Jul 18-24, 2007
Is Mayor Thom Lauzon Rocking Or Splitting Apart the Granite City?; Judith Levine Considers Capital Punishment; Vermont’s Gay Community Looks for a Room of its Own; The Granite City Gets Serious About Cuisine
Going South: 89 to 91
Let us now consider the sticky dilemma of the out-of-town fare. I’m not here referring to the near out-of-town, like St. Albans, Middlebury or Stowe, but the far out-of-town – N.Y.C., Boston, Portland. A cabbie can score a big payday if he or she is willing to drive a customer a few hundred miles. So,…
More McKenzie!
Last week, when I learned that cured-meat-purveyor McKenzie’s Country Classics, formerly McKenzie of Vermont, has been owned by Kayem Foods in Massachusetts since 1999, I wondered if the information was newsworthy or if everybody already knew. After chewing on it for a few minutes, I decided to mention it in my Food News column. Apparently,…
You Say Cilantro, I say Culantro…
Q – What in the heck is culantro? Is it a mispronunciation of cilantro or something completely different? A – OK, you caught me! I asked that question myself. Why? Cause I ran across culantro for the first time a few weeks ago, and wanted to share my new knowledge with the world. At least…
Back-to-Back Classics
Game On: “SimCity DS:” Nintendo DS, $29.99, E for Everyone. “PaRappa the Rapper:” PSP $29.99, E for Everyone
The Time of the Lone Wolf is Over
It dazzles me, the commonality of message among wise-men and women the world over. From the Dalai Lama to an aborigine shaman – those with profound inner knowledge speak the same language, offer the same sage advice. In the often chaotic landscape of the 21st Century, don’t we need to take heart and direction from…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Gulfport, Fla., arrested a 14-year-old boy they said called detective Matt Parks and offered to sell him drugs. Parks arranged a meeting in the parking lot of a school, where the boy showed up with 18 grams of marijuana. Noting that Parks’ phone number is unlisted, investigators concluded that the…
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Rosie’s Girls [SIV36]
7/11/07 Rosie’s Girls: Do you know how to transform a copper pipe into a bracelet? How to cut shapes out of sheets of metal and attach them to one another in a sculpture? How to hammer evenly and keep your hair from catching on fire while welding? Me neither but some 9-12 yr old girls…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here’s how you damage the Aries soul, according to astrologer Steven Forrest: You bore it, you deprive it of adventure, and you starve it of chances to grow evermore courageous. I’m worried this could happen in the coming weeks. According to my reading of the omens, you may be tempted to…
