SWQ Summer 2017
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A Time For Wine
Rose O'Keefe SWQ Summer 2017For weeks, looking in from the outside, the store looked well stocked, but the long-awaited opening of Time for Wine was held up by software delays. Finally, at lunchtime on April 27, the “Open” sign lit up and owner Thomas ... read more
Equal=Grounds
Jen Brunett SWQ Summer 2017It’s been eleven years since Equal Grounds Coffee House broke proverbial ground in the South Wedge but its intention presented itself long before, when a frustrated couple wanted to do nothing more than hang out together in public. Except they ... read more
Relish
Rose O'Keefe SWQ Summer 2017For Stephen Rees, a summer job working at Bristol Harbor Lodge at age 15 led to baking and pastry competitions. After getting hooked on those, he attended the Culinary Institute of America where he received degrees in both looking and ... read more
Dewey Rice + Wednesday Westwood
Jeana Bonacci-Roth SWQ Summer 2017Wedge resident Dewey Rice doesn’t originally hail from Rochester but he’s well known here. You probably know him best as Wednesday Westwood, the gloriously goth and punk-inspired drag queen. Dewey grew up in the Watertown area but after spending two ... read more
Getting to Know: Beth Ditto
Ben Frazier SWQ Summer 2017Small-town Arkansas might seem like the least likely starting point for someone who would eventually become a queer icon and be called “the coolest woman in the world,” but that’s precisely the case with Beth Ditto. Leaving Arkansas as Mary ... read more
Rebecca Lomuto
Erica Sanko SWQ Summer 2017Wedge resident Rebecca Lomuto and her partner Becky Riedman met at the Tap and Mallet over a year ago and shortly afterward embarked on a cross-country road trip which solidified their connection. Now the pair live in the South Wedge ... read more
Community Composting
Jessica Hamm SWQ Summer 2017Collectively speaking, we waste a lot of food. According to the USDA, Americans waste between 30-40 percent of the food supply, which equates to over $150 billion each year. The Environmental Protection Agency states that each American tosses out an ... read more
