Aug 25th, 2006 · A love of the ocean has given Donavon Frankenreiter ample inspiration for his laid-back acoustic music. Drawn to simple pleasures -- surfing, music, family -- the singer has maintained careers as both a surfer and a musician, using the latter to dispense a positive, feel-good message.
Jul 19th, 2006 · The latest chapter in the singer's story is a solo album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, which serves as one of those rare pleasurable paradoxes: offbeat but faithful to the classics, artsy but accessible, emotional while remaining intriguingly playful.
Mar 21st, 2006 · Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new reality show The Real Housewives of Orange County which premieres on the cable network Bravo Tuesday night. Wallenstein says the show, featuring rich "ladies of leisure," has potential as a guilty pleasure.
Feb 26th, 2006 · Most people are familiar with the Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, but the city also has a year-round tradition of "second line" parades. Eve Troeh reports on efforts to revitalize the second line parades, and the social aid and pleasure clubs that sponsor them.
Feb 23rd, 2006 · Sailing vessels from the tiniest dinghy to the biggest mega-yacht were on display at the recent Miami Boat Show. But is there a pleasure craft suitable for a lowly journalist? Can you say kayak?
Feb 10th, 2006 · The hypnotic tone poem "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan" came to American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes in a dream. And it maintains that dreamy, evocative quality. JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic on their home turf, Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo.
Sep 19th, 2005 · Investing in America's Other Party Town September 19, 2005 · A massive development is underway to rebuild one of America's premier party towns. No, it's not New Orleans, notes Day to Day slightly cracked correspondent Brian Unger, but Las Vegas. Unger details what's in store for the nation's gambling capital -- and whether we really need another hermetically sealed pleasure dome in the desert...
Aug 5th, 2005 · Killing Time with 'The Dukes of Hazzard' August 5, 2005 · The Dukes of Hazzard is a film so meaningless that it is almost impossible to review, according to critic Kenneth Turan. He says the movie is, "not empty calories, which implies pleasure, but simply empty. It's a cosmic void where a movie ought to be."