Kevin Amorim

Adam Ellis, sits with his feet up at his desk at The Paramount in Huntington. Photo Credit: Newsday/ Alejandra Villa "I need to let my feet breathe," says Adam C. Ellis, director of marketing at The Paramount in Huntington. He's been... With the dog days officially here, more and more guys are deciding to take their dogs out for a walk. As country superstar Kenny Chesney says, it's gonna be another flip-flop summer. Or maybe you prefer slides after the solstice? A pair of sandals for those scorchers?

Guided by Voices' "Motor Away" blasts from the speakers of the White House's Brady Briefing Room, the song's indie-rock power chords filling the rarefied air of America's corridors of power. Press secretary and big-time GBV fan Jay Carney, all smiles, strides to the podium for his final briefing. "Now that is some good rock and roll," Carney tells the roomful of White House press corps back in June.