Gift ideas for momThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:19AMOne of my most enjoyable jobs as a food writer is trying out the latest equipment or tasting a new product. I try to keep notes on what I think any Seriously Simple cook would want in the kitchen, pantry or on the book shelf. For all of you ...
Journalism's Present and FutureThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:15AMFaculty members from Mass Communications weigh in on the state of the industry.
Interview: Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek [Part 1]Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:12AMAfter the Telluride Film Festival premiere of his latest film, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview director Mark Romanek for a long-form interview. It was a collaboration between Alex from FirstShowing and myself, which explains how we were able to get so much time with the filmmaker. Mark Romanek is one of the best music video directors to come out of the 1990's. His videos have ...
LETTER—Address the doctor shortageThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:09AMPerhaps there is a conspiracy to limit the number of doctors. A shortage of doctors allows physicians and specialists to demand higher fees and makes them a more valuable commodity in our health care system.
San Francisco's Tourist TraipsesThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:03AMFrom the pinnacle of a windy, chilly, foggy neighborhood that once was little more than shifting sand dunes, I think I can see all of San Francisco. More fog rolling in from the Pacific as if in a time-lapse photograph. The downtown skyline basking in...
Dinner At The Farm: HeavenlyThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:01AMIt was a heavenly night on the farm,160 of us dining al fresco in a hay field, on benches set along long, candle-lit tables under a big circus tent. A just-past-full moon rose just after the third course, with bright Venus alongside. Never mind the urban legend that Mars would appear as big as the moon that night. (According to NASA, Mars actually was about as far away as it could be.) But ...
The Morning Line, 8/30Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:55AMWould the St. Louis Cardinals mind rejoining the pennant race? TML roots for TML, and he’s headed to Looie Friday, for the weekend. At the current pace of things, the Reds will be up about 100 1/2. B. Phillips can insult T. La Russa’s whole family and it won’t matter. BTW, I’ve been cloud hidden [...]
Woman's persistence pays off in regenerated fingertipThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:50AMAfter running inside from a rainstorm one Friday evening last January, Deepa Kulkarni leaned against the doorway with her right hand to take off her boots. Then, in an effort to make sure the dog didn't get out, someone slammed the door hard, and it landed right on her pinky.
Mother Nature provides a full palette of gourds for decorScrippsThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:42AMNormally, I do just about everything I can to get out of grocery shopping. Even an empty refrigerator can't induce me to go to the market - that's why God invented carryout, right? But in the fall, I make an exception. I willingly hit the food market, not to get stuff like milk and bread, but to prowl for seasonal decorating tools manufactured by Mother Nature herself.