Taylor T Rants

Septembers column!

Most promising player - 585 magazine It’s one of those fall days where leaves cover the ground, but the afternoons are still hot. I’m courtside, watching an outdoor tennis match with the players

I’m back for a second year! Bigger venue this year—tell a friend, bring a friend!!

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January’s column!

Underwear archaeology - (585) magazine Microscopic shards of ice whizz by my face as my friends Sally and Michelle work to extract a pair of underwear from the freezer in my house. It’s 4 a.m., and we’ve crept into the basement once all our other friends fell asleep. We planned this prank for weeks—freezing someone’s underwear wa...

You know….if you are stuck for a gift, a subscription to (585) magazine is always great!! (585) has my humor column, Lunatics Lounge, on the back page, which is by far my favorite thing I do or have done. Beyond that, it has great articles about our region, with terrific writers and photographers who work so hard to put out quality stuff.

If you’re bored tonight, come out to MuCCC at 142 Atlantic Ave. My Fringe show “Lunatics Lounge Live” is tonight at 6:30. Drag a friend or two, I’ll see you all there🌟🌟🙄

I sound like a broken record but “Lunatics Lounge Live” will be at MuCCC this Saturday 9.23.23 at 6:30 for Rochester Fringe Festival. Buy a ticket, tell a friend, it’ll be fun🌟🌟

July’s column! From the “Picture This” issue of (585) magazine

Matchmaker, matchmaker - (585) magazine It’s a Friday night when the front door to our house bursts open and my dad walks through it, fresh off of a six-hour drive from New York City. He drops his bags, kisses us hello, and then turns to grab his brand-new camera. My dad is a New York City ironworker, and after all the stories we hear a...

May’s column🌸🌼🌺🌹

I can eat my own flowers - (585) magazine A long time ago in a living room far, far away, a stream of intergalactic green barf tumbles out of my cousin Sean’s mouth, landing on a pile of clean laundry. My stunned aunt stops folding clothes and turns to the two of us for answers. In the moment I’m too distracted to focus on her, though, ...

Newest column, from the “Coffee and Home” issue of 585 Magazine. On newsstands in Wegmans, Tops and Barnes & Noble.

Fashion police - (585) magazine The flashlight shines into my eyes with such intensity that I’m momentarily blinded. At the other end of the light is a Chicago police officer who leans into the window, requests my license, and asks if I know why I’ve been pulled over. My sister is beside me in the passenger seat, and this is a...

Newest column in The Wedding Issue

The dress - (585) magazine I am casually flipping through one of my sis-ter’s fashion magazines when I spot it on page ten: THE DRESS. A knee length, black, halter top, cocktail dress with a fuchsia tulle underskirt peeking out from the bottom hem. Two wedding invites currently sit on my desk taunting me. I have nothing to ...

November’s Column

Blockheads - (585) magazine Illustration by Lissa MathisOur childhood fish tank contained five goldfish ceremoniously named after the New Kids on the Block. Every week my dad cleaned the tank and picked my sister and me up from school with the death tally: “Donnie Wahlberg got stuck in the suction hose today and was crushed....