Everest

Weekend Escape: At Mt. Baldy, any season is right

2013-03-10 00:00:00

We admire this sugared peak from our downtown L.A. offices on the clearest winter days, a 10,000-foot postcard of pleasures. Indeed, Mt. Baldy offers challenging (though limited) ski terrain. Serious hikers use it to train for Everest. In short, this...

Matt Mattox dies at 91; master Hollywood dancer and choreographer

2013-02-23 00:00:00

Hollywood considered Matt Mattox one of the best dancers in the country when he was cast to dizzying effect in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," the 1954 Oscar-winning film celebrated for its imaginative and masterful dance moves. Billed as one of...

Maurice Herzog dies at 93; French mountaineer

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Maurice Herzog, a French mountaineer who became a hero to his country in 1950 when he and a fellow climber became the first men to successfully scale a peak of more than 26,000 feet, has died. He was 93. Herzog, who wrote a best-selling account of his...

Sundance 2013: How did a newbie make an unapproved film in Disney parks?

2013-01-19 00:07:00

PARK CITY, Utah -- About three years ago, Randy Moore, a struggling screenwriter living in Burbank, had an out-there idea: What if he took a tiny camera and, without asking permission, began shooting a narrative movie at Disney theme parks? Moore had...

A taste of Lyon, France

2012-09-28 09:00:00

Food? Art? History? It's all here in this slightly quirky city On that famous restaurant byway, Rue Merciere, servers were putting chairs on tabletops and sweeping up crumbs. I had arrived in this gourmand paradise far too late for dinner. Feeling...

Outposts looks back at 2010: Records

2010-12-27 16:34:44

Memorial Day 2013 TV programming and marathons

2013-05-20 16:32:58

Community notes Wednesday, May 15, 2013

2013-05-15 06:15:00

Births A daughter Lillian Dale Baynham, was born to Adam and Katy Baynham of Petoskey at 4:29 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Lillian weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long at birth. She has a...

Must menu choices be so difficult?

2013-04-18 00:00:00

A year or so ago, not long before chef Ryan McCaskey opened Acadia in the South Loop, he began thinking about what his soon-to-be restaurant might serve at brunch. A lifelong Deadhead, he was traveling around the country, following what remains of the...

Phil Vettel: Two stars for Boarding House

2013-03-07 00:00:00

The first thing that catches your eye when entering The Boarding House is the chandelier. Except it's not really a chandelier, but an art installation consisting of 9,000-plus (official count: 9,063) suspended wine glasses. "One glass for every wine I'...

Burb's Eye View: A fond look back at a historical year

2012-12-18 18:02:00

Someone once told me the best thing about being a journalist was that I got a first-row seat to history. What I didn't know then — and what I'm only beginning to understand now — is how one defines “history.” For example, last...

A potluck kind of year

2013-01-03 00:00:00

If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...

Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas) and pastry chef Patrick Fahy (Blackbird, Cafe des Architectes). The result is dining bliss, ably abetted by flawless service and sommelier Nathan Cowan's imaginative beverage pairings. Yes, the price tag is as eye-popping as its magnificent view.

2013-01-16 13:47:40

Everest: Four-star dining with 40th-floor views of the city. The three-course, $54 pre-theater menu (available 5:30 p.m. weekdays, 5 and 5:30 p.m. Saturdays) is a bargain at this culinary level. Indoor valet parking is complimentary, and patrons may retrieve their cars after the performance. 440 S.

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Because we have never been a fan of ordinary bus tours, we're throwing in Cox & Kings' new six-day "mountain safari" via a French-manufactured, oxygen-equipped Ecureuil to see eight of Earth's tallest peaks. Mt.

2012-07-19 12:44:00