Korea. There's this one oriental grocery store near me that I've been going to for several years. At first, as expected, when I asked what strange things were I get the standard "You won't like that." I soon got past that stage with the owner....
** I last saw Mandy Patinkin live in about 1991, and we met him after the show; he was absolutely lovely and ‘did’ Inigo Montoya for a couple of starstruck theatre kids who couldn’t have been happier. He also gave us some snacks from the green room, as he was worried we’d ski...
While there are certainly plenty of other restaurants in the region of town between Wyoming and Byron Center, the compass rose does point to Taco Bell in multiple directions at 68th and Clyde Park Ave. From that intersection the closest restaurant heading east on 68th Street is a Taco Bell ...
) while we here in Dublin, a European capital, still lack one; while most of what I look for anywhere is a wealth of independent shops, pubs and restaurants, I do go througha lotof Uniqlo basics and rain gear, so I feel the need to stop in whenever I spot one elsewhere. New rain...
It got me thinking about restaurants I’ve “broken up with.” The one that comes to mind to me isThreadgill’sin Austin, Texas. When I was in graduate school, I loved Threadgill’s. they allowed you to get “seconds” on your sides, and the down home country cooking was great. It...
the Mekong River delta. The first batch that was being saved for the scientists to review went missing when “Unfortunately, the owner wound up getting drunk, and grilled them all up for his patrons…” However, they checked other nearby restaurants and were able to gather about sixty ...
Kangaroos for the Kids Again, we were ushered off to yet another activity that had nothing to do with tropical fruits. We were going on a boat ride…to where? As we hopped onto this open-aired boat, we were all given huge hunks of bread to feed the ducks that beg alongside the boat...
Apparently, the thing about democracy that isn't fun for kids is the lack of governmental buildings scaled down to be proportional to their size. Otherwise, hooray, bureaucracy! The architecture isinspired by the Brothers Grimmwith "a mixture of Medieval, Islamic, and European styles,...
I have kept this to myself for these many years as it may sound like just a kids story. I had been watching the movie Jungle Book last night and my memory of the incident came flooding back to me. Anonymous on 2014-11-24 said: I have several pictures of my dad with the lions ...
these arcane monstrosities are to inland bodies of standing water what Zagat ratings are to classy restaurants, providing immediate validation by way of an instantly identifiable symbol – a dark, long-necked silhouette asserting a mysterious vigilance in the dying warmth of deep orange light squeezed...