Last night my wife and I stayed at Hostel Obispo, in San Luis Obispo, a charming place in a house over a hundred years old, with fresh sourdough pancakes and fresh-ground coffee in the morning, lots of interesting chatter, and a lovely neighborhood. All that was great, but especially great was this character, Chloe, whoContinue reading “The queen of Hostel Obispo”
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Alice in Wonderland, the movie, the beta
According to the ever-sensible Ken Turan of the Los Angeles Times, middling. According to the ever-brilliant David Edelstain of New York, delightfully garish. According to Metacritic, the critical consensus comes in at 55 on a scale of 100, mixed or average. This puzzles your truly. Tim Burton's movies aren't always great, but they're never "average."Continue reading “Alice in Wonderland, the movie, the beta”
El Nino sceptic repents as rain continues to fall
Bill Patzert and "The Los Angeles Times" are likethis, as the gossip columnists say, and deservedly so: the newspaper is by far the biggest in the West, and Patzert is the most interesting forecaster in our region, perhaps the country. For one, he admits when he gets it wrong. How many other forecasters confess? HeContinue reading “El Nino sceptic repents as rain continues to fall”
Kit Stolz 