Pummeled at the pump
Sharon Rubbo rolls up to the Getty gas station and kindly asks the attendant to place $10 worth of fuel in her vehicle. Her smile turns to a cringe as she takes note...
Eat out at home
Several weeks ago, I wrote I was becoming a bit bored with restaurant food. So many places serve the same tired dishes and few restaurants offer a refreshing surprise. It is not that I...
Tennis, everyone?
It's Juwan Bennett's turn to serve midway through a boys' doubles practice match on a scorching Thursday afternoon. "Forty-thirty," the 12-year-old calls out to the three other players on the Barry Playground tennis...
Style and substance
Watching television with his family one evening in 1997, Antwain Hill witnessed a news broadcast that forever changed his life. A report on a fatal car accident prompted his mother to utter, "Oh...
After prison, a comeback fight
Pictures of professional boxers who trained at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center adorn the walls of the gym at 17th and Fitzwater. They serve as a backdrop for fighter Simon Carr - his...
Sporty Sportage
My 2005 Kia Sportage was built in Korea, and then shipped by boat to Tacoma, Wash., where it caught a truck for Kia's U.S. home base in Irvine, Calif. How it then made...
Take a play trip
The summer theater schedule offers a variety of entertainment opportunities for every member of the family and just about every ethnic group. Here are some of my favorites: 30 Fest: People's Light and...
Director hits the Heights
Heights tracks the lives of four New Yorkers and a Londoner as each deals with a difficult choice during a 24-hour period in Manhattan.
Jonathon (James Mars-den) and Isabel (Penn grad Elizabeth Banks) are...
Going grill-less
Monday marks America's 229th birthday and, for those of us who live in Logan Square, it will be a memorable weekend. Live 8, Sir Elton John, fireworks, parades, four million expected visitors -...
