The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | yesterday
THEATER REVIEW: "The Snow Queen" ★★ Through Dec. 27 at Victory Gardens at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes; Tickets: $20-$48 at 773-871-3000 or www.victorygardens.org Each year at the Victory Gardens, “The Snow Queen”...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
With Thanksgiving is almost upon us, not to mention Christmas and New Year's, it's time for the final racking of brains over which stuffing recipe to choose. Every LGBT person I know in L.A. is planning on forgetting the economic and political crisis by going to somebody else's fabulous holiday dinner...or planning their own unparallelled feast. Maybe the menu will include items from the victory...
Skippy's Vegetable Garden (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Yeh Hai Life - Celebrating India! (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
We certainly hope so. It’s a source of pride for us here in the US as we watched the first lady plant the first garden in the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. “Its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit [...]
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Note the "to plant " language below: you're encouraged to think that the all-in cost of this garden was $180. Why don't more people hire crews of workers (overseen by their personal chef) to garden in their backyard? Michelle Obama Fall Harvest: Reveals That The White House Garden Cost Only $180 To Plant The First Lady also asked the students how much they thought it...
Skippy's Vegetable Garden (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
This is an aerial snap shot of our community gardens that I came across today. Looks like late in the day on about April 18, 2007. The resolution is amazing! I can see that I had cleared and turned my plot, but there's no fence up yet. Seems to me Google had a lower resolution version last time I looked.
Urban Veggie Garden Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I have received a few awards the last few weeks. Usually I just thank the blogger for the award but this time I thought I would pass them along. The first one came from GrafixMuses's Garden Spot The second one came from Reads Allotment Retreat Out of the two I decided to participate in the Best Blog Award. Its instructions are to pass the award onto 15 blogs that you have recently discovered....
Theatre In Chicago (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... Theatre, who are also preparing their own version of It's A Wonderful Life to be performed at the Victory Gardens-Biograph Theatre. Both versions are presented as staged radio dramas, complete with authentic Foley sound effects and 1940s-era commercials. There are six versions of The Nutcracker playing around town, from the classic ballet at the Auditorium Theatre to A Nutty Nutcracker...
Schreibtischdc (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ever heard of guerrilla gardening? People all over the world are taking over unused land and planting gardens! It is such a fun idea, especially if the land is lying fallow. And now there is a manual for people who want to try it: On Guerrilla Gardening . The small book includes the history of the movement and pictures of people out there doing it. Did you know that Victory...
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... legislation with patriotism. Robert Dujarric pitches the idea in the Christian Science Monitor . Victory Gardens of tomorrow So far, only a global recession has been shown to work when it comes to cutting emissions... The way to get Americans to take action? Appeal to their patriotism. Historically in times of war, the US government has successfully gotten citizens to join the armed...
The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
They may look like trough wrestlers, but they're still susceptible to influenza. The Victory Gardens Theater production of "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" has been hit hard by a flu bug, resulting in the less-than-ideal situation last weekend of...
Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
... after only 7 days. The "compound" as they call it, has two-bedrooms, two-bath, "a victory garden, outdoor office space, and an indoor extra guest bedroom." The listing notes the house was "created for the client who wants an indoor/outdoor flow with amenities walking distance away." Last sold in March of this year for $248,000 , today's asking price is...
pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
... Cooking styles also have changed over the past 75 years. The 1940s saw rationing as well as "victory gardens," and by the 1950s the first prepackaged foods were introduced and the first Tupperware home parties were being held. By the 1960s, women were ready for Julia Child, flaming things and fondue, while the 1970s brought economic challenges along with Southwest cuisine and Watergate...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... ground. In fact, ten years ago, I didn't know many people who even tried to grow their own. When Victory Gardens are the rage in suburbia Of course, much of that has changed. Last month I was walking through my parents' very suburban subdivision and saw two different neighbors digging up their lawns to plant food. And more telling than their efforts was the fact that one of...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
by Amanda Marcotte (Via Rump Roast.) Andrew Malcolm has lost his fucking mind. First, the buff first arms. Then the First Lady’s White House playground. Then the First Lady’s White House victory garden. Then the First Lady’s patr...
