AltWeeklies Wire
Making the Costly Bid to be America's Next Tennis Champnew
It may be impossible for two firefighters to fund the education of an international tennis star, not to mention a single mother or a doctor in Haiti -- but these families are doing just that, buoyed by their daughters' ambitions.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
07-17-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Foie Gras Fracasnew
Animal rights activists may be unintentionally hog-tying the efforts of a separate campaign to ban foie gras.
Austin Chronicle |
Amy Smith |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Day Trips from Austin, Texasnew
Lake Mackenzie, north of Silverton, Texas, interrupts the parched Panhandle canyons like a puddle in the desert.
Austin Chronicle |
Gerald E. McLeod |
07-16-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Independent Farmersnew
A letter from Austin's Boggy Creek Farm.
Austin Chronicle |
Carol Ann Sayle |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Lap-Band Surgery for Austin Food Criticnew
Virgina B. Wood: "I've been a food critic for 15 years. I've been overeating all my life. Recently, I decided enough is enough!"
Austin Chronicle |
Virgina B. Wood |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
See and Eat: American Table Culinary Toursnew
A new tour company gets people in touch with their food.
The Memphis Flyer |
Paul Gerald |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Bumps in the Night: Memphis Ghost Huntingnew
Hunting for ghosts at Magnolia Manor.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
07-16-2007 |
Culture
The Ring, Rampage, and Raleigh-Egyptnew
Memphis native Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) light heavyweight champ, has a different kind of audience tonight.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
07-16-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
It's 'All Luck and Driving' Out at the Demolition Derbynew
A demolition derby is not a tidy affair -- at the height of an eight-car heat, the air is pungent with exhaust fumes and mud clods are flying into the crowd.
Isthmus |
Jason Joyce |
07-16-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Wino Tastingnew
As gentrification floods central Denver, sources for the bums' favorite booze are beginning to dry up.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Couple Shuns Sleep for DIY Radio With Hollow Earthnew
This is as free-form as "radio" gets, so pretty much anything goes.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J Barr |
07-16-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Jon Daniels, the Boy Blundernew
Is baseball's youngest general manager man enough to rebuild the Texas Rangers?
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
07-16-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Inside the Strange World of Video Game Testingnew
The "dream job" of being a video game tester may sound like a way to get paid for doing exactly what you'd choose to do in the middle of the afternoon on your own living-room sofa, but the reality is very different.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
07-16-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Recipe: Raw Fruit Pienew
A simple dessert that's perfect for the heat -- good for people with dairy, wheat and soy allergies.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
