Up at 8:30 to a cold day and off to the market for breakfast eaten in the room with a glorious view of the BP gas station. Boarded the bus for Monte Gordo and the bus driver zipped along at a good clip along the treacherous roads. The room I found was $11.50 a night.Continue reading ““Travels to a Different Time: : 13July1978: Faro and Monte Gordo, Portugal: Glorious View of the BP Station!”
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RKS Films: “Erzulie”: Gentleman Be Kind to the Ladies
“Erzulie” is a warning film to men who mistreat ladies. Erzulie is a river mermaid that is a protector of women and children. We start the film with a “Jaws “scene of some obnoxious guy Brad bothering one of his lady companions and hurts her by tossing a beer can at her. Poor Brad disappearsContinue reading “RKS Films: “Erzulie”: Gentleman Be Kind to the Ladies”
“Travels to a Different Time” : 12July1978: Faro, Portugal: Follow the Crowd to Food: Gringo Tries to Pick up Local Girl
Up at 8:30 and followed the flow of people to the market. If you are up early enough this trick always lands you in the market and food! Had some breakfast which included yogurt which I am beginning to like. I found out that a bus was leaving for the main beach in 90 minutesContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 12July1978: Faro, Portugal: Follow the Crowd to Food: Gringo Tries to Pick up Local Girl”
RKS Wine: The Douro’s Rede Reserva
A blend of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca. The usual Douro red wine suspects as I like to say. But if any of them are arrested they’ll be acquitted of all charges based on good taste of course. Virtually purple in colour. Aromatics of a Douro winery at harvest time. Intense nose ofContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Douro’s Rede Reserva”
RKS Film: “Who Killed Vincent Chin” : 40th Anniversary
After an altercation at a Detroit strip club Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat by Ronald Ebens and his adopted son Michael Nitz (both white) on June 19, 1982. According to multiple witnesses Ebens insulted Chin by calling him a moutherfucker whose people were stealing American jobs. Chin knocked down EbensContinue reading “RKS Film: “Who Killed Vincent Chin” : 40th Anniversary”
“Travels to a Different Time”: 11July1978: Lagos and Faro, Portugal: Off in a Cloud of Peanut Shells
Planned departure on the bus from Lagos to Faro was 16:55. Left bags with landlady and did a bit of shopping. I bought a sweater at a shop and kept the clerks past lunchtime closing and they retaliated with dirty stares. Walked to the beach for the last look and for once the waves hadContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time”: 11July1978: Lagos and Faro, Portugal: Off in a Cloud of Peanut Shells”
“Travels to a Different Time ” : 10July1978: Lagos, Portugal: Vicious Dog Fight: Grilled Dog a Bit Tough
Off to the bank to change some money. Breakfast was hardboiled eggs, honey, bread, wafer cookies and pineapple Sumol. A one hour wait at the post office to buy a few stamps for some postcards. Huge lineups and only two wickets were open. Memories of Eastern Europe! Went to tourist office to find out whenContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time ” : 10July1978: Lagos, Portugal: Vicious Dog Fight: Grilled Dog a Bit Tough”
RKS Film: “The Quest: Nepal”: Doc Builds on the Me Me Genre
“The Quest: Nepal” has a comedic twist to it although I am sure not intended. Alex Harz a filmmaker from the United States has a childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest and so he sets out to do just that. So we hop onto a cruise ship of the mind and jet off to Katmandu,Continue reading “RKS Film: “The Quest: Nepal”: Doc Builds on the Me Me Genre”
RKS Wine: Louis Bernard Louis 2020 Côtes du Rhône-Villages
In Ontario you can find plenty of under $20 wines. How long that will last given the high cost of energy and supply chain issues is unknown. Wines from France’s Côtes du Rhône are most often reasonably priced and of good quality. We try the Louis Bernard Louis 2020 Côtes du Rhône-Villages. That almost overlyContinue reading “RKS Wine: Louis Bernard Louis 2020 Côtes du Rhône-Villages”
RKS Film: “Acid Test”: Me Me vs. Me Me
Jenny (Juliana De Stefano) is in her last year of high school in Texas living with her father Jack (Brian Thornton), mother (Mia Ruiz) and younger brother. Jenny is squeaky clean, perhaps a bit too squeaky clean to be a follower of a feminist rock band Riot Grrrl and drop her first tab of acid.Continue reading “RKS Film: “Acid Test”: Me Me vs. Me Me”
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