Drinking down Azabu-Juban's heart (The Japan Times)
Take Aburiya Fudo, an izakaya-style shochu (distilled spirit) bar. Even after being taken there once, I still felt apprehensive opening the heavy metal-bound and studded wood on my second ? solo ?... Read more . . . ...more...Hard work keeps her humming (Lancaster Online)
Anna Cobaugh celebrates her 100th birthday on Friday, but she says she doesn't feel like she'll be 100. When asked what her secret for long life is, she smiles and says: "Hard work. I learned how to work hard when I was very young. I've worked hard all my life. When you hit 100......more... Vintage glass is hot (Denver Post)
Colorful mid-century pieces are all the rage among design aficionados smitten with Space Age aesthetics....more... History repeats itself with family of Civil War re-enactors (Daily Herald)
Paul Wood of Wheaton remembers feeling a connection with Robert E. Lee when he was just 9 years old. Nowadays, he impersonates the famous Civil War general....more... Restaurant reviews 8/23 (Contra Costa Times)
The following are shortened versions of full-length restaurant reviews that have run recently in the Times. The date the original review ran and its overall rating is in parentheses....more... Dining Out: Black Pearl one of Newport?s treasures (The Providence Journal)
With the folk and jazz festivals in full swing a couple of weeks ago, Newport was in its element. The nights were warm and so still that a sea fog lay over Bannister?s and Bowen?s wharves, haloing the street lanterns and making the boats moving in the harbor appear to materialize out of nowhere....more... Spout Off (Cape May County Herald)
A year ago when there were problems in Villas with the Sweetbriar Motel, there were meetings and at least there were attempts to deal with this issue. Now our elected officials truthfully don't have a plan. There is no leadership in town hall, and there hasn't been in almost a year....more... Sweet things come to those who wait (Galveston County Daily News)
GALVESTON ? Nothing disappoints Ernest Torres like losing an audience. Torres shoots sad glances at a couple as they walk away from the roar of his machine, pulling sage green taffy ? shiny like satin ? back and forth....more... SUSAN AGER: Time to junk the attitude (Detroit Free Press)
Let's just say it's a big old antique shop in a modest Michigan town I happened to pass through the other day as I was procrastinating in my work. That it's in an old house with stone siding intrigued me. That it has a lot of rusty old stuff in the yard was a plus, too. So was its lack of a parking lot....more... |