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Conceived as an offshoot of the popular barbecue restaurant Blue Smoke, Porchlight features Southern inspired drinks and light fare from chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois. The name itself denotes the vibe Meyer and his Blue Smoke compatriots Bourgeois and Mark Maynard-Parisi are going for: bringing a homey, Deep South feel to the casual New York cocktail crowd. Their contemporary cocktail interpretations, which carry a heavy dollop of fruit and spice, include the Sherry Cobbler (Amontillado Sherry, Homemade Orgeat, Bitters and Fresh Berries), the Stay All Night (Tito’s Vodka, Amaro Cio Caro, Lemon, Peach Preserve and Black Tea) and Gun Metal Blue (Mezcal Vida, Blue Curaçao, Peach Brandy, Lime and Cinnamon). A Southern accent is particularly prevalent in their menu items, spotlighted by their...

Nineteen firefighters killed in a wildfire a week ago went home for the last time on Sunday, their bodies traveling in individual white hearses in a somber caravan for 125 miles through Arizona cities and towns. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. Thousands of people from across the state and beyond stood patiently in triple-digit temperatures in Phoenix, lined highways and overpasses along the route, and...