Word: beachings
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...hoping to start saving up with the money he makes this summer working in his first job: helping to clean and maintain classrooms at his school in Strayhorn, Miss. And what would he be doing otherwise? "Honestly, I'd probably just be hanging out, maybe at the beach," he says...
...hear the Beach Boys in Veckatimest's harmonies and The Band in the general spirit of craftsmanship and fraternity. But over the course of 52 minutes, you also hear what's missing: tension. Even though there are flashes of experimentation (NYU-educated, these boys have admirably eclectic taste in instruments) and plenty of minor chords, Grizzly Bear's politeness is a little oppressive. Without a hint of vocal darkness or a sudden stab of musical chaos, the lyrics gradually dissolve into a series of gumdrops, and the falsetto harmonies lose some of their charm; at its lowest, Veckatimest sounds like...
...made a small fortune in Apple stock - $26 million by some accounts - and he didn't need to work anymore. What he wanted to do, he told Jobs at a meeting in the boss's office one September day in 2005, was build a house on the beach in Mexico, drink margaritas with his wife and toast the setting sun. Rubinstein told Jobs he wanted out. "He goes, 'Really?'" Rubinstein thunders, imitating a man in shock. Then he chuckles...
Endangered Forests. See California's state parks before they succumb to the state's budget crisis. Molera Horseback Tours will guide you through ancient redwood groves or for an amble along the beach at sunset in Big Sur's Andrew Molera State Park. You can stay nearby at Big Sur River Inn, where residents lounge in the shallows of the Big Sur River in comfy wicker chairs. Trail rides start at $40; room rates start at $125. Highway 1 at Pheneger Creek, Big Sur, Calif...
...Great Lakes, the world's largest body of fresh water. Still, aficionados continued to sneak into the water, and after one ticket too many, a group of surfers last December sent Chicago's Park District a proposal asking that surfing be allowed at four of the city's beaches during the traditional beach season, Memorial Day to Labor Day, as well as year-round at a fifth beach. Officials are still sorting through various details of regulating surfing, such as whether there should be an age requirement and what, exactly, signs along beaches should say (for example, "Surf at Your...