Lotus of Siam

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When you are in Las Vegas visit the Lotus of Siam It is a wonderful Thai Restaurant off the beaten path (the Strip) good prices and a very good wine list. We had a bottle of Coho Cabernet which was ex... Read More

Orange County

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While much writing and almost all journalism is an attempt to make a subject less complex Gustavo Arellano in Orange County accepts the complexity and relishes it. “Orange County” is a won... Read More

The Norton Simon Museum

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In Pasadena we are blessed with a few excellent museums.  The Norton Simon is one of them. Norton Simon was an oil man who collected art.  He financed the then Pasadena Art Museum in the late 1960&#... Read More

The National Lakeshore

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After my trip to Van Wert, OH I was hurrying back to Chicago for dinner with an associate from the Immigration Reform movement when I got a text cancelling the dinner.  I suddenly had some time so I ... Read More

The Devils Company

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I just finished reading “The Devils Company” on my Kindle.  It is a great piece of historic fiction about 18th Century England.  David Liss the author also wrote “The Coffee Trader... Read More

W.E.B. Du Bois

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I just finished reading “The Souls of Black Folk” by W.E.B. Du Bois.  It was written in 1904 and was remarkably prescient.   Du Bois was the first the first black to receive a PhD from ... Read More

Extra Green Restaurant

We ate dinner one night at True Food Kitchen a very healthy restaurant in Phoenix.  Our friend Debbie F. took us there and it was good different.  They have wine as well as agave nectar natural drin... Read More

The Unincorporated Man

I don’t usually read science fiction books but his one was selected by my book club. Read my full review on Amazon and then read the book.  There are new ideas in The Unincorporated Man that ma... Read More

Gold Line Public Art

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I went on  a “Beta Tour” of Public Art on the Gold Line with Michael Several last Saturday.  The Gold Line is a grade level light rail that runs from Union Station NE to Pasadena about 1... Read More