Dim sum and then some: Amy Tan's San Francisco (Seattle Times)
San Francisco's Chinatown is too full of tourists, so passe. This, according to best-selling author Amy Tan. But Chinatown is the setting......more...Man who could become richest on the planet (Daily Telegraph)
A modestly dressed Mexican with a taste for expensive cigars, baseball memorabilia and bonsai trees has overtaken the American investor Warren Buffett as the world's second richest man and is quietly closing in on Bill Gates as the richest man on the planet....more... News Column (HispanicBusiness.com)
To outsiders, the men and women gathered inside a sleepy Chicago restaurant may have seemed unlikely power brokers: a janitor, a real estate agent and others hardly known outside their circuit of neighborhood dances and backyard barbecues....more... Air France tests Berlitz language lessons on long flights (Los Angeles Times)
NEED TO KNOW ...more... Influence on both sides of the border (Chicago Tribune)
Activists' political power is rising in Chicago and their homeland, as they seek reforms through marches and money To outsiders, the men and women gathered inside a sleepy West Side restaurant may have seemed unlikely power brokers: a janitor, a real estate agent and others hardly known outside their circuit of neighborhood dances and back-yard barbecues. ...more... Defiant top Democrat takes road to Damascus (The Scotsman)
THE leader of the Democrat majority in the US House of Representatives has defied the White House and held talks with Syria's president, Bashar Assad....more... Voters bring high-flying SNP back down to earth, says poll (The Scotsman)
SCOTTISH National Party hopes that they would build on the momentum of their slick early election campaign and stretch their lead over Labour have suffered a setback....more... Tacos, tequila, and tourists mix to make one fine beach bar (Charleston City Paper)
Taco Boy Mexican/Southwestern Entrées: $5-$10 15 Center St. Folly Beach 588-9761...more... With Amy Tan, A Personalized Tour Of San Francisco (Hartford Courant)
San Francisco's Chinatown is too full of tourists, so pass ...more... |