Out with the old, in with the new (and nouveau riche).
Compare and contrast this from the Tribune:
“The Pink Pony saddles up for sale
Donna Hogan, Tribune
Say it ain’t so, Gwen, to paraphrase one of the most famous baseball-related quotes regarding one of its saddest events.
Scottsdale’s 60-year-old watering hole for baseball greats and those who just enjoy basking in the glory of the game.
The Pink Pony actually started cooking in 1948 on the corner of Scottsdale Road and Main Street but moved to its current spot at 3831 N. Scottsdale Road in 1970 “
With this, from Azcentral.com
“Fine-dining icon Mary Elaine’s to become steakhouse
By Howard Seftel
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 11, 2008 09:18 AM The Phoenician is announcing today that fine-dining icon Mary Elaine’s will be turning into J&G Steakhouse next October.”
Bum Displacement
Tempe needs a program like this:
Bench-Warmers Sought to Block Homeless
By Associated Press
3:35 PM EDT, March 10, 2008SAN DIEGO – A community activist thinks a few couch potatoes, strategically placed on sidewalk benches in an upscale shopping district, will keep transients on their feet and on the move.
Esther Viti, who oversees the donation of public benches for a merchants’ association in La Jolla, sent an e-mail to 45 other activists last week asking them to sit in three-hour shifts, no bathroom breaks allowed.
“After all, you MUST OCCUPY THAT BENCH continually for three hours to prevent that homeless person from sitting on that bench,” the e-mail said.
In fact, I can think of at least one local elected official who has enough junk in his trunk to displace two or three transients at once. And at no intellectual loss to the body in which he currently holds office.
A Disturbance in the ‘Force’…
I knew that somewhere, around the globe, something had gone terribly wrong…a victory for the Dark Side:
In an important victory for press freedom, a Belfast court has ruled that restaurant critics should be able to review an eatery without fear of being sued for libel.
Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal on Monday overturned a jury’s decision to award libel damages of 25,000 pounds against the Irish News for a scathing pizzeria review that appeared in 2000.
