Davenport Gallery opening – Jan. 14 – 4-7pm
A sweeping show of coastal landscapes will fill the Davenport Gallery, starting this Saturday, January 14 (reception from 4-7pm). The exhibition will offer works by top area painters including Andrew Purchin, Frank Galuszka (Cliff, o/c, r.), Ray Ginghofer and others,...
Mixed Culinary Metaphors
Maybe it's just me, but it's going to take more than three bright green patio umbrellas and a glut of signage to convince me that Mex-Italian cuisine is a sound idea. When a restaurant, for all the good will in the world, is consistently empty....it might occur to the...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: film review
A feast for the mind as well as the eye, the shabby paranoia of Cold War espionage makes a bracing cinematic cocktail, neither shaken nor stirred. A dirty patina of brown and grey adheres to every engrossing scene of this version of John LeCarre's spy saga Tinker...
Fruitcake Chronicles: the unveiling
The short analysis: too much liquor. Here's the play-by-play description of our New Year's Day sampling of Aunt Chris' Fruitcake. After 5 weeks, it was time to unveil the slumbering fruitcakes. Carefully unwrapping layers of cheesecloth—utterly dripping with...
Starz Cupcakes on the Westside
Cupcake freaks (you know who you are) will want to check out the luscious array of cupcakes on offer at Starz' new outlet. It's inside the Yogizmo located at 1717 Mission Street (next to Avanti). Imagine getting to wrap your mouth around cupcakes, made-from-scratch,...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.