Archive for May, 2011

Whitman House is delightfully retro

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

To celebrate the start of its 50th season, the Rice family is offering a five-course dinner that includes a glass of the house wine for $50 per couple every Saturday night. That’s a lot of food for just $25 each so we decided to splurge. It was my parents’ last weekend on the Cape before [...]

Rumor Mill’s ambitions aren’t always met

Monday, May 9th, 2011

The Rumor Mill is a sweet little hideaway restaurant, tucked back in an alley just off Main Street in Ellicott City. Matthew Milani opened his 30-seat restaurant in 2007 — its full name is The Rumor Mill Fusion Bar and Restaurant. The fusion refers not to Milani’s cooking style but to the wide selection of [...]

Musician John Walker of Walker Brothers dead at 67 (Reuters)

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

John Walker, a member of the 1960s pop trio the Walker Brothers, has died in Los Angeles, a statement on his web site said. He was 67, and had reportedly been suffering from liver cancer. He died at his home on Saturday evening. The Walker Brothers — who were not brothers, nor named Walker in [...]

Ex-LVH chief taking lead role in Florida study

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Dr. Elliot Sussman, the former Lehigh Valley Health Network president and CEO who abruptly left his position in November, has re-emerged in a high-profile health care position in Florida. Sussman’s new duties have him working with another prominent former LVH physician, Dr. Stephen Klasko, now dean of the College of Medicine at the University of [...]

“The Psychopath Test”: Madmen among us

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Jon Ronson is a British journalist who specializes in hanging around with odd people who do odd things. The best-known of his works, “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” about U.S. military programs to develop psychological and paranormal warfare techniques, was made into a Hollywood movie. Read the rest of article…

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, new book cover!

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children is a most unusual and addictive first novel by Ransom Riggs. A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story.John Green, New York Times best-selling author of Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns A mysterious island. An abandoned [...]

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