By Robyn Shelton / ORLANDO SENTINEL
Updated: 05/11/08 6:47 AM
ORLANDO, Fla. –As a child, Brandi West often found herself in a room at home or school with no idea what she was doing there. Once, on a class trip to SeaWorld, she temporarily lost vision in her left eye. The strange episodes seemed to increase each year. She was 12 years old when a neurologist gave them a name –epilepsy.
Less than a year ago, I wrote a column about common terns. Now, since these unpretentious birds are central to a controversy over the design of the projected international bridge between Buffalo and Fort Erie, I draw upon that column to reintroduce this species and comment on their unfortunate role in that controversy.
Beijing, here we come! The U. S. Olympic athletes are in the last stages of preparation for the XXIX Olympiad, which will be held Aug. 8 to 24 in China’s capital.
By Jane Kwiatkowski
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 05/11/08 6:46 AM
Charles “Bubble Man” Incorvaia could be called the eyes of Allentown, he sees so much from his apartment high above Allen Street and Elmwood Avenue. What really catches his attention are the reactions of the people who watch the bubbles Incorvaia shoots from his window float down through the air — day after day, week after week — at any hour no matter what time.
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Updated: 05/11/08 6:46 AM
A key look for spring/summer 2008: the “fit and flare” skirt. The skirt, usually a mini, was shown on runways in both casual and dressy styles. The skirt hugs the waist but flips or swings out at the short hemline.
In the large west room of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s 1905 building, an immense pit of sand sits smack in the middle of the floor. In a constant motorized motion of creation and erasure, a metal bar sweeps across the circular sand-pit, creating perfect grooves on half of the desert surface and completely smoothing them away on the other.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the creator of Buffalo's park system, believed the purpose of green space was to refresh and delight the eye, and through the eye, the mind and spirit.
The betting of a hand and the cards that hit the board might tell you one thing, but your instincts might tell you another, and a lot of the top players go with their gut. It is what allows a top pro such as Brad Booth to call down an opponent’s big bet with only a king-high.
Dear Eunice Farmer: My grandson is getting married late this summer in an afternoon wedding. We are told to wear a short dress. I’m having trouble finding a simple pattern that would be appropriate for an older lady. Please help. — Judie M.
Kewpie is the name of a nude, elf-like baby with fat cheeks, wide eyes, a topknot and tiny blue wings. Rose O’Neill drew the first Kewpies for a Ladies’ Home Journal story in 1909. The drawings were turned into 3-D designs for Kewpie dolls and figurines by 1911. They were an immediate success, and several companies made Kewpies and Kewpie-related products. Dolls were made of bisque, celluloid, composition or hard plastic. There was a whole family of Kewpies, and you can find everything from a policeman to Doodle Dog. All have wings. Many other kewpies can be found, both those designed by Rose O’Neill and those that are kewpie-like copies. You can collect related kewpies on plates, coloring books, toys and even food cans. Kewpie is a major brand of mayonnaise and other foods in Japan, and is also the name of a small U. S. hamburger chain. Kewpies are mascots for several schools, too, and a line of Kewpie cell phone charms was just offered in Japan. Kewpie dolls are still being made and the word “kewpie” is now part of our language — not just a trademark.
