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DINING REVIEW: Bonefish Grill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Before you start the angry letter brigade berating me for spending a review on a chain restaurant, let me explain. Sometimes a chain restaurant comes along that is so different from everything we already have…
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Host’ keeps too much of the movie inside Saoirse Ronan’s head
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the future, hunger, violence and money have disappeared. Lying is unthinkable. And stealing – from the place where one acquires one’s every need, a building labeled “Store” – is pointless. Because we’re all wearing…
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MOVIE REVIEW: Gorgeous to look at, but ‘Oz’ cast lets film down
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the film world’s version of March Madness, Sam Raimi turns out to be a much better Tim Burton than Bryan Singer. Unlike “Giant Slayer” Singer, Raimi’s got a sense of humor. Taking on a…
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DINING REVIEW: Il Vicino University Village
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save True story: I once trapped myself in the downtown Il Vicino. I was about 11 months pregnant at the time, and I went to Il Vicino for lunch a little early, to beat the rush.…
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MOVIE REVIEW: The easily offended should pass on ‘21’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you’ve signed a petition in the past five days expressing outrage at the Oscar night political incorrectness of Seth MacFarlane, stay far, far away from “21 and Over.” It might be best to avoid…
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DINING REVIEW: Pantry serves up diner food that comforts, satisfies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How do you judge a good diner? On its breakfast? Presence or absence of blue plate specials? Runniness of over-easy egg yolks? Desserts? The quality of the French fries? No matter what yardstick you hold…
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REVIEW: It’s a good day for John McClane to hang it up
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day, Mother Russia. But is it “A Good Day to Die Hard,” a good time to be had by all as Bruce Willis takes his fifth shot at “shootin’ all the scumbags?”…
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Overseas 101
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Do you remember the first time you ever had Chinese food? I do. I was 14 years old and traveling to Illinois with my stepbrother Calvin and his wife. We stopped for Chinese food and…
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TERESA’S PICK: Coconut macaroons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I call them crack cookies. They are that addictive. The coconut macaroons half dipped in dark chocolate found in the sweets cabinet at Rico’s Coffee, Chocolate and Wine Bar, 322 1/2 N. Tejon St. are…
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DINING REVIEW: Overseas 101 hits the dining trifeca – good food, service and value
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Do you remember the first time you ever had Chinese food? I do. I was 14 years old and traveling to Illinois with my stepbrother Calvin and his wife. We stopped for Chinese food and…