Jules Verne wrote almost ninety books before his death in 1905, age 77—and the never-to-be-forgotten Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is still fantasy at its best. In 1954, Disney [ … ]
Category: Venues
Patrick Hughes on La Brea
Escaperspective Keller & Greene The library is an infinite perspective, like the work and the city. Escaperspective is the one promulgated very famously by Valery (taking up the note from [ … ]
Philadelphia Metro Viewpoints
Philadelphia Metro Viewpoints NFL a practice in socialism By Evan Weiner For Philadelphia Eagles fans, Saturday marks the time of year when they can come out of hibernation in their [ … ]
Life in Israel
Picture if you will a Friday night in the middle of the summer months. School is on vacation, the weather is beautiful, the ocean water is crashing against the shoreline [ … ]
McReview
The snooty restaurant review has always amused and bored me. My advice to any affronted reviewer who was not properly greeted, or gasp, received an appetizer along with the main [ … ]
Monkeyman
Whatever happened to the monkey man? I remember the short-lived hysteria he plagued upon the people of India, bounding from rooftop to rooftop terrorizing the threadbare villages, resulting in the [ … ]
Ice-Fishing: One Man’s Pursuit of Manliness
There are two groups of people in Northern Minnesota – those that hunt, fish, and own snow-mobiles, and those that do not. The ones that belong to the first camp [ … ]
Essence of Africa at Oche Diche
Up till now those looking to add a little ethnic spice to their decor headed to Pier 1, best known for Asian merchandise. Last spring Oche Diche (Nigerian for “furniture [ … ]
THE SEARCH FOR PUERTO CHICAMA
“You will ride the longest wave of your life in Perú.” The Pan American highway contorts to hug the contours of the Pacific coast like a giant black serpent, before [ … ]
CARNAVAL, RIO DE JANERIO
No other country in Latin America captures your imagination, ignites steamy fantasies, and makes those feet itch as much as Brazil. Only marginally smaller than the continental United States, and [ … ]