If you find yourself stuck on the West Coast over the long Labor Day Weekend, unable to get to the Aloha State (or unable to afford it), never fear -- Hawaii will come to you. The Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village has created a Hawaii-style "staycation" for left coasters in this snitzy LA burb. They've taken cues from the island of Lanai, which this month's Conde Nast Traveler coincidentally sums...
With all the (well deserved) concern over the recent Aloha Incident on this month’s Critical Mass lots of people have been wondering what they can do to promote civility, cooperation and good feelings between motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. I’m sure...
HOUSTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical
Corporation (NYSE: ) will release its 2008 second quarter earnings prior
to the market opening on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. The company will host a
conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time) on the
same day to discuss the earnings release.
To access the conference call, dial (800) 659-2056, or (617) 614-2714
for...
HOUSTON, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical
Corporation (NYSE: ) today announced that it has named Andrew Kenner,
43, as Vice President, Manufacturing for its chemical operations.
Mr. Kenner will be responsible for all manufacturing, engineering and
project management activities for the company's chemical operations and
will be a member of the senior executive team reporting to Mr....
How long have you been painting? Since about 2004, but I've been drawing all my life. I like to use graphite, acrylic, charcoalsI do it all. I've been here in Seattle about three months, and I've been doing this technique for about seven months. Where are you from? I'm from Pennsylvania, Philly. I painted there, I painted in New York, Miami, Dallas. All over. How long do you think you will be in...
It is a hot July in the early sixties and 23-year-old Ray Kelly is coming home from his stint in the Air Force. He reunites in New York City with his dad, Willard Kelly, Sr. who seems a little nervous and off with him but Ray just puts it down to Ray being gone several [...]
Sundance Channel The Westlake Restaurant in Changsha, China is considered to be the largest Chinese restaurant in the world. It is set over 14 acres, with over 100 private dining rooms, pavilions, halls, Imperial Hall, and various stages for lives...
We've found a great home decor store here in Austin that has great accessories to spruce up your home and lots of fun things for you, too. If you can't afford (or don't have the time) to get away for
We've found a great home decor store here in Austin that has great accessories to spruce up your home and lots of fun things for you, too. If you can't afford (or don't have the time) to get away for
Here's the bios for the new walk-ons. We can't vouch for the heights and weights since some players are more than an inch off in the current media guide....
Yeah, sure, the Capitol Hill Block Party may have had the Fleet Foxes, but the folks down in Allentown aren't going to be outdone. The South Lake Union Block Party will be parading the unabashedly affluent neighborhood's pooches in its Muttmazing Race, a decathlon-like series of timed obst...
The year was 1990, unable to make The Shadow (as he had wanted), Sam Raimi created his own cloaked hero. That hero was the very damaged Peyton Westlake in Darkman . The film proved to be a moderate box office success, and went on to become a cult hit on DVD. It did well enough to spawn a pair of direct to video sequels, the mediocre first one called The Return of Durant , and then this 1996 outing,...
IDW will be publishing four graphic novels by Darwyn Cooke based on the early books in the series of Parker novels by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake). The first GN is due out in mid-2009. The announcement was made at a con press conference, a lovely idea that more companies should arrange. Only not necessarily [...]
• Stuck on what you should read next? Marshal Zeringue’s Campaign for the American Reader highlights a couple of lists that could prove handy: UK spy chief-turned-author Stella Rimington’s choices of “the best five books about spies in Britain”; and Andrew Klavan (Empire of Lies) picks the “five best psychological crime novels.” Meanwhile, Elizabeth Foxwell recalls Nero Wolfe creator Rex Stout’s
