Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post Published 4:07 am PDT, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Marjorie Moon's date with Paul Guadalupe Gonzales at a swanky restaurant in Los Angeles in 2016 was going fine. That is, until the moment he disappeared from it. Gonzales was charming at first, if not a little fawning, Moon said. She met him online through the dating site Plenty of Fish and hit it off, swapping pictures of their kids and sharing their appreciation for good food. On their first date, she realized he wasn't kidding: Gonzales ordered two entrees - a chicken dish and four lobster tails, she said. He ordered expensive wine and then a soufflé for dessert. And then, he told her he had to go make a phone call. Moon thought he was on the call for a long time, and asked her waiter if he had he seen her date. Yes, the waiter said. Her date left. "I couldn't believe it," Moon told The Washington Post. "I just handed [the waiter] my credit card and said, 'I just want to go home' … [Read more...] about A serial ‘dine-and-dasher’ loved lavish meals and leaving women to pay for them, police say. He faces 10 felony charges.
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Dog Shaken By Neck, Prodded In Ribs At Grooming Salon, Video Shows
Feb 14, 6:53 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 02/14/19 AT 6:39 AM A dog grooming salon in Moreton, Merseyside, in England, faced backlash on social media after the footage of one of their groomers mistreating a pet emerged online.The video clip, which appeared to be a CCTV footage, was posted Tuesday on Facebook by a user who went by the name Wendy from HR. “This is Sophie Larkin she is opening her own shop on hoylake road Bidston don't take your dogs there she is a evil nasty piece of work all my friends plz share,” the user wrote in the caption of the video.The footage, recorded at the backroom of Debonair Dogs Canine Grooming Salon, showed a female dog groomer holding a canine by the scruff of its neck before repeatedly jabbing it in the ribs as it squirmed and wriggled to free itself. Unable to get a proper grip on the dog, the groomer shook it. Even when … [Read more...] about Dog Shaken By Neck, Prodded In Ribs At Grooming Salon, Video Shows
A wood-preservation trend that’s catching fire
It’s the “trend” that’s been around for millennia.It’s a process that, counterintuitively, uses fire to make wood more fire-resistant.And it’s a technique that preserves wood by, in a sense, destroying its surface.Welcome to shou sugi ban.A ‘hot’ trendAt its core, shou sugi ban — also called yakisugi in Japan — is a process of treating wood with intense heat, then quickly cooling it. It aids in preserving wood by helping it resist rot, insects, fire and damage from sun and water.Using fire “changes the cellular structure of wood,” explains Doug Engle of Redemption Designs LLC in Lancaster city. A former certified arborist, Engle has started using shou sugi ban in his collaborations with Mark Springer, the owner/artist behind Lancaster-based Untitled Mark.Together, in a workshop off Hazel Street in Lancaster city, Springer and Engle are using the process in many of the items they’re creating, from commissioned … [Read more...] about A wood-preservation trend that’s catching fire
Tiger Woods and President Trump Seem Tight. Does It Matter to You?
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Reader Center Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Reader Center | Tiger Woods and President Trump Seem Tight. Does It Matter to You? Advertisement Supported by Most black athletes have distanced themselves from the president. Not Tiger Woods. ByThe New York Times April 18, 2019 Tiger Woods hasn’t only been a trailblazer on the golf course. He also inhabits a political identity that is unusual among black athletes — he is friendly with President Trump. At a time when many black athletes are publicly rebuking and shunning Mr. Trump over his treatment of other black athletes and racially charged language, Mr. Woods and the president dine and golf together. “Well, he’s the president of the United States,” Mr. Woods said last year, when asked about his relationship with the president. “You have to respect the … [Read more...] about Tiger Woods and President Trump Seem Tight. Does It Matter to You?
Muir Woods national park girds for shutdown on Monday
By Erin Baldassari | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 6, 2019 at 4:10 pm | UPDATED: January 6, 2019 at 4:16 pm MARIN COUNTY — Jessica Thomas and her family had to scramble. They were planning on visiting Alcatraz on Sunday during a short trip to San Francisco from their home in San Diego. But, with news of Muir Woods closing Monday due to the federal government shutdown, they had to rearrange their plans, she said, and quickly. “We just found out yesterday,” she said. “We’re lucky they let us switch the tickets.” In a standoff that continues to hold the federal budget hostage, the Muir Woods National Monument, one of the most iconic of Bay Area parks, will finally have to close Monday after managing to stay open for the first 16 days of the shutdown thanks to donations from park vendors, according to a post on the National Park Service’s website. But, beginning Monday, the nearly 3,000 daily visitors … [Read more...] about Muir Woods national park girds for shutdown on Monday