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When I moved to the U.S., I drank commercial American lager for a while, but since my beloved bitter ale wasn't readily available here at the time, I strayed from beer and became more of a spirits guy. Pale ale and India pale ale both suit my palate, though I lean toward the bolder hop flavors in most IPAs. Smokin' Hopps, a drink calling for a small amount of pale ale, was created by Seth Laufman at the Burritt Room in San Francisco, although Seth now works at Comstock Saloon. 2 ounces Vida or... Читать дальше...

For your next birthday bash, why not go big with a vanilla cake that calls for flour, eggs, sugar, diamonds and sapphires. "Big Spender" columnist Charles Passy joins Lunch Break with a look at the $30 million vanilla cake.

Tennis Now’s Blair Henley talks Djokovic’s engagement to Jelena Ristic, and Ryan Sweeting’s love match with Kaley Cuoco. Plus, Martina Hingis’ divorce drama continues, Feliciano Lopez tries his hand at boxing, and Serena secures the year-end No. 1 ranking.

For my article in the Nation on Russian LGBT activism, “Repression and Gay Rights in Russia,” I interviewed Polina Adrianovna, an activist with the LGBT rights organization Coming Out St. Petersburg. I though that in addition to the article, readers would like the hear my interview with Polina. Here is the interview: An excerpt of […]

One day last fall, my colleague Miguel Morales received an email with a sign-off that was so strange, it has stuck in his mind for the last year. It came from Melissa Geisler, who works in digital sports programming and production at Yahoo. Below Geisler’s title and above her cell [...]

The NCAA and Electronic Arts are defendants in a federal lawsuit alleging they didn't compensate athletes for using their likenesses in football and basketball games the company produces. "The ongoing legal issues, combined with increased questions surrounding schools and conferences, have left us in a difficult position, one that challenges our ability to deliver an authentic sports experience," said Cam Weber, general manager of American football for the company's EA Sports unit. Former college... Читать дальше...

For Oracle, the news coming out of the company's annual congregation at the Moscone Center wasn't as dramatic as the epic come-from-behind victory by the Oracle-sponsored America's Cup yacht team on San Francisco Bay. For the average consumer, "it has so little impact directly on the things that we do every day because we never see Oracle," said Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group, a research and advisory firm in San Mateo. CEO Larry Ellison - when he wasn't out on the bay cheering his... Читать дальше...

The Saratoga company makes little devices that offer hundreds of channel-like apps with access to much more content than rival Apple TV, despite the conspicuous absence of YouTube and iTunes from the Roku lineup. Back when Chromecast was just a gleam in Google's eye, the Roku team had already released a plug-in dongle to stream video from the Web and mobile devices on a TV. Roku released new versions of its streaming devices this week, making minor improvements to its cheaper models and announcing a new deal with M-Go... Читать дальше...

[...] on Wednesday I had a conversation with Lucas Duplan, founder of mystery payment company Clinkle, that ended up proving a model (but by no means the only one) for the deafening levels of managed hype across much of Silicon Valley. The idea here seems to be that the star power of celebrity investors should be enough to have consumers champing at the bit to get on Clinkle's waiting list and placate the concerns about the app penetrating a ridiculously crowded and complicated market. The rest... Читать дальше...