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Dining Out: Main Event is a winner with casual excellence
Friendly, lively sports grill extends imaginative menu to second location
Main Event's first location in downtown Vancouver has become a successful fixture of the Clark County dining scene. Having recently opened a second spot to serve the east side of Clark County, it delivers the same inventive food and level of excellent service diners have enjoyed at the downtown restaurant.
Black Angels keep pushing boundaries
Psychedelic rockers strive to add dimension, creativity to live shows
For the Black Angels one ongoing goal is change.
What do moms want? Togetherness
Mother’s Day activities not nearly as important as spending quality time with family
Forget brunch.
Bits 'n' Pieces: Author tries to explain why Daddy is different
In the years following her husband's car accident, Ginille Forest had to learn what she calls "the language of traumatic brain injury."
Is tiger parenting effective?
Study finds children of intense, hands-on parents have lower academic achievement, more often maladjusted, alienated from kin
When Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," came out in 2011, it sparked controversy among many people but especially psychologists and experts in child development. The book, they said, had lodged in the culture certain stereotypes about an Asian parenting style that was not well-studied or well-understood and certainly not ready to be held up as some kind of model.
Does your dog need therapy?
Professional trainers, animal behaviorists take on tricky issues
The two dogs faced each other from across the sidewalk, like cowboys in a spaghetti western shootout. One was Milky, a 5-year-old fluffy white Coton de Tulear mix adopted by my fiancé, Scott. The other was a comically fake stuffed dog on a leash handled by our trainer, Jamie Eaton of Spot On Training. It was the final evaluation in a series of tests to diagnose behavior problems in Milky and Milou, our other Coton de Tulear.
Energy Adviser: Electrical hazards hide around home
Odds are that sometime in your life, you've gotten an electrical shock or a thermal burn. If so, it probably occurred at home.
Garden Life: Perennials make welcome springtime return
I woke up to sunlight this morning. What a joy it is to feel the sun on your face as you step out into the garden. It's May and it's springtime and my garden is alive with activity. I could hear the bees humming as I began my garden walk this morning. They swarm the shrubby, floriferous Mediterranean heathers. They hang onto azalea blossoms and make the twiggy branches arch and sway under their weight. They rise up slowly and then buzz off to search for more May flowers.
Window boxes: Raised-bed gardens with a view
Sometimes the best view isn't what you see through a window but what catches your eye underneath it.
Ask the garden expert
I noticed the neighbor's tree is blooming with beautiful colored blossoms as it usually does, but for some reason it's growing a branch that is now green.
'Miss America' song cut from pageant over dispute
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The next Miss America won't hear a familiar refrain when she's crowned in Atlantic City, N.J., in September.
Healthy French toast with a hidden chocolate layer
Time for a confession. As a child, I never once celebrated Mother's Day. My parents thought the holiday was nothing more than a cheesy excuse to sell greeting cards, and who was I to argue?
Broccoli better when it comes fried in tempura
Despite its unfortunate reputation, I have always been fond of broccoli. But I did not fully understand broccoli's potential until I was served an enormous slab of it encased in a golden-brown tempura shell at No. 7 restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Chef Tyler Kord's flagship establishment, which recombines cuisines the way "Vampire Weekend" recombines genres, is full of unexpected fare, from scrambled eggs with Brussels sprouts to double-decker broccoli tacos. But while the brunch and dinner offerings change regularly, the fried broccoli is ever-present on the evening appetizer menu.
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