Amanda Schuster
@winenshine.bsky.social
NYC-based writer (latest 📕 SIGNATURE COCKTAILS), lipstick wearer, music lover, broad about town. Not related to publishing co. Well aware windowsill needs a paint job.
The Schudown newsletter on Buttondown. https://buttondown.com/Schudown
The Schudown newsletter on Buttondown. https://buttondown.com/Schudown
A very satisfying early morning pomegranate dismantling.
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A very satisfying early morning pomegranate dismantling.
As we head into Halloween, fun cinema trivia: The Bride of Frankenstein was the first film with a dedicated thematic score for each scene and character, composed by Franz Waxman.
a black and white photo of a woman with a wig on her head
Alt: Scene from the movie Bride of Frankenstein
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October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
As we head into Halloween, fun cinema trivia: The Bride of Frankenstein was the first film with a dedicated thematic score for each scene and character, composed by Franz Waxman.
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President Orange Julius Caesar and his ilk claim that guns are a God given right but don’t feel that food is a God given right. They claim to care about babies but don’t care if they go hungry when they become children.
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
President Orange Julius Caesar and his ilk claim that guns are a God given right but don’t feel that food is a God given right. They claim to care about babies but don’t care if they go hungry when they become children.
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Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.
Overheard in Brooklyn: “Are you broad spectrum miserable or is there something specifically wrong?”
Anyway, here’s a cool swinging jack-o’-lantern.
Anyway, here’s a cool swinging jack-o’-lantern.
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Overheard in Brooklyn: “Are you broad spectrum miserable or is there something specifically wrong?”
Anyway, here’s a cool swinging jack-o’-lantern.
Anyway, here’s a cool swinging jack-o’-lantern.
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As for the Duke of York, this late complaint
Will make but little for his benefit.
Will make but little for his benefit.
October 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
As for the Duke of York, this late complaint
Will make but little for his benefit.
Will make but little for his benefit.
A friend just likened the genius of John Oliver’s deep dives to Eddie Izzard/Suzy’s prolonged intellectual standup bits. Yes!
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A friend just likened the genius of John Oliver’s deep dives to Eddie Izzard/Suzy’s prolonged intellectual standup bits. Yes!
Signature Cocktails turns Two Today! buttondown.com/Schudown/arc...
Signature Cocktails Turns Two!
Reflections on writing 200 essays, and the day I made a serendipitous cocktail research discovery
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October 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Signature Cocktails turns Two Today! buttondown.com/Schudown/arc...
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The pressing of Beauty Pill's double vinyl "Blue Period" anthology sold out pretty quickly. But the label informed us that our European distributor has discovered an extra box(!).
On its way back to us now. 40-50 copies, they say.
As soon as we have it, we'll put it up for sale on bandcamp.
On its way back to us now. 40-50 copies, they say.
As soon as we have it, we'll put it up for sale on bandcamp.
September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The pressing of Beauty Pill's double vinyl "Blue Period" anthology sold out pretty quickly. But the label informed us that our European distributor has discovered an extra box(!).
On its way back to us now. 40-50 copies, they say.
As soon as we have it, we'll put it up for sale on bandcamp.
On its way back to us now. 40-50 copies, they say.
As soon as we have it, we'll put it up for sale on bandcamp.
In the 1990s I worked for what was then Time Warner when they purchased Turner. Somehow, it was decided the name of the merger would be Time Warner and Turner. #funwithacronyms
September 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In the 1990s I worked for what was then Time Warner when they purchased Turner. Somehow, it was decided the name of the merger would be Time Warner and Turner. #funwithacronyms
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
I always have a Manhattan on this day. Taking a moment to enjoy it and feel grateful to live in this amazing city. We’re resilient people.
Cheers to you, NYC!
Cheers to you, NYC!
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I always have a Manhattan on this day. Taking a moment to enjoy it and feel grateful to live in this amazing city. We’re resilient people.
Cheers to you, NYC!
Cheers to you, NYC!
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Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth?
September 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth?
Exactly.
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Exactly.
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I heard they’re still struggling to get the president to master the line “putting on the ritz!”
September 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I heard they’re still struggling to get the president to master the line “putting on the ritz!”
Oh. That was. So. Real.
August 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oh. That was. So. Real.
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ICYMI, the latest Cocktails & Crime has background on my CrimeReads story about the six movies directed by Danny DeVito now that a remake of THE WAR OF THE ROSES is in theaters. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-81...
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ICYMI, the latest Cocktails & Crime has background on my CrimeReads story about the six movies directed by Danny DeVito now that a remake of THE WAR OF THE ROSES is in theaters. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-81...
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So the sandwich guy ...
beat the wrap
beat the wrap
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
So the sandwich guy ...
beat the wrap
beat the wrap
'Retro Schudown: Why is the Honey Deuce Still the Signature U.S. Open Cocktail? '.
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Retro Schudown: Why is the Honey Deuce Still the Signature U.S. Open Cocktail?
The Honey Deuce is now in its 20th year, and costs $23.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
'Retro Schudown: Why is the Honey Deuce Still the Signature U.S. Open Cocktail? '.
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And by "records" they mean That's What I Call Redaction Volume Epsteinth.
Breaking news: The Justice Department will begin sharing records related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, the House Oversight Committee chairman said in a statement.
DOJ to begin sharing Epstein files with Congress on Friday, House member says
Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky), chairman of a House oversight committee, this month issued a subpoena commanding AG Pam Bondi to produce documents related to Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell on Tue...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And by "records" they mean That's What I Call Redaction Volume Epsteinth.
You know, if you're pitching me with a cocktail recipe that has 5 or more ingredients for a Labor Day editorial, you're kinda missing the point of that holiday.
August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You know, if you're pitching me with a cocktail recipe that has 5 or more ingredients for a Labor Day editorial, you're kinda missing the point of that holiday.
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How I would make him fawn, and beg, and seek,
And wait the season, and observe the times,
And spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes,
And shape his service wholly to my device,
And make him proud to make me proud that jests!
And wait the season, and observe the times,
And spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes,
And shape his service wholly to my device,
And make him proud to make me proud that jests!
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
How I would make him fawn, and beg, and seek,
And wait the season, and observe the times,
And spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes,
And shape his service wholly to my device,
And make him proud to make me proud that jests!
And wait the season, and observe the times,
And spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes,
And shape his service wholly to my device,
And make him proud to make me proud that jests!
“That ought to take the sting out of being occupied, eh Mr. Richard?”
August 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“That ought to take the sting out of being occupied, eh Mr. Richard?”