The RosebudsNovember 24, 2008The IndependentWords by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Staying at home and lamenting that Gossip Girl isn't on this week.Listening to the Southern drawl of Rosebud's lead male vocalist Ivan Howard summoned up images of big backyard BBQs, little forest animals and some good ol' small town hospitality. The band was friendly, appreciative and well mannered -- just like you'd expect from a bunch of Raleigh, North Carolina natives. Their songs contained references to birds and
As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all.
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Dr. SeussEighteen bucks for green eggs and ham? You're ripping me off, Sam I Am!San Francisco has become the country's most expensive place for business travelers to eat, according to the New Jersey-based Institute of Management and Administration. "San Francisco has unseated New York City as the winner of the 'I'm living large' competition, with a business traveler in the City by the Bay spending $137 per day on meals," according to the July issue of the Institute's Controller's Report.The
Remember how freaky it seemed the first time you heard about the garlic ice cream served up every year at the Gilroy Garlic Festival? (It starts today, by the way.) Not sure about you, but we've moved on to a fascination with the truly weird crap cooked up at American food fests. From spring to fall, festivals around the nation seem engaged in a competitive gross-out (impaled on sticks and deep-fried) to see who can outdo each other. Here are five we find nauseatingly fascinating (check festiv
Broadway South of Raleigh, NC/FlickrFor $150, you'll probably be able to hit him with your underwear.No dives on this tour. Although Guy Fieri is the Joe the Plumber of the food world, tickets to his Roadshow are urban-elites steep. The only Bay Area appearance for the Guy Fieri Roadshow, produced by his company, Knuckle Sandwich, will be at the San Jose Civic Auditorium Dec. 16. We found tickets ranging in price from $28 to a whopping $718, depending on where you buy 'em.
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