The holiday film season is doling out gifts for everyone
For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts. Here’s a list of movies, grouped by genre, that will be released over the next two months. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:59 AM )
P. F. Chang’s Bistro: Good deals, lots of ambience
Chinese food goes sexy. And successful. P. F. Chang’s China Bistro has been packing them in for about a month now in the Walden Galleria’s ultra-eating section (as opposed to the food court — it’s definitely not the food court). The Scottsdale, Ariz.,-based chain features what is basically a menu of standard favorites, but they are presented with panache. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:56 AM )
Hill family celebrates son’s life with concert
In September, after a car crash claimed the life of 7-year-old Asa Hill, the boy’s parents turned their sorrow into celebration. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:52 AM )
'An Education': Mulligan, Molina add intellect to coming-of-age film
He seems like deliverance itself on a rainy day. There she is in her English school uniform, getting soaked to the skin. He slowly pulls up in a plush-looking maroon car of a sort she’s never seen before. “It’s a Bristol,” he says. There were “not very many of them made,” he explains. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:50 AM )
'The Blind Side': Inspiring true story follows homeless boy out of poverty
Spike Lee used “Do the Right Thing” for the title of his racially charged 1989 film. But change it to the past tense — “Did the Right Thing” — and it would apply to nearly every character in director John Lee Hancock’s book-based true story “The Blind Side.” (Updated: 11/20/09 8:49 AM )
Mythos: Classy and cheap
I have a confession to make: The decor at Mythos frightened me a little. I am used to Greek restaurants where the decor is an old photo of the Parthenon. In Mythos, the art is large, historic-looking sketches accenting the dark wood. It has been my experience that more upscale decor can hike the price of a meal a buck or two for each plate, but in Mythos, my fears were unfounded. The portions were large, the prices were good, and everything was delicious. (Updated: 11/20/09 9:00 AM )
Nuts about a family tradition
Call me squirrelly, but I think I know why I’m drawn to nuts in the fall. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
MEET THE DECORATOR IN CHIEF
WASHINGTON –Los Angeles designer Michael S. Smith’s Web site gives no clue that he has the hottest decorating job in the country: the private quarters of the White House for the Obamas. (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
Jobless rate slips to 8.3 percent
The unemployment rate in the Buffalo Niagara region inched down to 8.3 percent in October,
but the region continues to lose jobs at its fastest pace in nearly eight years, the state
Labor Department said today. (Updated: 11/19/09 2:20 PM )
Brohm signing could push Edwards out
If Trent Edwards' future as the Buffalo Bills' long-term option at quarterback wasn't over
before, it might be now. (Updated: 11/21/09 11:36 PM )