How do you choose which restaurant to eat at ? Of course, the first thing you decide is what kind of food you want to eat, but then…. do you go to an old favorite ? Or do you choose a new place that you’ve just heard of ?
At different times in my life I’ve gone [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Where shall I go for Lunch ?
Posted in Food, Thoughts on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Federer and Sampras
Posted in Sports on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have always been a fan of these two. When Sampras was dominating mens tennis in the late nineties, I used to admire his serve and volley game and his low key demeanor on and off the court. I couldn’t understand those who criticized him as boring. When he bowed out in 2002 after a [...]
What is your Favorite Book ?
Posted in Culture, books on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was World Book Day and the Daily Telegraph ( U.K) posed this question to it’s readers ” What is your favorite book ?”
What a question ! Almost impossible to answer for any serious reader. Most of us read books in several different genres and we would be hard put to even select one book [...]
Pontoon : A Return to Lake Wobegon
Posted in American Scene, books on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lake Wobegon is , of course, the fictional Minnesota town immortalized by author Garrison Keillor in several best selling books and in his long running radio show . It is a place where ” all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children above average”. It is home to [...]
