The water at the EPIC Hotel in Miami has been cleared by the health department, allowing the Miami hotel to reopen and rebook guests. The EPIC was forced to close and relocate guests two weeks ago after three cases of Legionnaires’ disease — including one death — were discovered from guests who stayed at the [...]
What does Ivana Trump dislike about airplanes more than peanut packets or lines outside the lavatory? Children running around, making noise in the aisles. That’s what threw her over the edge on her Delta flight departing Palm Beach Airport yesterday. Originally what made he upset was something about her first-class seat in the LaGuardia-bound plane. [...]
It’s Christmas day here in China, but only Christmas Eve back home. I know the rhythms my friends and family are settling into in the States: the quiet streets, busy homes, smells of spices and baking, and the building anticipation of opening piles of colorful presents. Just writing that makes me feel a bit homesick, [...]
That may be true for most places, but food prepared in the LSG Skychefs kitchen in Denver doesn’t match those findings. When an FDA (Food and Drug Administration) inspection team paid a visit to the Denver kitchens of LSG , it found the kind of mess you’d expect from a big city restaurant with bad [...]
Hawaii needs $1.23 billion and could use your help. Governor Linda Lingle is calling it a “fiscal crisis” and says it won’t be fixed with budget cuts alone. Essentially, the fiftieth state wants everyone else to chip in. This year’s budget gap is $721 million, which will be followed by $509.5 million next year. The [...]
Location: Minnesota, in the icy northern central USA Temp: 23°F in Minneapolis as I write, and the 25th has a projected low of 19°F Snow: Lots of it! Percentage of population who celebrates Christmas: 64.2 percent here are Christian “adherents” Are you there right now: Yes. All’s quiet on the northern front. What I love [...]