The downtown Albany cafe scene is doing us all proud – with Cafe 66, Alias, and two ...
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A Moment of Matcha & A Realization
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A totally nude blog post is nothing exactly new for these parts, but naked here has always ...
Closing the Day with Some Morning Glory
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Closing this Sunday with a morning glory is one of those juxtapositions that tickles me in the ...
This past summer has been all about the Greek salad for me – cukes, tomatoes, Kalamata olives ...
About Alan Ilagan
Alan Bennett Ilagan is a blogger who resides in upstate New York. A graduate of Brandeis University, Ilagan has been published in Instinct, xy magazine, Windy City Times, Q Northeast, Metroland, commUNITY, and ‘The Project for a New Mythology.’ He has been profiled in Unzipped, Genre, Diversity Rules! Magazine, and Upstate Magazine. From 2008 to 2012 he served as manager of the Romaine Brooks Gallery at the Pride Center of the Capital Region. He and his husband Andy were married in 2010 and remain happily unburdened by children. His website has been up since 2003, making it one of the longest running personal blogs.

