The James Logan Courier

By Zola Boyd, Courier Staff Writer

Last weekend I had the chance to try a small Japanese bistro in Alameda. It was call Yellow Tail and it was delicious.

As I vegan I always try to choose restaurants with plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. At Yellow tail the miso soup we started off with was vegan and delicious. For dinner I ordered the tofu with lemongrass and shitake mushrooms, which was quite tasty. Every time I eat Japanese food the tofu is always too salty but here it was just right. Unfortunately I wasn't able to try the sushi but my companion had the unagi and said it was lovely.

By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic

Richard Kelly’s latest movie, The Box, is a science fiction film which explores the lengths people are willing to go to in order to possibly live a happy life. The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a middle class couple living in Richmond Virginia during the 1970’s.

In the beginning scenes of the movie, Norma (Cameron Diaz) receives a package on her doorstep. When she and her husband Arthur open the package, they find that it contains a glass covered button, along with a note stating that a person by the name Mr. Steward will be arriving at their house.

By Ranjana Prasad, Courier Staff Writer

The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock is a very touching and eye opening movie.

The movie is about Michael Ore, a football player on the Baltimore Ravens. He is taken away from his mother at a young age and never really has a home until a white family takes him in. This family doesn’t know much about him, but they still take him into their house and make him part of the family.

His life with the Touhys helps him become someone in life. They help him overcome the challenges he faces. He plays football for the high school in which he is enrolled and he is such a great player that many universities offer him football scholarships.

From wikipedia:
Lillian Russell (December 4, 1860 – June 6, 1922) was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.

Russell was born in Iowa but raised in Chicago. Her parents separated when she was eighteen, and she moved to New York with her mother. She quickly began to perform professionally, singing for Tony Pastor and playing roles in comic opera, including Gilbert and Sullivan works. She married composer Edward Solomon in 1884 and created roles in several of his operas in London, but in 1886 he was arrested for bigamy. Russell was married four times, but her longest relationship was with Diamond Jim Brady, who supported her extravagant lifestyle for four decades.

Hear Lillian Russell sing "Come Down Ma Evening Star," free from the Internet Archive.