Hang with prominent primatologist Jane Goodall THU 3/24 Until Sigourney Weaver portrayed primatologist Dian Fossey in the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist, Dr. Jane Goodall — one of Fossey’s mentors — was a familiar name mostly to those in zoology circles. Through information provided in the movie, subsequent published…
Underwood likes Bush THU 2/17 Statistically speaking, a black female Republican is a rarity. Even more so, a funny black Republican woman sounds impossible. Think Condoleezza Rice, with her creepy frown-like smile. But funny black Republican woman is exactly how most describe comedienne Sheryl Underwood, who has been making the…
When Julio Iglesias wants to feed all the women he’s loved before, he calls on Rino Balzano. There are two reasons. First, he knows that Balzano will deliver quality Italian cooking that will have them begging for seconds. Second, as kind and talented as he may be, Balzano just isn’t…
Leave it to Americans to make foreign foods the victims of our gluttony. Ever had a slice of pizza in Italy? In its natural habitat, it looks and tastes nothing like the greasy, flat, big-as-your-plate, cheese-blanketed versions found under heat lamps at the mall. The same goes for what we…
Have a hankering for some strawberry Pocky? Trying to find boiled fern for your favorite recipe? Where can you go to find such unusual items, you ask? OK, well maybe you didn’t ask, but you should still check out your local Oriental market some day. There, minerals, vegetables, and animals…
Some things just don’t go together well. Take, for example, liquor and red wine. Ammonia and bleach. Or Jacko and Lisa Marie. However, some things, strange as they may seem, make sense together, like Bowie and Iman, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi… even Martha Stewart and her jail cell. When it…
True or false? You know you’ve arrived at an Ocean Drive dining destination if: (1) a leggy hostess with a mocha tan and sunglasses on her head greets you on the sidewalk, (2) even though you thought you were going for a quiet dinner, you hear techno music thumping behind…
