On the first Saturday of the new year, my band Cherry Bombs made our NYC debut at the iconic venue where Radiohead, Chris Martin or Lady Gaga performed- the Mercury Lounge. I couldn’t believe we’ve come this far… Our drummer, Elise Trucks-daughter of the legendary drummer, Butch Trucks (of the Allman Brothers Band) who I’d […]
MAJOR FLOODING・大洪水
“Hi Yuka! Playing Talkhouse tonight at 8pm,” said Bosco, the legendary guitarist, via text last night. He has played and recorded with great musicians, as well as local bands, including my 80’s music tribute band, the Cherry Bombs. My husband has been taking guitar lessons since the past summer, and he is not only improving, […]
(Just Like) STARTING OVER
It’s been almost a year since the lockdown. Our daughter was supposed to start her freshman year at her college last September, but because of the pandemic, it got postponed to January, then it got postponed again to this month. While my husband, our cat & dog and I were lucky to get to keep […]
2020 WE ALL WERE IN THIS TOGETHER
I hope everyone and their loved ones are healthy and feeling hopeful as I am. It’s been heartbreaking to see thousands of people dying alone from the second wave of Covid-19. Mostly because of that, I still haven’t gotten over my resentment towards Trump and his voters completely. Thank God he will leave (or will […]
VOTE!
How is everyone doing on the last Sunday before election day..? I know pretty much everyone I know has voted or are helping people to vote. Facebook warriors are fighting tirelessly. The funniest friend of mine wrote “This Saturday night don’t forget to set your clocks back to 1945 so you can give Fred Trump […]
WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE
“You all are so “Sex and the City”!…you all seem so successful!”, one of my followers on Instagram has described my life-style in the Hamptons. I took it as a compliment, since I loved SATC since the pilot started on HBO when I lived in the city. I bet many women thought they were Carrie […]
GOD BLESS THE GO-GO’S!
If RBG was a trailblazing female member of the U.S Supreme court, the Go-Go’s was the first all girls’ band who wrote the songs and played the instruments to top the Billboard album charts. I just watched their 2020 documentary film “The Go-Go’s”, and I had to write about them, for I’ve been their fan […]
ACTIVATE YOUR POWER/ パワー起動
The first female Jewish member of the US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left the Earth on Friday which was Rosh Hashanah. The day I got married to a Jewish man was a Rosh Hashanah, and the night I gave birth to our daughter was another one, and felt even more celebrated, but I just […]
ALL YOU NEED IS NOW
I had another great psychic reading last week. Some people use the term, “psychic junkie,” but I use readings as a counseling, and I’m just very curious about the truth. I’m sure there are phony psychics, but fake or real, if they can help you by telling what you want to hear- to get through […]
ARTIVISM
About a month ago, I was invited by two different animal rights activist groups to join their protests. The first one was for the poor retired lab test chimps who live at a sanctuary, operated by one of the most well-known animal shelters. Supposedly, the chimps have been mistreated. The two female whistle-blowers had been […]