Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS 2024 Film: “The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed”

Ann (Joanna Arnow) is just north of thirty living in Brooklyn, New York. She is living and speaking in a monotone. There is little joy, excitement and vibrancy in her life. A string of alienating BDSM relationships. A numbing corporate existence that awards her a one-year award when she has been an employee for three.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed””

RKS 2024 Film: “Population Purge”: The Story That May Not Be The Story You Think

Sometime in the future the United States government initiates a population purge in its population management programme. The governmentally introduced virus is genetically engineered to spare a relatively small group; those with AB+ blood. The few survivors of the governmental purge only survive with transfusions of AB+ blood. The government issues transfusion cards for “legalContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Population Purge”: The Story That May Not Be The Story You Think”

RKS 2024 Film: “One Must Wash Their Eyes”: In the Twilight Zone of Here and There

You may leave your country and physically be in Canada and in this case Sahar (Pegah Ghafoori) has left Iran to pursue her studies in Vancouver, British Columbia but her mother remains behind. Sahar is far from a perfect example of a women the ayatollah theocracy blesses and without headscarf would she be the nextContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “One Must Wash Their Eyes”: In the Twilight Zone of Here and There”

RKS 2024 Film: Could This Be the Most Exciting Short Made? High Class Excitement at a Discount Price: “The Pickup”

“The Pickup” is an enticing short full of high-speed chases, crashes, satire and excitement. Operative Alpha (Xenia Leblanc) is entrusted to deliver a metal suitcase by a high-tech control centre. The fate of the United States rests with its successful delivery. Some bright light at the control centre has ordered an Uber X for theContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: Could This Be the Most Exciting Short Made? High Class Excitement at a Discount Price: “The Pickup””

RKS 2024 Wine: I am Not a Member of the Luca Maroni Fan Club

I am in the wine bleachers as a bleacher bum misbehaving and throwing empty wine bottles at poor performers. Luca Maroni is consistently rating most wines as close to perfection. I mean here is a 99 rated red wine. It is no Bordeaux first growth but a Rosso IGT from Puglia. Is it at someContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: I am Not a Member of the Luca Maroni Fan Club”

RKS 2024 Wine Tourism: The Finger Lakes Cayuga Lake Wine Trail

There are 11 Finger Lakes in New York all narrow enough to be reminiscent of fingers. Cayuga Lake is one of the lakes. For many wine drinkers in the United States and Canada accessibility to Finger Lake wine is minimal. The Finger Lakes are easily accessible by road. The trip would be 5 hours fromContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine Tourism: The Finger Lakes Cayuga Lake Wine Trail”

RKS 2024 Wine: Lemberger from Hosmer in New York’s Finger Lakes: Not the Stinky Limberger!: A Wine That Compels Thought

I was in Aurora, New York last week staying at the Inns of Aurora on Cayuga Lake. Up north then travelling southwest I arrived at Hosmer Winery in Ovid, New York. Yes I said Ovid and not COVID! And I tried a 2021 Lemberger wine not to be confused with Limberger cheese! And to furtherContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Lemberger from Hosmer in New York’s Finger Lakes: Not the Stinky Limberger!: A Wine That Compels Thought”

RKS 2024 Wine: Stepping Stone Limestone Coast Shiraz: Who is not Worthy?

Geez there is a 97 seal on the bottle from Winestate .I may have given a 97 rating a couple of times in 15 years. This must be an exceptional wine as the seal (paid for usually by the producer) never lies….right? Someone is not worthy here and it could well be me! Aroma: Blackberry,Continue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Stepping Stone Limestone Coast Shiraz: Who is not Worthy?”

RKS Travel: Ithaca, New York: Would You Travel 23 Miles for Ice Cream?

On the way to Flemington, New Jersey for a birthday party I stopped off in Ithaca, New York to break up the trip from Toronto. My waitress one night was effusive with her praise about 32 Below Ice Cream Shop located in Van Etten New York. So effusive in fact it necessitated a visit fromContinue reading “RKS Travel: Ithaca, New York: Would You Travel 23 Miles for Ice Cream?”

RKS Travel: Visiting Cornell University in Ithaca, New York: Where to Stay: La Tourelle Hotel Bistro & Spa

Visiting your son and daughter or checking out Cornell University in Ithaca, New York then you might need to book a few nights in lodgings. It is not as if Ithaca is a booming urban area. It has a population of approximately 33,000. You have your “downtown hotels” or you can stay just outside theContinue reading “RKS Travel: Visiting Cornell University in Ithaca, New York: Where to Stay: La Tourelle Hotel Bistro & Spa”