but by a bond of similar upbringings, lessons and understandings. When he said that, I instantly felt welcomed and it warmed my heart.  My dad, who just like...

​ GMO’S: A Health Epidemic I try to get products or food that have the ‘no GMO’ label. I also try to buy organic fruits and vegetables and wash them off. I get all my variety of fruits and vegetables from a subscription to ‘Farm Direct”. They have everything imaginable and I can even make a salad. But the important thing is that they are organic and don’t have GMOS, or genetically modified organisms. Otherwise, I’d just wash my fruit and get paranoid it is not enough or that I’m missing a spot that has GMO’s. Whole Foods is a place I do trust for organic food but it isn’t always 100 percent organic.  But should we be concerned that GMO’s cause cancer? That has yet to be discovered. But eating meat and regular milk could have carcinogens that cause cancer and has hormones.  It makes me not trust that food either. So, where do we go from here?