Month: February 2007

  • WATCH THIS SPACE!

    Beginning Sunday night, Britt Robson, late of City Pages, will be bringing his Timberwolves blog to The Rake. Check back here for the latest, and best, Wolves coverage after every game.

  • Cho-Down pt.2

    Just a quick and dirty update on the Chodorow vs. Bruni saga … Apparently, Jeffrey has banned Bruni from all of his restaurants. Not only that, but he’s going to post a picture of Bruni on his website and offer a free vacation for anyone who spots Bruni in a Chodorow joint. What did I…

  • Buca Big House

    the pope’s table Joe Micatrotto was sentenced yesterday to 13 months in prison for his illegal actions as head honcho at Buca di Beppo. I have such odd feelings about this. As a young something, I believed in the crazy fun and cool world of Buca. I was the first Training Coordinator and running around…

  • Best Documentary, in Fragments

    More on movies: the film that, in my humble opinion, should’ve won for best documentary is playing at the Bell–through tomorrow only! Not that I disliked An Inconvenient Truth. But let’s face it, folks; it was, essentially, a PowerPoint presentation, whereas Iraq In Fragments took some very bold, and quite poetic, snapshots of three different…

  • Gone to the Gowns

    If there was one resolution made during last night’s Academy Awards viewing, it was this: I resolve to go see The Queen. I missed it, thinking it looked tearfully boring at the time of its release. Plus, I generally try to avoid biopics–unless, that is, they have something to do with Truman Capote. But in…

  • Conversations Real and Imagined: Scorsese's Acceptance Speech

    At the mention of his name, and with a look of profound relief and that usual squirrel-spark in his eyes, Martin Scorsese nods to himself, rises from his chair and makes his way to the stage. Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and that tall brunette, whose presence speaks of sold souls, waits to…