June 7, 2008
This restaurant is in an unlikely location—housed in the restaurant portion of a Howard Johnson’s motel refurbished in 2005—but the Nuevo Vallarta (9359 US Highway 19 N., Pinellas Park, FL 33782; 727-577-3746) passes the two main first-glance tests for a promising restaurant: (1) lots of cars and (2) I’m the only customer speaking English! The [...]
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June 3, 2008
Buddhism in America In Hawaii, although government offices are not closed, Buddha’s Birthday is a state holiday celebrated on April 8th. I wish this were true for the remaining states in the union; it would ultimately bring a greater recognition of the plural nature of our country and, perhaps, even encourage some to look at [...]
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St. Petersburg
Lava to Lilikoi
