I had just wanted to post this on my blog space at www.dirtyhiphophead.blogspot.com when the thought of putting here struck and sorry I can’t scan the cover of the book so you can see. Let me state this upfront: I have mixed feelings about this book. And I would be inclined to believe that I […]
Size Matters To Americans, At Least When It Comes To Cars
It may true that gas prices are surging. It could also be true that there’s a lot of people making noise about global warming, But, according to a new study by a research firm, Americans prefer bigger cars. Several auto makers are planning to introduce smaller cars into the market next year. One of them […]
East of Tragedy
The intimate portrait of a New Orleans East couple who are in the midst of rebuilding their home and recovering the pieces of a joyful life twenty months after the levees broke. Beatrice Haynes anxiously walked up to the single story home she and her husband Milton, both 48, have owned in New Orleans East […]
A Northerners’ Guide to Living in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida
Three years ago, in early July, I moved to Florida in the peak of its hot season. Never having been to Florida before, except for airport layovers in Miami, being in the intense heat was surprising. I’m sure, if you cracked an egg on a sidewalk, it would’ve fried itself. Thank goodness for air conditioning. […]
Whiling away the time at Redondo Beach
It is hard to resist the magic spell of a summer day at the Redondo Beach Pier. Surely, it is something that any mortal soul would look for at any given day. And it doesn’t matter at all if it is morning or afternoon because ultimately the choice is yours. From afar, the Pier juts […]
Discovering delights in Carson
As always, the Vietnamese liquor store at the intersection of Carson and Moneta Streets is filled with gambling aficionados. Not that what they are doing is illegal, considering that it is sanctioned by the state government of California. What is surprising is that the business activity doesn’t seem to wane. Old folks, mostly war veterans who […]