Feb 20
Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1940s and ‘50s, JimStreeper would scrape up 25 cents for an admission ticket to spendalmost every Saturday in the local movie theater. He liked the futuristic adventures of Flash Gordon, but the OldWest hero embodied by Roy Rogers really captured his imagination —and his taste in …
Feb 19
It’s easy to say that Macworld | iWorld is far smaller than the Consumer Electronics Show, but for those of us who actually talk to the exhibitors and look for interesting products, a couple of days are still necessary to visit each of the 270-plus booths. We found oodles of neat products, and here are …
Feb 09
By: Ashley Bode Even if you’re not too interested in watching the Super Bowl this weekend, chances are you’ll still be toasting at a party or hunkering down to watch the commercials. Either way, it would seem fitting to sip on one of America’s favorite football companions, beer. But if you’re a fair-weather fan of beer, …
Feb 06
Should psychologists ever use my children to reassess Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, their findings would conclude that cable television should be added alongside air, food and sleep as essential human needs. In fact, it may actually outrank food and sleep, given the children’s eagerness to forgo both if it means feasting on just one more …
Jan 27
I have to confess I was planning on cooking something entirely different…But my original idea didn’t work out as expected…It happens! So I used the same ingredients and created a new dish that has turned out to be one of my son´s lunchbox favourites! This is a new version of your traditional croque monsieur and …
Jan 23
Monday, January 23 Slow Southern Steel film screeing + Hail!Hornet, Zoroaster. $10. 7:30 p.m. (Slow Southern Steel is the first documentary film to explore the true underbelly of heavy metal music in the American South. Director CT of Arkansas sludge rockers Rwake delves into a day in the lives of such Georgia-based acts as Zoroaster, …
Jan 19
With a short week, soccer starting (both Spring and Indoor), a science fair project or two, and a volunteer recognition dinner, the week’s menu needs to be easy and designed with planned over (leftovers) in mind. We arrived at the airport tonight after a weekend away, and stopped by Whole Foods on the way home, …
Jan 16
PERFORMANCES The Mimbres Region Arts Council continues their Folk Series with Gregory Alan Isakov at 7:30 p.m. today at the Buckhorn Opera House, 32 Main St. in Pinos Altos. Isakov has toured with the likes of Fiona Apple and Rodrigo y Gabriela and played at numerous music festivals. Tickets are available at the MRAC offices, …
Jan 11
If you’re into San Diego for the exciting nerd news then being at home with the internet is the right way to do it. Joss Whedon is, in fact, directing the Avengers and I didn’t know about it until I got back to the hotel and turned on the computer. I’m not really complaining, but …