Anyone hungry? Restaurant kitchens, especially kitchens in fine dining restaurants, seem like inner sanctums. We don't know what goes on in there, but food emerges at the hands of servers almost like magic. In a way it's like a curtain going up, and like the theater, it can be plenty cutthroat, and not everyone makes … Continue reading Order Up
Dancing With Walter and Jack
Off we go... Real-life best friends Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon co-starred in nine movies, which is, funnily enough, one more than Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and two more than Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Anyway, Lemmon and Matthau's next-to-last movie together was 1997's Out To Sea, a fun if uneven comedy that has its heart … Continue reading Dancing With Walter and Jack
Getting There Is Half the Fun
We all know travel can be a big ol' crapshoot. Just two weeks ago my parents and son and I took a whirlwind two-day trip to Carson City and Virginia City, which was really great, by the way (see some of the photos here), and we decided to come back via Reno and I-80. While … Continue reading Getting There Is Half the Fun
Taking Up Room 