In May Time.com ran a story about a 57-year-old Mumbai resident, Padma Iyer, running India’s first gay marriage advert seeking a groom for her son Harish. According to The Time report the ad only made it into Mid-Day after being rejected by other newspapers, including the country’s leading English-language daily, The Times of India, which…
It’s not a legal holiday but it’s the busiest day of the year for restaurants and the second busiest time for florists. That’s Mother’s Day. Though mothers and motherhood have been celebrated for thousands of years, Mother’s Day as we know it began in the United States in the early 1900s; its first official presidential…
Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the HRC’s Los Angeles Dinner Saturday, March 22. Vice President Biden will be joined by Dr. Jill Biden. “Vice President Biden has been a champion of civil rights for his entire career, from his leadership on the Violence Against Women Act to his strong support…
Tonight, you’re bringing home the bacon. You got it at the grocery store on the way home from work: neat little strips adhered to a rectangle of cardboard, wrapped in plastic. Some bread, a hothouse tomato, a head of lettuce and you’re set. So where does your food come from? Go ahead. Point to the…
A recent road trip with my gal-pal Ms. Scarlett, a brassy broad and long-time resident of Scottsdale who never lost her Long Island accent, reminded me of how intimate and romantic our National Parks can be in winter. Our nearly 800 mile excursion, dubbed A Very Thelma and Louise Christmas, was similar to past adventures…
The Canyons To say the least, it’s rare that a movie with a budget of $250,000 becomes the subject of a 7,600 word article in The New York Times Magazine. It makes a little more sense, when you know that The Canyons was directed by Paul Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and…
LOS ANGELES — Voices of acclaimed recording artists and stories from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students, will come together in a jubilant celebration at Voices On Point. The evening is a benefit for Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit. As part of the Sept. 7 concert and dinner to…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, 8:15 p.m., May 18 I don’t think Murder by Death is as good as the similarly themed Clue – both of them are parodies of the 1970s Agatha Christie murder mysteries – but it is still great fun. Written by Neil Simon, the film’s conceit is that a rich madman…
SAN DIEGO – At the Tuesday, April 23 meeting of the San Diego City Council, Council President Todd Gloria led the effort to proclaim Thursday, April 25, as “Dining Out for Life® San Diego Day” in the City of San Diego. Citing Dining Out for Life® San Diego as “a major community event” and commending…
Flight lesson No. 1 Kim: “Push the stick forward and the houses get bigger. Pull the stick back and the houses get smaller. That’s all there is to flying”, or so I’ve heard. I was about to find out during my first flight. I was a little nervous and had to remind myself that I’ve…
