Low tech, high adventure
Movie: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ready for prime time
Movie: Joe Somebody
The Red old days
Movie: The Majestic
Cut to the quick
Movie: Kate and Leopold
Low tech, high adventure
Movie: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ready for prime time
Movie: Joe Somebody
The Red old days
Movie: The Majestic
Cut to the quick
Movie: Kate and Leopold
A reefer runs through it
Movie: How High
Strong Will nails beloved boxing hero
Movie: Ali
Winter heat
Tony Chen likes it hot. With his wife, Kathy, he used to own a restaurant in Vermont, but moved to Florida because it was “too cold” up north. At the Chens’ latest restaurant, Imperial Dynasty in Longwood, one of Tony’s specialties is Empress Chicken, which he describes as being “known throughout northern Vermont.” The entree…
A reefer runs through it
Movie: How High
Strong Will nails beloved boxing hero
Movie: Ali
Scandal in the wind
“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl,” once cooed busty bombshell Marilyn Monroe. “All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.” I’m not feeling particularly pretty myself, passing time with a couple of ice-cream-eating old ladies on the non-paying side of the Ripley’s…
For the love of leftovers
Originally, many of the various celebrations we enjoy in December were based on harvest traditions, except that now — instead of large sheaves of wheat on wagons — we load a shopping cart with ham, Milano cookies and Diet Coke. Get back to real holiday food with the “Holidays & Gatherings” section of the Food…
The staff who said, ‘Bah humbug’
“Tis the season to be jolly.” Unless, of course, you happen to work for the Mouse. If you’re headed over to Lake Buena Vista for a bit of holiday cheer, don’t expect to encounter the usual assortment of super-happy, fun, productive Disney World employees you may have known in the past. This year, the mood…
Movie buffs take it in the can
Like the rest of American life, this year’s cinema was divided into two distinct epochs: before Sept. 11 and after. In the immediate aftermath of the New York and Washington tragedies, studios began pulling potentially offensive trailers from theaters, pushing back the release dates of especially violent pictures and wiping the image of the World…
You’d better watch out
REST YE CORP’RATE GENTLEMEN God rest ye corp’rate gentlemen, let nothing you dismay Remember Bush our saviour who one December day Was saved from all the voters’ power, when they’d been led astray, Oh tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy Oh tidings of comfort and joy. In New Haven, Connecticut, this friend of…
War! (Ugh!) What is it good for?
Heard the one about the liberal who flashed back to December 12, 2000, the day the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the recount of votes in Florida, effectively deciding last year’s contested presidential election in favor of George W. Bush? No? Well, you’re not alone. The terrible events of Sept. 11, 2001, appear to have brought…
Hurry up and wait
The state of downtown Orlando at the end of 2001 is such that you can now lease a penthouse overlooking Lake Eola for $9,000 a month. But finding a decent place to eat breakfast remains an iffy proposition. You’ll soon be able to test drive a $20,000 Mini Cooper S through downtown traffic. But you…
Are you forgetting something?
1. According to Mayor Glenda Hood, 2002 will be “the year of the arts.” What was 2001 the year of? (a) The year of tourism (b) The year of the snake (c) The year of low-cost auto insurance (d) The year of the cat 2. Which local sports team celebrated the end of its season…
2001: The year in regret
“Regrets, I’ve had a few,” sang Frank Sinatra — or was it Sid Vicious? — and boy, do we Floridians know what that’s like. This year, as we join the world in looking back and taking inventory of 2001, a lot of us are going to have red faces, and not from getting sun. It’s…
Bed-azzled in South Beach
A beautiful girl flops down in bed next to me. Let me re-phrase: another beautiful girl. The one I was in bed with already is propped up on pillows, grinning and glowing like a pageant winner. She flings her arms in the air and says, “I am so happy right now!” Who wouldn’t be? The…
New look for deft Leppard
Tom Leppard, having retired after 28 years in the military, lives alone on Scotland’s island of Skye about 125 miles from Glasgow. Since his retirement, he has spent more than $9,000 to tattoo leopard spots all over his body and be outfitted with fangs by his dentist so he looks like the animal he regards…
Assault by battery?
It’s a curious case of life imitating art — maybe. If it turns out to be true, it will be one grim story. Or perhaps, there is no story at all. We don’t know, because — like in a good play, where all the pieces don’t fall together until the last act — the verity…
