You like BIG burgers? I mean – STUPIDLY BIG BURGERS? BREAKING BURGER NEWS – PORK EDITION! There was a major record set recently that combines the worlds of burgers and pork! 2012 World Pork Expo sets biggest pork burger record!… Read More ›
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Florence, Grace Potter & Marina! Rock’s Hottest Female Singers!
Want some new music – from bands fronted by strong female singers? Sure you know about Florence + The Machine, but there are two other performers with the same unique-sounding names, so let’s put on our headphones and give them… Read More ›
Yak Dumplings, Flesh-Eating Monkeys + Safari’s Gone Wild! Offbeat Food Travels Galore!
Yikes! Yak! He looks like he’s in a BAD mood…here’s why: In the mood for yak dumplings? Neither is he! Ok then, how about this? Want to hang out with some flesh-eating Monkeys? NO? Ok then… Want to hang out… Read More ›
My Night With Prince Albert of Monaco! More Cannes Cannes Memories!
Welcome to Cannes! Time now for more stories and pictures of my trips to Cannes, France for the International Festival du Film… This is the French Riviera, one of the most beautiful places in the world – and say hello… Read More ›
A Fistful of Yen, Sniffing Glue and Calling Me Shirley, Too! Classic Comedy Movies!
If you know the phrase “fat, drunk & stupid”, then you know one of the funniest movies of the 70’s…or perhaps this one: “looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue”… And if you ever thought there… Read More ›
Big Stars! Bright Lights! Cannes! Cannes! Cannes! The Film Festival Up Close!
Welcome to Cannes! Welcome to the French Riviera, one of the most beautiful places in the world, a sleepy, happy retirement community where the locals play boules for hours in the town square… Beautiful, classic hotels like the Splendid overlook… Read More ›
Forbidden Rolling Stones! Fighting Dandys! Janis Joplin Parties! Greatest Rock Docs!
Behold the “Summer Of Love” – when “flower power” met “free love” – and hordes of hippies boarded psychedelic buses that cross-crossed America looking for music festivals, so people could “drop out and turn on.” It was a golden, innocent… Read More ›
Sex-Crazed Stars, Tabloid Wars and Tough Guys! Auto Focus, The Paper and The Long Good Friday!
Hold The Phone! I love telling someone about a great movie they may have missed. Recently, I got someone hooked on “Barton Fink”, the classic Coen Brothers film – there are a ton of great, overlooked films to share –… Read More ›
Killer Fish! Controversial Art! All-American Horror! Best Documentaries Ever!
Mark: Do you think this is a little bit cathartic for you? Mike: Uh, very cathartic, Mark. Mark: Do you know what cathartic means? Mike: No. I love documentaries – and there are ton of them out there – from… Read More ›
Heat! Meat! Sex! Death! Oysters! Best Books About Food!
NOTHING BETTER THAN FRESHLY SHUCKED OYSTERS! I love fresh oysters! Yes, and I love Italian food, too! Like this gorgeous bowl of Linguine with Clams – oh, and burgers, too! And meat! I love it all! So what am I… Read More ›