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Eric Eggert is The Midtown Messenger's Web designer and interactivity coordinator. E-mail him at eric@urbanphoenix.com
Robert, a former president of Arizona Macintosh Users Group, is the Midtown Messenger's technology infrastructure specialist and network administrator. He can be e-mailed at rzusman@amug.org, usually. PDQ Baklava, Portobella Vanderbilt Diaz-Thigpen, L.E.J. Hunter, dining critics PDQ's Greek roots mean he brings an epicure's discernment and a Hellene's passion and immoderacy to the enjoyment of all types of cuisine. Don't even get him started on the fun he claims can be had with phyllo dough, ouzo, and a live lamb. In her own kitchen, Portobella has a fondness for comfort foods such as Spaghettios laced with tablespoonfuls of Kraft (R) Grated Parmesan and Romano cheese--but when dining out, she is exacting in her standards of service and culinary execution. L.E.J. is an inheritor of the literary and gustatory acumen of the Algonquin group of expatriates in interregnum Paris of the 20s, being a protege (and, some say, bastard issue) of the great food writer M.F.K. Fisher in sensibilities and author Ernest Hemingway in style. And Norman Mailer in temperament--don't bring him a good beer in a chilled (much less a frosted) mug, unless you want to wear it. Contact these gastronomes at critic@midtownmessenger.com.
Daniel Tell, Naomi Tell, contributing writers, data entry workers, receptionists and delivery girls Few organizations completely eschew nepotism, and The Midtown Messenger is no exception. Who says you have to be a multinational corporation exploiting cheap overseas labor markets to keep costs down? Nonetheless, the editorial, clerical and menial contributions of the offspring of the patriarch--er, publisher—have been inestimable, if not invaluable. Daniel plans to follow in his father’s footsteps by disregarding probable medical and scientific aptitudes in favor of liberal-artsy stuff, having begun a career as a novelist at age 9. He is almost a clone of the editor, in fact, in his nuanced logical and aesthetic judgments, except for his review of the film “Signs,” and, his sister Naomi would say, “Reign of Fire.” Naomi, a subtle if aberrant thinker and articulate writer herself, is also a budding rock musician and cult leader, facets people say they never would have realized from her friendly yet professional phone manner. |
David
Tell, editor and publisher
Using
this springboard, David left news journalism, making the leap
to strategize, launch and manage newsletters and magazines
for corporate sponsors including GM, Unisys, Compuware, New
Detroit, Baylor University Medical Center, Ohio State University
Medical Center, University of Phoenix, SAP A.G. software
maker and a number of others. Subsequently, resuming a local, consumer-lifestyle
publishing focus, David played a key role in getting a new
city magazine for the Valley's West Side--Glendale Magazine--off
the ground and into print. Restless to run his own publishing
operation and make a positive difference in the community
in which he lives, David then created The Midtown Messenger,
adopting the successful model of publishing around a core
of well-selected, tightly written and thoughtfully edited
hard news, reporting on matters affecting neighborhood residents
in midtown Phoenix. E-mail David at editor@midtownmessenger.com.
Shari
Boulanger, cartoonist and illustrator
Barbara Stocklin, historic preservation columnist
Robert
Zusman
