Try the candy floss
Published 4:46 pm Saturday, October 2, 2010
Travel guru Rick Steves visits Brighton, the British coastal town where Londoners have taken holidays for nearly 170 years, and where the mods fought the rockers in “Quadrophenia.”
Just be sure to wear dark shades to protect your eyes from that harsh northern-latitude sun — and the reflected glare from exposed British flesh.
Agony of defeat: President Barack Obama’s sales pitch for Chicago failed to persuade the International Olympic Committee, which awarded the 2016 Games to Rio de Janeiro.
In particular, the IOC was unmoved by the president’s proposal for a new Olympic sport: three-on-three half-court basketball for guys in their 40s.
Food facts: According to a survey, 65 percent of Americans want to see nutritional information on restaurant menus.
The other 35 percent couldn’t respond to the telephone survey because their mouths were full.
In a related development, the nutritional statement for KFC’s Double Down all-fried-chicken sandwich was optioned by a film company planning a sequel to “Zombieland” (Page F1).
