March 29, 2005
Life
Views of an abandoned Japanese Island
See some amazing photos of this abandoned Japanese island.
From the write up:
Life
Fried Dough from Around the World
Here's how you know those Atkins people are nuts... people from all over the world since the beginning forever, have been putting sugar/flour and any and all combinations of the allegedly evil, evil carbs into hot oil, drowning it in sugar and eating it up.
Call them dougnut, call them Assaleak (Alaska), call them Farutas (Portugal), call them Koeksisters (Africa), call them the orgasmic light of St. Krispy Kreme, call them whatever you like... I, ala Alton, call them... Good Eats.
March 21, 2005
Life
Vancouver youth kick-ass on diversity, anti-racism and cultural identity
I have never been so proud to be BROWN!
Today is the International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination. And the performance of COLOUR BLIND? Youth Confronting Racism, a powerful integrated arts performance by Vancouver immigrant youth featuring DANCE. HIP HOP, SPOKEN WORD, THEATRE, MARTIAL ARTS and a VIDEO presentation, at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. + WATCH the CBC's B|Connected story on The Access To Media Education Society (Coordinator Sara Kendell talks about Peer Perspectives and how it uses films produced by B.C. youth in workshops to explore issues, like racial discrimination, that matter).
Read full review by Schema's Alden Habacon after the jump
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March 15, 2005
Life
Jean-George's new Chinese restaurant
Yusheng writes:
Jean-Georges Vongerichten, a top French chef in NYC, who has also opened Thai and Indian inspired shops, is now tackling Chinese food. As much as I would love to applaud such multicultural efforts and ambitions, my trusted gourmand YuSheng gave it a lack luster review. Sounded like it was just a regular Chinese restaurant but packaged prettier and WAY more expensive. Jean-George expensive, to be exact.
Read full review and pictures of the dishes [liaoyusheng.com]
March 14, 2005
Life
Clean - Movie Review
In an opening sequence featuring a bland Hamilton landscape in contrast with a lush and intoxicated underground music scene, we are introduced to Cheung’s Emily Wang. She is an electric lady with a shock of black hair and a Kate Moss figure. Emily sustains herself on the afterglow of her rocker husband’s career and the catharsis of heroine. When her husband dies of an overdose with junk that she had bought for both of them, she is forced to live with the implicit guilt and the responsibility of cleaning up her life to get her son back.
Read full review by Schema's Yu Gu after the jump.