Archive for November, 2009

Hilfiger sells fairy-tale house for $20 million (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger's luxury estate in Greenwich, Conn., has sold for $20 million, about $8 million below the asking price. Sotheby's International Realty says the 20,000-square-foot mansion is being purchased by a family who toured it in September.

Dinner, show at San Gorgonio Ballet (The Record Gazette)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
The talented dancers of the San Gorgonio Ballet Company in Banning are gearing up for another outstanding performance as they get set to perform the famous fairy tale-ballet, The Nutcracker, in December.

Houses made of straw an earth-friendly trend (China Daily)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Build houses with straw? Yes. A Dutchman has made it the reality, not a fairy tale, in China.

Falcons sink Bucs in the end (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
By RICK BROWN The Ledger The fairy tale ending of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Atlanta Falcons game would have gone like this: The week the Bucs switched back to the famous Tampa-2 in order to find a defensive identity, Ronde Barber intercepted a fourth down pass at the end of the game to give the Buccaneers the victory.

Goings on About Town: Dance (The New Yorker)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
goatTitle--NEW YORK CITY BALLET Balanchine’s staging of “The Nutcracker” has been entertaining and delighting children (and adults) since its première, in 1954. It has also been a testing ground for young dancers in many featured roles, from Candy Cane to Sugarplum Fairy. (David . . .

Young returns to hometown to face Texans (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
In his last start at Reliant Stadium, Vince Young left the field blowing kisses to cheering fans after running for the winning score in overtime. It was a triumphant return to the city where he grew up against the team that passed on drafting him. "It was a fairy tale," he said. "It was like a dream come true." Since that win as a rookie in 2006, Young has gone through his share...

Touch of magic in ‘Hansel and Gretel’ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Minnesota Orchestra mixes the playful with serious musicianship in Humperdinck's classic fairy-tale opera.

Bishop rubbishes Christmas carols as silly, inaccurate and embarrassing (Daily Mail)

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Christmas carols are 'nonsense' and have turned the birth of Jesus Christ into a fairy story, the Right Reverend Nick Baines, the Bishop of Croydon, has claimed.

Global warming is a farce! (Mountain Home News)

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Global warming is a farce, fairy tale and a big fat lie! Come on, people, start researching it. Study it! Look at what the scientist are trying to say. In the past years, as Al Gore and his disiples spread their global fairy tale, people lapped it up like desert rats thirsting for water.

Sunshine and strawberries (The Standard)

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Sunshine and strawberries drew a bumper crowd to Port Fairy's Anglican Church yesterday. Sisters Esther, 9, and Micaiah Bowey, 7, were among many eager to sample the delicious plump red fruit at the
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