http://willyritch.com Handcrafted news and opinion. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:47:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en \\\\n\\\\n\\\\nby Michael Winship\\\\n\\\\nAs two of those who view New Year\\\\\\\'s Eve as the ultimate Amateur Night, this year we hunkered down safe at home in the West Village, just out of stampede range from the madding crowd to the north in Times Square.\\\\n\\\\nBut on Tuesday, New Year\\\\\\\'s Night, Pat and ... http://willyritch.com/archives/906 by Michael Winship This has been a difficult Christmas season. The ongoing Writers Guild strike meant moving a lot of the usual Yuletide ya-ya to the back burner. Parties and shopping yielded to picket lines, meetings and conference calls. As I wrote in a letter to the members of the Writers Guild, ... http://willyritch.com/archives/905