Chestnut Hill Local

by LEN LEAR
Sal Mengine, 34, is an engineer by education and training, but passion for food is his compass. One could even argue that food and restaurants are in his DNA. While growing up in Pittsburgh, Sal’s mom owned a restaurant near Duquesne University, and his dad owned two pizza shops. So it was no surprise that after eight years as an engineer, Sal wound up...

All boxed up: one man’s picks for public humiliation

by BOB FLES
Recently, U.S. illusionist David Blaine spent 44 days in a transparent box suspended above the Thames River while starving himself. A quarter of a million people stopped by to cheer him or jeer him, to egg him on or hurl eggs at him. And many cynics came to be absolutely certain that Blaine’s public exhibitionism was nothing more than another nail in...

Al’Dana offers rich buffet for affordable price

by JIMMY J. PACK JR.
Describing food is no easy task, after all, you’re taking one sense, taste, and trying to translate it into verbal. When someone describes a chocolate mousse as rich, what exactly does that mean?
The food at Chestnut Hill’s Al’Dana is no easier to explain — your tongue twists and tingles as the taste buds are...

Yoga instructor Dove fliesfrom Moscow to Mt. Airy

by LILLIAN CUSTIS

How did Dove Rosenberg go from running marathons in Moscow to teaching morning meditation and yoga in Mt. Airy? It may be a long story, but Dove makes it simple to follow. And it is a compelling, if gentle, story as he tells it.
“When I was 40, I was a runner. In August 1990, I ran the...

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The ‘Rembrandt of Mt. Airy’

by LEN LEAR
“A portrait at its best should be a poem full of space and reverie.”----poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

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Even people who never had any courses in the history of art are familiar with the name Rembrandt. The quintessential Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn died 334 years ago, but he is still...

The ‘Rembrandt of Mt. Airy’

by LEN LEAR “A portrait at its best should be a poem full of space and reverie.”----poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

************ Even people who never had any courses in the history of art are familiar with the name Rembrandt. The quintessential Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn died 334 years ago, but he is still...

by LEN LEAR
“A portrait at its best should be a poem full of space and reverie.”----poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

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Even people who never had any courses in the history of art are familiar with the name Rembrandt. The quintessential Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn died 334 years ago, but he is still...