WARMER DAYS? IT’S TIME TO CATCH FESTIVAL FEVER
SOME PEOPLE can’t be satisfied by just being outdoors. They have to look, touch, taste, smell, dance, fly a kite, race a motorcycle, listen to a story in a grove of trees and eat a ton of garlic even 20 times that. If you’re one of those people, then this…
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Dot-com dog locks jaws with writer for Conan Now we know what happens to the missing socks: They mutate into celebrity spokespuppets and start suing each other. Pets.com claims its Sock Puppet has been defamed by “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog,” a recurring guest on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”…
THE FLORAL FAITHFUL; SOME FOLKS SPECIALIZE IN CULTIVATING ONE TRUE LOVE
SWEEPING THE LANDSCAPE with color, spring awakens our long-dormant enthusiasm for nature. Like bees to a field thick with lolling wildflowers, we flock to nurseries and garden centers to join spring in renewing our patches of land. To some, though, this lust for life is not dependent on the seasons….
CHINA CAMP OFFERS GREAT VIEWS AND TRANQUILLITY
I usually bypass Chinese ghost towns. Maybe that’s because their histories don’t inspire the same sepia-tinted romantic awe in me as they do with my ethnically Chinese friends, whose families have been in America for generations. It wasn’t so long ago that my parents flew over on a Boeing airplane…
HAVE A GREEN DAY; SIMPLE STEPS ADD UP TO HELP MOTHER EARTH
“When you were born, I labored for three days and three nights. You just wouldn’t budge; you were so stubborn! It was the most painful time of my life.” Sound familiar? Mom usually concludes it was all worth it and you were a precious gift unless she’s using the birth…
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Dude! “Will South Park” guys ditch cable series for NBC? Will Canada celebrate if “South Park” shuts down? Or is it to blame if Trey Parker and Matt Stone are truly considering becoming ultra-corporate and joining the peacock, as UltimateTV.com reports. The Comedy Central cartoon about foul-mouthed irreverent tykes, one…
BRENTWOOD HIDES A LITTLE-KNOWN BIKE SPORT
IMAGINE MOUNTAIN BIKING in a construction dump where you traverse heaps of jagged rocks, tilted pallets and jumbled logs. Think about the teeth-jarring, white-knuckled precision, that perfect exhilarating balance of body and bike. Think about the ultimate “Look, ma, no hands or feet,” except in this case no part of…
Romance in the air in Hollywood — again
When Minnie Driver inadvertently slaps David Duchovny, it’s endearing. Not that Duchovny is making any untoward advances in the Bonnie Hunt comedy “Return to Me,” which opened Friday. In the film, he’s a grieving widower and Driver is the woman who, unbeknownst to both of them, is the recipient of…
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ALL AROUND THE BAY
Considering that the Earth is about 4 1/2 billion years old, we inhabitants have a lot of catching up to do in terms of celebrating its birthday. This year, more than a billion people around the world are expected to tread lightly and commemorate the 30th Earth Day, which falls…
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KGO nabs TV anchor Wilson as radio talk-show host Move over Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Pete Wilson is coming on the air. ABC-owned stations KGO 810 AM and KSFO 560 AM will be doing some talk-show host-swapping come July 3 to respond to listener demands for more local talent. TV anchor…