A novel setting: The other life of the only British territory occupied by the Germans in WWII Nov 8, 2009
(I paid approximately $700 per person for four nights at the Farmhouse, airfare to and from London, and transportation to and from Guernsey s airport through Premier Holidays, , 011-44-1534-499322. . (Boston Globe)
39 Bay Area restaurants get Michelin stars Oct 21, 2009
Farmhouse Inn urant, Forestville. Fifth Floor. (San Francisco Chronicle)
World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115 Sep 12, 2009
In a small, shingled 100-year-old farmhouse near Fowler, there lives a two-headed, bearded dragon lizard. This month Zak-n-Wheezie celebrated their first birthday, making them possibly the longest-living two-headed, bearded dragon lizard on record, and landing owners Barbara and Frank Witte in a "Ripley's Believe it or Not!" cartoon. (Fresno Bee)
Chez Sophie closing, owners moving to France Jun 5, 2009
Their plans also call for restoring an old farmhouse for overnight guests, cooking classes and large events. We will be working as a family to market and present the property as a vacation destination (complete with cooking seminars with Chef Paul) and helping to restore a medieval castle on the site, Clark writes. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Normandy Remains a Draw For Americans to Honor D-Day Veterans Jun 5, 2009
After struggling out of his chute harness, he found higher ground on a railroad embankment, discovered other U.S. troops huddled there, and by 11 a.m. on D-Day had helped kill or capture 38 Germans in and around a farmhouse ... That's the case at the Manoir de la Fire, the stone farmhouse where John Marr battled Germans. (W-USA News, DC)
LIVE FROM ... BLOG May 21, 2009
From that opening scene at the farmhouse, this movie is full of machine-gun fire -- but it's the verbal kind, not the literal kind that makes Inglourious Basterds a spectacle to behold. (Weinstein Co.). (USA Today -- Life)
It's Blockbuster Time May 12, 2009
"Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France." This subtitle floats in the sky above a French farmhouse in the opening scene of "Inglourious Basterds." Everything about the World War II drama is slightly askew, like its spelling of inglorious and bastard. You'd hardly expect straightforward storytelling from Quentin Tarantino, who wrote as well as directed this saga of Jewish American soldiers dispatched to perform targeted acts of retribution on German troops occupying France. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Massimo's Pizza Club Feb 25, 2009
There they started the Pizza Club concept, in the garden of their 400-year old farmhouse. But in 2003 they discovered South Africa and decided that they just had to move here. (iAfrica.com)
Charming Canada: Landscapes, farmhouses and major cities provide history and intrigue Feb 12, 2009
From the inspiring landscapes of PEI to the spectacular Montmor-ency Falls of Quebec, from the charming farmhouses to the extravagant Chateau Frontenac, we found enough natural splendor and intriguing history in Canada to please everyone ... Anne is completely fictional, but there are numerous historical sites for Anne-lovers to visit in P.E.I. My father and brother trudged along behind as my mother and I excitedly toured the tiny rooms of L.M. Montgomery's birthplace in New London and the... (Carroll County Times, MD)
