by mike | Mar 25, 2019 | Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Travel, Uncategorized, Western Movies |
Billy Crystal is one of my favorite performers, and his 1991 film, City Slickers, is a gem, much loved by critics and moviegoers alike. As you would guess, he has many of the best lines in the film…but not all. There are plenty of contributors in this laugh-a-minute...
by mike | Nov 29, 2018 | California, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
Let me once again herald my joy over where I live. 😊 This post first ran in 2015. I live in Southern California. More important than that: I am a Southern Californian; have been for over two-thirds of my life. There is no other place where I can imagine myself to be....
by mike | Apr 26, 2018 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Travel, Uncategorized |
No, I didn’t save this one for a rainy day. 😊 This post first ran in 2014. Until today, I hadn’t even begun talking about disaster movies—so many of which I enjoy. High on the list is the 1998 mini-gem, Hard Rain. Now I could’ve included this as a Guilty Pleasure,...
by mike | Apr 16, 2018 | California, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
I arrived in California to stay about forty-five years ago. Jacqueline, my bride, did the same over three decades past. Yet neither of us, during all that time, set foot in Yosemite National Park, one of this country’s most memorable landmarks, and for sure the gem of...
by mike | Feb 12, 2018 | Books, Movies, Non-Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
In 1981 a young Israeli man, Yossi Ghinsberg, went backpacking around the globe in search of adventure. During a trek through a minimally explored jungle in Bolivia, he found more adventure than he ever bargained for—and it nearly cost him his life. Years later Yossi...
by mike | Jan 29, 2018 | Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Life, Movies, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Romance, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing |
In 1996 Frances Mayes, a writer, book reviewer, teacher, and foodie extraordinaire, published a memoir—replete with recipes—called Under the Tuscan Sun. The book spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list, a remarkable achievement. A romantic...
