| Employees, residents feel loss of Giant Eagle
The last day of business at Giant Eagle in University Plaza was a quiet one. Many shoppers had taken advantage of the discounted items in the past week as the shelves were mostly bare.
Although Friday was the last day, Giant Eagle employees were still hesitant to voice their opinions.
"I'd rather not comment," one employee said.
"I don't have anything nice to say," another said.
The store closing came as a surprise to employees and residents when the announcement came two weeks ago without notice.
Councilman Wayne Wilson, whose ward includes the area, said he didn't know Giant Eagle was closing until a Record-Courier reporter called him Feb. 9.
"The supermarket is a big drawing card to the plaza," Wilson said.
The pizza at Nathan's delivers a fresh and puffy crust.
For example, the other night I wandered into Nathan's Pizza and Pub, a new casual pizza joint in Beaverdale. The minute I walked through the door, the fellow behind the bar warmly greeted us and simply said that we could sit anywhere we wish.
Now, was that so hard?
It may seem like nothing at all, but how many casual places have you wandered into, alone and ignored, wondering how things worked?
The warm welcome spoke to the casual but cordial groove of this simple but solid neighborhood venue.
WHAT: The spot - a former gas station - is the previous site of Chef's Corner Kitchen, which has since moved up the road.
MENU: Pizza, side salads and predictable appetizers - mozzarella and bread sticks, chicken fingers, onion rings, etc.
Interviewed: Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser on Fast Food Nation
Out on March 23rd at cinemas across the nation, Richard Linklater's movie adaptation of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation promises to turn a non-fiction book into a shocking drama co-written by Schlosser. Here, the pair talk about their experience of shooting the film, Super Size Me and whether they still eat burgers. Was it difficult to adapt a factual book?Linklater: On one level it was really easy because it was Eric’s idea to throw out the book altogether. It was Eric’s idea to make a movie about the people depicted in the book – the workers, what’s behind the fast food meal. And that appealed to me, instead of making a documentary, or something, which seemed obvious. When he talked about making a story of the people, I thought that’s what I can do – character-based fictional films.
Food Awards Gone Awry: The SoBe Fest Day Two
Yes, Emeril was there. So was Rachael Ray. So was Catherine Zeta-Jones, for that matter. But all that star power couldn't transform the Food Network Awards — the big event of Friday night's edition of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival — from anything more than what it was. Namely, a humdrum affair. It's hard to say what the organizers were thinking when they put this together (and then had the audacity to charge the public $80 a ticket to attend — the event was one of the few SoBe ones not to sell out). Begin with the fact that the show was being taped — in other words, it was live to tape. But someone must have forgotten the live part. Between all the stops and starts for sound and lighting cues, the technical glitches (Emeril actually had to re-present an award after the show was finished because he mispronounced something) and the general confusion, it took about three hours for the show to be done (and I believe it's only a 90 minute broadcast — it's slated to air April 15).
JLefkowitz: Human Rights Situation in North Korea
I am pleased to appear once again before the Committee to discuss the North Korean human rights situation and our efforts to help the people of North Korea. Few would doubt that working to secure for all North Koreans the inalienable and fundamental rights that we possess is work toward a worthy and noble end. But the promotion of human rights is not just a noble end in and of itself. It is something much more. It is also a means to a broader foreign policy objective. Modern history has repeatedly demonstrated that the human rights is also a means to peace, and I believe this is true in regard to North Korea. Since my testimony last April, the North Korean government regrettably has taken no significant steps to improve its abysmal human rights record. Its conduct stands as an affront to its citizens and also to the norms of the international community.
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