Where Local Ingredients Greet <strong>the</strong> World Reservations Suggested Open <strong>for</strong> Dinner Wednesday - Sunday Sunday Brunch: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rated 1/2 by The Pougkeepsie Journal 1746 Rt. 9w, West Park NY 12493 (845) 384-6590 www.globalpalaterestaurant.com A S I A N . S T E A K . L O U N G E N O W O P E N F O R L U N C H M O N D A Y - F R I D A Y 3 1 9 M A I N S T P O U G H K E E P S I E , N Y ( F R E E P A R K I N G O F F M I L L S T ) 8 4 5 . 3 3 7 . 4 8 4 8 ∙ B U L L A N D B U D D H A . C O M 0000092949 2 | rollmagazine.com dear readers, c razy year, 2010. Sitting here gazing backward, it’s tempting to try to make one of those end-of-<strong>the</strong>year Top Ten lists, sorting twelve months into ten moments, an ultimately unsatisfying enterprise <strong>for</strong> any who attempt it. So much crap this year: <strong>the</strong> oil spill, Haiti e<strong>art</strong>hquake, <strong>the</strong> Tea P<strong>art</strong>y phenomenon. And more to come: at this moment, Republican senators have unanimously signed a letter to <strong>the</strong> President, stating that <strong>the</strong>y won’t consider anything—at all—until all folks are allowed to keep <strong>the</strong>ir Bush tax cuts. This while denying unemployment payouts and talking about raising <strong>the</strong> Social Security retirement age. The head-sized dent in my keyboard deepens… But, aha! There’s also been some good news. Thanks to <strong>the</strong> tenacity of in<strong>for</strong>med New Yorkers working <strong>the</strong> phones, <strong>the</strong> moratorium (until May of next year) on hydrofracking passed <strong>the</strong> state Senate and Assembly with a solid majority. Regardless of your opinions about hydrofracking—where deep oil shale <strong>for</strong>mations are fractured by explosion, and billions of gallons of chemically-laced water injected to harvest natural gas—it has become increasingly clear that research about its long-term effects require more independent study. It’s only a temporary stay, but <strong>the</strong> point is that if you’re loud enough, your representative might actually hear you. We’ll have to be especially loud with Governor Cuomo and <strong>the</strong> Senate/Assembly this coming May, because <strong>the</strong> oil companies—and <strong>the</strong>ir paid hacks and flacks—will be screaming. Want more good news? We’ve got some right here in your hands. One thing that hasn’t changed much in <strong>the</strong> last 50 years is how hard it is to be an independent dairy farmer, where <strong>the</strong> price <strong>the</strong> milk industry pays <strong>for</strong> milk is LESS than <strong>the</strong> cost of production. The farmers at Hudson Valley Fresh decided to buck that trend, and <strong>for</strong>med a co-op with <strong>the</strong> idea of selling high quality milk at its actual real-world price, doing <strong>the</strong>ir own marketing, production, and distribution. Turns out that folks don’t mind paying a little extra, <strong>the</strong> business is a success. See our <strong>Roll</strong> Community section this month <strong>for</strong> more. And we caught a lucky break this month, getting some personal face time with <strong>the</strong> irrepressible Wavy Gravy, who has a new documentary coming out, courtesy of Hudson Valley director/filmmaker Michelle Esrick. While many of his Merry Prankster/Woodstock 60s peers spun off into ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> straight world or hippie oblivion, Wavy morphed into his nowfamous clown persona—he had found out early on that cops had a hard time bashing on a clown, or being seen doing so anyway—and continued doing good works <strong>for</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, bringing “positivity” all around <strong>the</strong> world. He’ll be at Upstate Films in Woodstock <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> screening (12/11, 4 PM). You want even more? You came to <strong>the</strong> right place. We’ve expanded our website to include video of our featured <strong>art</strong>ists. Our <strong>listings</strong> go to great lengths to include everyone and everything that’s happening in <strong>the</strong> area. And we have some plans <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> new year…oh, we’re just getting st<strong>art</strong>ed with this <strong>Roll</strong> thing, folks. But we are making one big change right off <strong>the</strong> bat that we need you to know about. One of <strong>the</strong> main things we hear from <strong>Roll</strong> readers is that people prefer <strong>the</strong>ir monthly magazines to come out on <strong>the</strong> first of <strong>the</strong> month. So <strong>the</strong> next issue of <strong>Roll</strong> you will see will be on February 1st, 2011. We will be keeping <strong>the</strong> online calendar updated in <strong>the</strong> interim, so bookmark www.rollmagazine.com, where you can check <strong>listings</strong> both by town and by date. (Please note <strong>the</strong> listing deadline will be January 15.) We’d like to wish a Very Happy Holiday to you and yours, from all of us at <strong>Roll</strong>, and Best Wishes <strong>for</strong> 2011. We’re gonna definitely make 2011 an improvement on 2010, which really shouldn’t be too hard—with your help, Dear Reader. See you February 1st! Cheers, Ross Rice, editor
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