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Travel: The Ahwahnee Hotel
As you can see by the tags for this entry, the Ahwahnee Hotel earns its way on this list in several ways. It’s a great...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak and published almost 50 years ago (1963), still is a favorite...
Read MoreAlbum: Tapestry
Carole King isn’t one of the great singers of our times. Nor is she one of the great entertainers. But she is one of the great...
Read MoreFilm: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Computer animation can be a marvelous thing, and studios such as Pixar have taken it to a new level of excellence. So it’s...
Read MoreAmericana: South by Southwest
First, there was a music industry trade show in Austin. (It’s grown from about 700 to near 12,000 registrants.) Then, a bunch...
Read MoreActor: W.C. Fields
Most actors take pains to make sure you realize they aren’t like the characters they play. “That’s just a...
Read MoreTravel: Santa Fe
Okay, here’s a trivia fact sure to win you a bar bet: Santa Fe, N.M. is the highest state capital above sea level. (Cheyenne...
Read MorePerson: George Eastman
You have a camera. As inexpensive and easy as digital models have become, you may even own several. Then you owe a debt to the man...
Read MoreSports: Joe Louis
Joe Louis is one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport. But his contributions to American life went beyond the ring. In...
Read MoreTV Show: Hill Street Blues
From the moment the great Mike Post theme song came on, you knew you were going to see a different kind of show. Hill Street Blues...
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