Fractal Frenzy
Don't miss the chance to see UCSC's own cosmological mathematician Ralph Abraham demystify fractals on a fascinating documentary, Tuesday Oct 28, 2008 at 8 pm on PBS-Nova. The name of the program is Hunting the Hidden Dimension, and if you miss it you can still see...
Randall Romances the Tube
Witness the awesome spectacle of Bonny Doon Vineyard President for Life Randall Grahm trading oeno-wits with vine geek Gary Vaynerchuk on Wine Library TV. This gonzo behind-the-scenes foray into deep tannin-speak is so big, so bold, so over-the-top that it requires...
Open Studios
Here are a few of my picks for this weekend's Open Studios art crawl. In Bonny Doon, the studio of Ray Gwyn Smith is filled with prints, new landscape paintings and spectacular views of the redwood forest. Stop by Oct. 18-19, from 11am-6pm and savor. Smith's studio is...
Wild Greens, Roman-style
Entrees at la Campana followed an amazing salad of that curious wild celeryesque vegetable, puntarelle, bathed in an addictive anchovy sauce.
A perfect bistecca in Rome
The magnificent Ristorante la Campana — so old that Caravaggio surely dined here — continues to provide clear, bold dishes amidst the narrow warrens of medieval Rome. We were overcome with the perfection of this buttery filet in balsamico reduction.
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.