| Disney's Pleasure Island still evolving
The slow evolution of Downtown Disney's Pleasure Island continues with the recent opening of a second specialty apparel shop, the impending shutdown of a live-music nightclub, and the anticipated reuse of a long-closed building.
Opening shortly before Christmas was a new, two-story shop called Curl by Sammy Duval, named after the water-skiing legend and featuring name-brand surf and skateboard fashions, boards and gear.
Closing Feb. 3 will be the Rock 'n' Roll Beach Club, a venue known for its nightly live music. Along with Raglan Road, which often features solo musicians or acoustical combos, the Beach Club has been Pleasure Island's live-music venue.
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SAND, SURF AND SUN by Trevor Slattery
With summer rapidly approaching and Christmas on the way, the Illawarra is gearing up for the holiday season and the prospect of some new and exciting projects and events for the GLBT community in the New Year.
Unity, a social support group for the GLBTQ community in the Illawarra, will be embracing the outdoors with a social event at Symbio Wildlife Park on 18 November. Meeting at the gates at 11am for an 11:30am start, you can meet Rambo the American alligator or cuddle a koala. The Unity diners club will also be held at Mangerton Pizzeria on 20 November at 7pm. Please call 0403 899 015 to register your interest.
In the interests of promoting safety and health for sex workers and in order to meet the needs of the local community, ACON will be hosting an educational session called "A bit of kink – an introduction to the basics of BDSM" being held on 12 November.
Since you asked ...
I felt like shit, but I got up the courage to fight my way into college. I had a good SAT score and the admissions director at a large, local state university was impressed by a letter I wrote him arguing for admission. Alas, my high school refused to release my transcripts due to their Catholic grudge against me as their scorned rebel, and the admissions officer couldn't let me matriculate. .
Outfield rankings: Nos. 40-21
I continue my positional review with the first half of my outfield rankings. Included are a number of new faces who'll look to make their marks and veterans in new locales. I'll be back tomorrow with the top 20, which will no doubt spark more than a few debates. 40. Chris Duncan, St. Louis Cardinals The Cardinals expected Duncan to improve on his tremendous introduction to the game in 2006 when he hit 22 home runs with 43 RBI and had a strong .293 batting average in 280 at-bats. Instead, he regressed at the plate as his strikeout rate soared to one in every 3.04 at-bats. He maintained his power production by hitting 21 home runs with 70 RBI, but a sharp decline in batting average in the second half is cause for concern. He batted .288 in the first half of the year before seeing his average drop precipitously to .209 in 139 second-half at-bats.
A man has died
When the news broke about the death of Heath Ledger, I heard about it first from my daughters – their ages ranging from 24 to 30. The frenetic texting and animated cell phone conversations told me something was up. This young actor was a face and name very familiar to them and their generation. Not so much to me. I had to strain to try to figure out who he was – before I located a picture on line. I had managed (thankfully) to completely miss Brokeback Mountain – preferring my “Westerns" more, well, traditional, with the only slightly disturbing image being a cowboy acting benignly affectionate toward his faithful horse. Some of the other titles my girls mentioned, featuring Ledger, brought that deer in the headlights look they are sadly accustomed to seeing from their dear old dad. Then one of them mentioned the movie The Patriot - and the part Ledger played – and the light came on.
Shark sightings force beach closures
Aerial Patrol general manager Harry Mitchell said sharks were sighted in a similar area last weekend. "Water temperatures are up and sharks are doing what they often do, come in closer in search of food," he said. "Beachgoers are urged to heed warnings from the aircraft and beach safety providers with shark sightings anticipated until at least March of next year." The beaches were closed while surfers and swimmers were called out of the water and the sharks driven off. Both beaches were reopened a short time later. Share this article .
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As crowds of customers hover over the soup station and fill the bustling bakery at Central Market, it's hard to imagine the store got off on the wrong foot in San Antonio. But 10 years ago, when Central Market opened, that's just what happened as customers came to experience the city's newest food shop. There was prime-grade beef, produce labeled by country of origin, freshly made flour tortillas and upscale cheeses. But there was no Coca-Cola or Tide, and some prices were higher, to name a few of many differences in the new Central Market that replaced a neighborhood H-E-B that had served its community for decades. But after an initial 18 months of smoothing out some rough edges, Central Market caught on and celebrates 10 years of success in San Antonio on Feb.
Journalist and broadcaster Kington dies
Miles Kington, columnist at the Independent since its launch 22 years ago, died yesterday after a short illness. Kington, 66, one of the paper's most popular journalists, died of pancreatic cancer. His last column appeared in yesterday's Independent, in which he wrote about his passions ranging from jazz and steam trains to fictional accounts of news stories. In addition to his print journalism, Kington was a broadcaster, playwright and author. He broke into national newspapers in 1965 as a jazz reviewer on the Times and later wrote a book on the subject. That same year Kington joined Punch and in 1973 he became its literary editor. His humorous columns combining French and English were so popular that they became a series of books including Let's Parler Franglais! Kington left Punch in 1980 and rejoined the Times a year later, writing its Moreover column for five years before leaving the paper during the Wapping printing dispute.
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