| Cayman Islands Jazzfest | | Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:04:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Boney James, one of the International performers, demonstrates his genius with a saxaphone on the Friday night at the Cayman Islands third annual Jazz Festival. Photo by Wendy Ledger This year the third annual Jazzfest, organized by the Department of Tourism, began on Thursday 30 November at the Westin Casuarina Resort. The festival drew larger crowds than ever, and appears to have already established itself as a significant event for jazz fans. International artists included Natalie Cole, Kem, Jeffrey Osborne, Arturo Tappin, Boney James and Mike Phillips. The 2006 lineup also featured local bands Velvet Touch, Mainstream, Hi-Tide and Swanky. Intransit, Caymans own jazz-funk band kicked the event off. It was a good choice, as their seamless fusion of Caribbean sounds with their own Jazz roots made their music the ideal overture for the whole of the rest of the event.... | |
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| | | The latino legacy | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:28:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | Matt Preston looks at the cuisines underpinning this culinary revolution. FORGET France, North Africa or South-East Asia: nothing is hipper in food and drink right now than the flavours of the Iberian Peninsula and its former colonies. We've come a long way since Spanish food was stodgy paella served with chips and a soundtrack of Una Paloma Blanca, and dining Latin America-style meant frozen margaritas at Taco Bill's. Victoria boasts an ever-increasing array of Spanish and Latin American restaurants presenting the "real food" of their region, and buying once hard-to-find ingredients has become as easy as a trip to Fitzroy, Tullamarine or Springvale. Leonardo Cuce opened Carlton's Inkari restaurant a couple of years ago to showcase the food of Latin America.... | |
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| | | Decorated sailor gets his medals replaced | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:18:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | When it comes to talking about honors and medals Harold Brewster is a man of few words. The anecdotes turn to his family, his friends. He says very little about his own. On Thursday, he couldn't hide his tears when friends and staff at the Mae Volen Senior Center presented him with an American flag cake and war medals, restored after being stolen a decade ago while he moved to Florida from New York. .... | |
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| | | Woodworking shop at Luke relaxing place | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:59:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | The whine of the band saw and the patter of falling wood chips create sweet music in the Wood Skills Shop operated by the 56th Services Squadron at Luke Air Force Base. The wood shop is one of the quality-of-life "people programs" that make life a bit more inviting at the base, said James Nowicki, 45, a retired Air Force master sergeant who has served for about 2 1/2 years as the wood crafter for the shop. Woodworking, Nowicki said, gives those who do it a great deal of satisfaction. .... | |
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| | | Food writer finds fodder in Maine | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:21:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | STONINGTON - The food writer Molly O'Neill was tugging meat out of a lobster claw the other night in the kitchen of the Community of Christ Church. Dick Bridges, a lobster fisherman from nearby Sunset, was standing next to her explaining his recipe for lobster chowder. Water, potatoes, onions, salt, pepper, basil and steamed lobster sauteed in butter. Plus two sticks of butter per four or five lobsters. Ah, but fried lobster tail, a preparation in which the tail is removed from a lobster, shelled and fried in butter, is superior, Bridges said. A less well-known and rarely practiced method, the quick frying preserves flavor better than steaming or boiling. "It doesn't get any better than that," he said. O'Neill asked Bridges what he remembered about lobster from his childhood years.... | |
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| | | FMHS senior in his element outdoors | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:01:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | HOMEWORK By ERIK LINCOLN The Daily Sentinel The temperature was in the mid-40s. The day began even colder — and with snow — but the skies over the Colorado National Monument were a clear blue with a few strings of clouds. Fruita Monument High School senior Michael Walsh nonchalantly walked down the Devils Kitchen trail as one of his sandal-clad feet nearly stepped on a cactus. Walsh was in his element. "To live, for me, is best done out here, out in the wild where I enjoy myself the most, and I can come home feeling good every day," Walsh said. There’s a passage in Albert Camus’ "The Stranger," where the main character, Meursault, is at an Algerian beach with a love interest. Meursault describes the "delicate froth" sea foam made when it was cast into the air and fell onto his face.... | |
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| | | Garden calendar | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:02:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Home and Garden Workshops, Home Depot's how-to clinics for National Home Improvement Week: Lighting Solutions for Holiday Entertaining, 7 p.m. today; Create an Energy Efficient Home, 10 a.m. Saturday; Flooring Solutions, 1 p.m. Sunday; Simple Ways to Refresh Your Kitchen, 7 p.m. Monday; Window Covering Basics, 7 p.m. Tuesday; Simple Bathroom Repairs and Upgrades, 7 p.m. Wednesday; and Painting Touch-Up and Technique, 7 p.m. Thursday; all workshops are free at Home Depot stores: Iwilei, Honolulu, 521-7355; Pearl City, 455-1200; Kahului, Maui, (808) 893-7800; Kona, Big Island, (808) 326-6013; and Lihu'e, Kaua'i (808) 632-2740. Kids Workshop, create a picture frame, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Home Depot stores listed above; for ages 5-12 accompanied by an adult; free. Home Safety Assessment, presentation by Ginger Lockette and Tom Vander Hout, 12:15-1:15 p.m.... | |
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| | | Premiere Real Estate Update | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:26:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | Main Sales Co.: Fortune International Realty. Contact: Cindy Darnaby 305-794-6193 Type: Condominiums Number of Stories: 9 Number of Units: 232 Floor Plan Range: 913 to 2,814 sq. ft. plus 10 special units 1,600 to 5,000 sq. ft. Price Range: From the $500,000s to $2 million + Amenities: Pool, fitness center/spa, tennis courts, boat facilities Developer: Fortune International and Shefaor Development Architect: Carlos Ott Description: ArTechs designers seek to revolutionize architectural aesthetics with its curvilinear floor plans and aerodynamic design. The boomerang-shaped ArTech will feature curvilinear floor plans that give every unit a view of Biscayne Bay. Spanning seven acres along the Intracoastal Waterway with 900 feet of unobstructed waterfront, ArTech features a private marina and beach club membership to Le Meridien Sunny Isles Beach.... | |
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| | | Burgers galore | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:13:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Excite your taste buds with an array of burgers at the Degrees Restaurant, Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport. There are five variations of burgers from Japan, Germany, Australia, Mexico and the United States of America. Served with homemade bread, the burgers come with flavourful sauces. Price ranges from RM34+ to RM44+ per plate. For details, call 03-8787 3333. .... | |
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| | | The Daily Journal Local Artists to show works at local banks through December | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:12:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Mendocino County Art Association members who will be exhibiting their paintings at local banks through November and December 2006:Hiroko Mattsson at Savings Bank of Mendocino County, 904 North State St., Michael Laybourn at Savings Bank of Mendocino County, East Road, Redwood ValleyJune Oster at Savings Bank of Mendocino County, Pear Tree Center, Jane Covella at West America Bank, 319 E. Perkins St., Francine Bearden at Savings Bank of Mendocino County, 1100 Airport Park Blvd. Writers read series features Theresa Whitehill today Theresa Whitehill will be this month's featured reader in the Writers Read series. The reading will be today from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Colored Horse Studio, 780 Waugh Lane in Ukiah. A California poet, designer, and letterpress printer, Whitehill's literary work includes commissioned poetry, culinary poetry, letterpress poetry broadsides, and poetic essays Appellation Magazine has published her poetic prose, and her poetry has appeared in regional California magazines and anthologies.... | |
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