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Anyone for haiku? Don't forget the frog

With some free time on my hands (having mislaid my copy of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu and nothing good on Oprah) I decided to write some haiku poems about Ollie the Pug. Do you know haiku? It's an ancient Japanese poetry form.

My obsession with orange juice points

I鈥檓 down in the basement, picking through empty cartons of not-from-concentrate Tropicana orange juice. They are on standby for a trip to the bottle depot. Quite a few of them are on standby. Any day now, they鈥檒l make their journey. Since they are 1.

Z is for Zambri

Who: Jo Zambri Lives: Victoria Why she's here: Co-owner of the award-winning Zambri's restaurant; dedication to fine service; will-succeed attitude; expert knowledge of food and wine.

Cares set aside for a run

Every Step Counts for a group of homeless people who beat their troubles on the double

Two quality entrees for $20, with a calamari side trip

Calamari at San Remos. San Remos, the Greek restaurant at Quadra and Hillside, has been offering a lunch special to celebrate its 25th anniversary. You get two entrees, from a limited list, for $20.

Eric's A to Z

Y is for young cooks

Well thought-out menu, reasonably priced

Mary and I pondered the logic of naming a place the Office if you expect people to visit voluntarily. Inside, we observed the same layout as in the last few places to occupy this space, with some black leather and an intriguing violet couch.

Well thought-out menu, reasonably priced

Mary and I pondered the logic of naming a place the Office if you expect people to visit voluntarily. Inside, we observed the same layout as in the last few places to occupy this space, with some black leather and an intriguing violet couch.

Chicken feet and international trade

Chicken feet are embroiled in trade tensions between the U.S. and China. America apparently produces big chicken feet and they're very popular in China; U.S. chicken feet are "jumbo and juicy," says a person quoted in a story at nytimes.

My sister cooked a wedding supper for 120

A plate of food from my niece's wedding buffet. All it took was a little organizing and, yes, my sister acknowledged, many, many hours of work.