Mountain View, Where?????????? Part 3 Night There are a variety of good spots to stay while visiting Mountain View, Arkansas, including some lovely B & B’s. Country Oaks Bed & Breakfast gives you a choice between their Victorian farm house and an oak timber-framed Carriage House, nestled among 69 acres of majestic oaks, pastoral fields,…
How To Become A Cheese Whiz :: Sara Vivenzio’s The Cheese School, San Francisco If Pink is the new Black, then Cheese is the new Wine, and Sommeliers will have to make room for Affineurs*. And if you don’t know what an Affineur is, then Sara Vivenzio’s The Cheese School of San Francisco will make…
A travesty of justice? A litmus test for the class hierarchy in America? Is this discussion only feeding the fires of faux celebrity? Paris Hilton’s jail sentence has been the judge’s gavel heard round the world. Diva Nation, what are your thoughts? * A Little History What got her here in the first place? According…
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder has coined the term “nature-deficit disorder.” In April 2005, The New York Times published an article describing Louv’s concern that children these days are Growing Up Denatured. In light of this, I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you…
by Madeleine Zinn Prom is a right of passage among many high school students. An integral part of the prom experience is The Dress. While the boys merely don a generic suit or perhaps a tuxedo tee (p.s. 1985 called and it wants its shirt back), girls can spend months searching for the perfect…
by Amy Lynch May is the perfect month to visit Indianapolis—the flowers are starting to bloom, the weather’s warm but comfortable, and the air is filled with the sweet sounds of racecars. Although Indy has plenty of redeeming features going for it, racing remains the city’s bread-and-butter attraction. Even for non-gearheads, the month-long calendar of…
Tucked away on the lively corner of Mission and 17th Streets in San Francisco, you’ll find Scott Youkilis’ Maverick restaurant. In an enclave that is surrounded by taco shops and Internet cafes, it s a treat to find a good ol’ restaurant serving gentrified comfort food. Items like pork belly and prawns and Southern fried…