Alison Lowenstein

Sep 22, 2023 | oldster.substack.com | Sari Botton |Alison Lowenstein |Irwin Epstein |Joyce Wadler

Danielle Ponder – “So Long” – Pure soul from a former public defender who successfully left the law a few years ago to lift us higher. Peggy Gou – “It Goes Like (Na Na Na)”  -The dance music anthem of the summer, still flows perfectly in the fallBriston Maroney – “Body” – Catchy wisdom from Knoxville based young singer-songwriter. Suki Waterhouse – “To Love” – British singer/actress feeling the joy and pain on this big, atmospheric ode to intimacy.

Sep 18, 2023 | bkmag.com | Alison Lowenstein

We may be small in number and largely forgotten, but we like it that way ... and sometimes we still party like it’s 1999 Like it or not, it’s Gen Xers who transformed this once-sleepy borough into the cultural hub it is today.

Sep 7, 2023 | oldster.substack.com | Alison Lowenstein

Whenever I make plans that involve a car, the first thing I do is check when the sun will set. Now that the summer is ending, I’m overcome with anxiety, as I feel my freedom is slowly fading. The truth is by the time we reach mid-fall, I will only be able to drive for a few hours during the day. Once I entered my 40s my night vision started to get increasingly worse, and now that I’ve just turned 50 it’s almost impossible for me to drive at night.