Would you like a hot and spicy Lay? These popular snacks pack some kick, because the latest addition of Lay’s potato chip flavors is… Wasabi Ginger!
Their Do Us a Flavor contest beat out my favorite, Mango Salsa, Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese, and other less popular flavors. These unique flavors have been on sale nationwide since late July, and chip lovers have been voting on them.
93 year old Ben Bradlee is dead. He was the managing editor of The Washington Post and oversaw the newspaper's coverage of the Watergate scandal.
As a journalist during the 1950s, he became friends with future President John F. Kennedy when he moved into a house on the same block as Bradlee when he was first elected to Congress. Bradlee later wrote two books about JFK, his one-time neighbor.
For the past 23 years, Bradlee had been The Washington Post's vice president at-large.
Born: August 26, 1921, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: October 21, 2014, Washington, D.C., USA
Laowai means stranger, or an outsider in the Chinese, Mandarin language. The term is usually and generally used to refer to Westerners or whitey, Latinos, Arabs, Africans, or utilized interchangeably to denote all non-Asian foreigners.
As with the Spanish term Gringo, I'm told that being called a Laowai is not an offensive term. So as I travel throughout China, I have come to accept the fact that my round eyes and excess hair is an easy target to attract this label.
The Chinese media is reporting this story in the mainland, while a deepening sense of impasse grips Hong Kong after four weeks of pro-democracy protests. Government officials see limited options to end this crisis and demonstrators are now willing to confront police.
Dozens were injured after clashes in the Chinese-controlled city, including 22 police officers. So far a few have been arrested on Sunday for assault. Protesters remain on the streets.
Jennifer Aniston, Robin Williams, Sofia Vergara, Shaun White, Michael Strahan, Luis Fonsi Darius Rucker, Sabrina Soto, Jennette McCurdy, Olivia Holt, Cedric the Entertainer, Daisy Fuentes join Marlo Thomas to star in 10th annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign this holiday season.
We continue our Shanghai visit with a magical tour to get to know the megalopolis a bit better and taste the wonderful food this largest of all cities by population in the whole wide world.
My personal guides were knowledgeable and lots of fun to be with. They were my mother in law, mama Chen and my wife, Yirong, both of which know the city extremely well. Needless to say, we had a wonderful time after we arrived at the temple area early morning.
On this date in history in 1898, U.S. takes over control of Puerto Rico. It was only one year after Spain granted Puerto Rico self-rule that American troops raised the U.S. flag over the Caribbean nation, formalizing U.S. authority over the island's one million inhabitants.
Pro democracy activists in Hong Kong have apparently been successful defying riot police who attempted to disperse them with pepper spray and baton charges.
Around a thousand protesters, some of which were wearing protection built barricades inside the densely populated Mong Kok district. Some chanted Black Police after public safety officials struck demonstrators' umbrellas with metal batons.
The National Hurricane Center says the eye of Hurricane Gonzalo has crossed over Bermuda. The small British territory was pounded with fierce winds and heavy surf as the Category 2 storm carried the threat of a dangerous storm surge.
The storm's top sustained winds remained at 110 mph (175 kph) as its core moved out to sea. It was centered about 35 miles (55 kilometers) north-northeast of Bermuda late Friday and moving north-northeast at 16 mph (26 kph)
During a recent trip to California, I learned that drivers from the Golden State not only like to drive fast as hell, but they also love to talk trash about drivers from other states across the entire country. Californians are the biggest haters of drivers from Arizona to Vermont.