You get the feeling that it’s only a matter of time before the Palms becomes thE! Palms.
The white man is no friend to the Polynesian culture. His arrival on the Pacific Islands in the early 1800s precipitated a chain reaction of misery that decimated virtually all indigenous language, religion and art.
He sits by the fire in a canvas camping chair. In the daylight, he’s all zits and peach fuzz and knock-knees, but here in the mystery glow of the flames he looks older. Intense. He’s waiting to be born.
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad begin Friday in Beijing, and that means sports fans around the world are preparing to spend the next 21/2 weeks watching a multinational cast of athletes compete in games (Badminton? Table tennis?) they’ve forgotten even exist outside of a company picnic or family reunion.
There’s still time to submit works of art to our summertime modeling clay extravaganza.
Visa restrictions imposed by the Chinese government that curtail mass-market visitation to Macau hurt Las Vegas Sands Corp. more than any other casino operator.
These days, there’s no question whom Rose McKinney-James supports for president. On a recent afternoon she stood flanked by “Obama ’08” signs and banners in the Democratic Party’s campaign office on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
The recent story of the Riviera on the Strip could be told like this: often a bridesmaid, not yet the bride.
DEAR GAIL: When we moved into our home we had beautiful sheer shades put in. We loved how they were soft, airy and let us still see into our backyard but at the same time gave us some privacy. Since then I’ve changed jobs and am now working at night and sleeping during the day, sort of. I’ve tried sleeping masks, pillows over my face and hung a sheet, — boy, that was pretty. Help, I need my sleep. What can I do on these windows? — Annie H.
Interior design magazines are typically the first place to turn when seeking inspiration for a makeover. Plenty of good ideas for style and color can indeed be gotten from those sources, but design mags do tend to feature whatever’s trendy.
Each time a box of new furniture is opened, Steve Hueftle still feels the same excitement he did nearly 40 years ago when he was a 15-year-old working his first job.
How old is Grandpa’s unusual silk “pillowcase” decorated with a picture of a baseball team? Because the records of baseball teams and players are so well documented, it’s easy to learn what the logical age of an item should be.