Up at 07:45 and Andrew and I went to purchase some apple juice and food to accompany our lobby breakfast. $1.39 for a medium sized apple juice! Triple what you would pay in Toronto. We picked up some pastries and coffee in the lobby for breakfast. We met Alex and sister Barbara at a bistroContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 17March2001: New York City: Blue Man Group and Brazilian BBQ”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Wine: The Life of Portugal’s Runner Up!
As for Portuguese wines on the California centric shelves of Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s the big guy is the Douro and in a somewhat distant second place but gaining ground are the wines from Alentejano. We try a Monte Velho from the Alentejano a blend of Aragonez, Trincadeira, Touriga Nacional and Syrah. On theContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Life of Portugal’s Runner Up!”
RKS Literature: Mikhail Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned”
“Yes, you are right there. Wait a little then, don’t join yet. Well fight relentlessly against all shortcomings in the collective farm; all the collars will be fitted to the right horses. But if you see your old bullocks in your sleep, then you can’t be in the Party. You must come into the PartyContinue reading “RKS Literature: Mikhail Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned””
RKS Literature: Mikhail Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned”
“……I’d pass a decree forbidding youngsters to get married. What sort of revolutionaries will they make if they get used to hanging on women’s’ skirts? A women is to us what honey is to a greedy fly. We get stuck at once. I’ve seen it in my own case, and I know only too well.Continue reading “RKS Literature: Mikhail Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned””
RKS Film: “Bullet Proof” :Canadians Making Nasty Films
After watching two Canadian films lately one being “River Road” and “Bullet Proof” the subject of this review there is no doubt Canadians can make nasty films full of rotten and despicable characters. In “Bullet Proof” the Thief (never actually named in the film) played by James C. Clayton rips off drug Dealer Temple (VinnieContinue reading “RKS Film: “Bullet Proof” :Canadians Making Nasty Films”
RKS Wine: Château Joinin as Château Pipeau’s Younger Brother
It is the Mestreguilhem family that vints both Château Joinin and Château Pipeau. Château Pipeau St. Émilion Grand Cru as it sits on the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s shelves is $43.95. The Château Joinin a simple 2019 AC Bordeaux is a humble $14.95 but the 2018 I tried certainly must be a top ofContinue reading “RKS Wine: Château Joinin as Château Pipeau’s Younger Brother”
RKS Film: “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic”
“Sextortion” can be defined as the manipulation of a child to send inappropriate pictures or to do inappropriate things on camera or eventually meet up with a predator. The predator obtains a inappropriate picture or video of the child and extorts that child to send more compromising pictures or do more acts that are capturedContinue reading “RKS Film: “Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic””
“Virus # 26 Director’s Cut: Chapter 17 “Lessons Learnt from COVIDs: Governments with No Money Left”
Wealthy capitalist countries handed out money like candy canes to both individuals and businesses. Various augmentations to unemployment insurance, wage subsidies and low interest loans to businesses just to name a few. The money was so easy millions preferred staying at home collecting it instead of working! Just ask the late Tsar Alexander of RussiaContinue reading ““Virus # 26 Director’s Cut: Chapter 17 “Lessons Learnt from COVIDs: Governments with No Money Left””
“Travels to a Different Time” : 15March2001: New York City: The Wonders of Central Park
For the trip to Toronto Pearson Airport paid a bit extra for limo service. I have had bad luck with airport taxis. On my last trip to Boston when returning home from Toronto Pearson Airport I had an airport taxi that stalled at each stop. And before that a driver that took me towards HamiltonContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 15March2001: New York City: The Wonders of Central Park”
RKS Film: “Returning Home”: Canada’s Genocide?
Canada’s aboriginal people, like all aboriginal societies cursed with colonization, have suffered from what many call genocide. While it serves no purpose for a mere film critic to determine if Canadian aboriginals have suffered genocide they have received the raw end of the stick through European colonization. Lands stolen and then “treaties” to make theirContinue reading “RKS Film: “Returning Home”: Canada’s Genocide?”
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