Bad writing arrives like a 'checkered taxi ride burning rubber' (CBC) A love affair likened to New York City beat out a drug-induced marine landscape to win the grand prize in San Jose State University's annual contest of bad writing....more...Sonoma Guide (LA.com) The best hotels, restaurants, spas, wineries and more in Sonoma County...more... Author will be signing at state park (The Glasgow Daily Times) A Kentucky author will be on hand this weekend at Barren River Lake State Resort to sign copies of her books....more... Climbing temperatures call for some icy cold drinks (Cape Gazette) When the outside temperatures climb toward 100 degrees, I crave cold food. Chilled cantaloupe for breakfast, crisp salads for lunch and frozen treats for dessert ? anything sufficiently cold to cause a case of ?head freeze? (the appropriate treatment for which is to immediately take another bite)....more... Dining Capsules (Press of Atlantic City) Absecon...more... Ron Paul?s wife in ICU (The Victoria Advocate) Congressman Ron Paul canceled his Monday trip to Victoria to stay with his wife, who was in a Houston hospital intensive care unit after being hospitalized Thursday, a Paul spokesperson reported....more... Grass Valley goes bluegrass - and beyond / Musicians play just about anything at weekly gathering in Gold Country (San Francisco Chronicle) Rough and Ready, a speck of a town outside of Grass Valley, is best known for its rabble-rousing past: the secession movement of 1850, when residents, rebelling against taxes and other laws, decided to part ways with the United States. The "Republic of Rough... ...more... TEDDI'S RECIPES, PICKLING RECIPES (Macon Telegraph) TEDDI'S RECIPES ...more... Napa Valley Tour Part One: Napa and Yountville (LA.com) A Guide to Big and Small Stops in Wine Country...more... |