29 June 2012
26 June 2012
nora ephron - good night
Writer and Filmmaker With a Genius for Humor
NY Times: Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era’s most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “When Harry Met Sally,” died Tuesday night in Manhattan. She was 71.
The cause was pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia, her son Jacob Bernstein said.
Read more here.
NY Times: Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era’s most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “When Harry Met Sally,” died Tuesday night in Manhattan. She was 71.
The cause was pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia, her son Jacob Bernstein said.
Read more here.
25 June 2012
22 June 2012
21 June 2012
20 June 2012
hotel endémico
Cabins in the Sky: For a rustic retreat in Baja’s wine country, Gracia Studio perches a series of cubes on a hill, offering panoramic views of the fertile valley below.
Read about it here.
Read about it here.
14 June 2012
13 June 2012
sounds of the malawi mouse boys
Grammy award-winning producer Ian Brennan is always on the lookout for new talent. He helped bring worldwide recognition to the northern Mali group Tinariwen. Now he’s looking to do the same for the Malawi Mouse Boys.
Malawi Mouse Boys is a band of eight members – a group of young villagers who have been playing music together and writing songs since they were children.
Malawi Mouse Boys is a band of eight members – a group of young villagers who have been playing music together and writing songs since they were children.
Brennan tells music broadcaster Matt Coles how the sounds from young men selling roadside snacks caught his ear.
Listen here to the story on PRI's The World.
10 June 2012
08 June 2012
oh - to relax
Hotel San Giorgio on Mykonos in Greece is the epitome of relaxation. They have a concept at this design hotel: True - Authentic - Simple...
The photos speak for themselves.. enjoy!
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all photos San Giorgio Mykonos
05 June 2012
04 June 2012
esophageal cancer claims another
Richard Dawson, Host Who Kissed on ‘Family Feud’, Dies at 79
NY Times: Richard Dawson, the British-born actor and comedian who played a larcenous prisoner of war on the comedy “Hogan’s Heroes” and became a star as the dapper and gregarious host of the game show“Family Feud,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 79.
The cause was complications of esophageal cancer, his son Gary wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday.
From an impoverished upbringing in post-World War II England, Mr. Dawson, whose earliest aspiration was to be a dockworker, became one of the most well-known television personalities in the 1970s and ’80s. He won a daytime Emmy in 1978 for his work on “Family Feud".
Read more here.
Past deaths from esophageal cancer:Christopher Hitchens, author - died December 2011
Harmon Killebrew, hall of fame slugger - died May 2011
Ron Silver, actor - died March 2009
Tom Lantos, US Representative from N. California - died Feb 2008
Ann Richards, governor of Texas - died Sept 2006
Ann Richards, governor of Texas - died Sept 2006
01 June 2012
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