AltWeeklies Wire
Wine Goes Green ... Like Everything Elsenew
The wine industry, after years of doggedly clutching to tradition, slowly came around in the early 1990s but within the last few years has multiplied its efforts. Although a relatively small-scale polluter compared with agri-business, its changes -- from power to packaging to pesticides -- are helping to make my purchases guilt-free.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Real Men Take the Spicy Tuna Roll Challenge at Bushidonew
When a restaurant taunts you with a graphic sign daring you to down 10 incendiary tuna hand rolls, any self-respecting Southern boy is bound by tradition and hormonal urges to oblige the challenge, protect the innocent, and find glory for his clan.
Charleston City Paper |
Jeff Allen |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: sushi
Goodwill Huntingnew
Welcome to Southeast Portland's Goodwill Outlet, a.k.a. "The Bins." One of the region's most unusual shopping meccas, the Bins attracts a cast of international characters all here to dig through giant mountains of what some call treasures and others consider trash.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-16-2008 |
Shopping
We Score an Exclusive Interview with the Olympic Torchnew
While thousands of San Franciscans were disappointed to miss the Olympic torch relay last week, we managed to catch up with the torch -- or Flame, as the aspiring rapper is known to his friends -- at SFO before getting on the plane for Buenos Aires and listening to Jay-Z on his iPod.
A Guatemalen Activist Engages Texas Issues at Artpacenew
Although art critics and curators refer to her work as "body art" or "performance art," Regina José Galindo's projects often resemble the techniques of Ghandi more than performance artists such as Chris Burden or Carolee Schneemann.
San Antonio Current |
Ben Judson |
04-16-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Twists and Turns: A Story of Hair and Identitynew
My daughter is persistent in trying never to have her hair combed. Still, we embark on an almost-daily ritual that is painful yet important for us both.
San Diego CityBeat |
Aaryn Belfer |
04-16-2008 |
Commentary
School Garden Programs Hope to Change Kids' Relationship with Foodnew
If there's a downside to teaching children how to nurture a green, nutritious school garden, it's hard to fathom. The list of touted benefits is lengthy: students reap fresh air and physical exercise, hands-on participation, awareness of the natural environment, so called "school bonding," and an unprecedented taste for raw spinach.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dina Maccabee |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Marrying the Wild and the High-Tech at Acorn Hill Winerynew
Making wine is incredibly scientific and complicated, yet its marketing still emphasizes the pastoral. The truth is that today's winemakers might just as easily wear lab coats as Carhartts.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
No Room for the Little Guy in Big Web?new
If Microsoft buys Yahoo to create what we'll call Microhoo, it means we'll have fewer options when it comes to online searches, using web mail, and just plain goofing around online.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-16-2008 |
Tech
Taking Your Eco-Friendly Attitude to Your Wardrobenew
Just in time for Earth Day, plenty of eco-chic clothing and accessories are hitting the shelves in emerging spring/summer 2008 collections.
Chicago Newcity |
Molly Each |
04-16-2008 |
Fashion
Rocking the Boat with a Man Pursenew
Call it what you want -- the man bag, the man purse, the murse, the "European carryall" or, as you probably prefer, the "workbag" -- it's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Perfect for Grilling: Haand Bryggeriet's Norwegian Woodnew
Not to be confused with blond Viking fuel for fire, this ale is mahogany-colored gas for the grill master.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Brown and Evan George |
04-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
Stepping into the Ring with All Star Wrestlingnew
For 30 years, New Mexico fans haven't been able to see pro wrestling-style matches on a regular basis. But All Star Wrestling founder Alex Walls is changing that.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
04-15-2008 |
Sports
Chess Masters at UT-Brownsvillenew
An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
04-15-2008 |
Recreation
Ask a Mexican!new
Special Dia de los Impuestos edition.
