by Christina Waters | Dec 10, 2012 | Home |
Am I the only one who sees the complete disconnect between a prank—the sort that kids play on each other, or that occurs on Halloween—and a woman’s tragic decision to end her life?
Two Australian radio personalities are being heaped with scorn, and worse, because a phone call they made, pretending to be someone else, was understandably misinterpreted by the person who picked up the phone. Okay, so that person was fooled by the prank.
No one in her right mind would expect that person, upon discovering that she’d been fooled, to actually commit suicide over the matter. She might feel foolish. She might even be entitled to a lecture by her supervisor. But suicide?
Only a person with pre-existing “issues” (more…)
by Christina Waters | Dec 7, 2012 | Food, Home |
From those busy bakers at Companion Bakeshop comes this super delicious stocking stuffer, a six-pack (as it were) of artisenal biscotti perfumed with orange zest and studded with almonds and cranberries.
One lovely package for $4. Better get some extra to consume with your morning coffee!
Notti or nice? Why quibble. Everybody loves biscotti!
by Christina Waters | Dec 4, 2012 | Home |
Michael’s on Main has recently embarked on an intriguing guest chef series, and bringing his own seasoned brand of cooking expertise to the game on December 11Â will be Tom Brezsny, co-owner of the original India Joze Restaurant.
[Tom here dowsing for rare mushrooms, photographer unknown.]
Brezsny was a mega-smart jack of all trades in the heyday of Joze, and it only makes delicious sense that some of the maestro’s techniques would have seeped into Brezsny’s multi-faceted DNA. Tom promises to revisit the “world of Pan-Asian pyrotechnics, (more…)
by Christina Waters | Dec 4, 2012 | Home |
How could this happen? A James Bond film—fully loaded with bespoke suits, chiseled jaws, clever chase scenes, gorgeous international scenic vistas, and Daniel Craig—that is nonetheless boring?
But it did happen.
I think what bothered me most – both during the film and long afterward – was the sheer boring long boring predictable boring length of it. Skyfall delivers ALL the James Bond action, and then some, in its powerhouse opening and first half hour. The incredible fight on top of the train zooming through low tunnels; the unbelievable rooftop motorcycle chase through Istanbul; Daniel Craig in a suit. Except for the puppydog cutsyness of Naomie Harris as the new Moneypenny character, I loved the casting.
And the film’s distinctly existentialist conceit (more…)
