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When children see Robert Torres at restaurants, "I'll make eye contact and wave," says the Santa from Lake Forest, Calif. "They'll hide behind the booth, and it becomes a game." Torres was spotted by kids when visiting a small village in Mexico with no electricity. The kids, Huichol Indians, yelled "Santa!" then followed him, giggling, as if he had been the Pied Piper...
Goodbye Delta Center. Hello, Energy Solutions Arena. The NBA's Utah Jazz has sold naming rights to its Salt Lake City home to Energy Solutions, a leader in nuclear-waste disposal, for unspecified millions. The move has spurred fans to suggest nicknames like the Glow Dome and the Melta Center, proof that the lucrative name game can be unpredictable. Ballparks don't always get a pretty moniker--and companies don't always get what they paid...
Five years ago, Romney swaggered onto the Massachusetts political stage a lionized celebrity. Fresh off the heels of his star turn as the efficient and corruption-free organizer of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he promised the citizens of Massachusetts that he wasn’t some Republican Party hack; he would emphasize a no-nonsense governing strategy, focusing on results instead of ideology. Then a funny thing happened: upon being sworn in as Governor, Romney decided that he pregerred campaigning to governing...
Certainly it’s not because he is too fond of his Belmont manse to relocate. After all, he had no qualms about moving to Salt Lake City to plan the 2002 Olympics. What it most likely amounts to is reckless hubris; the arrogance to believe that he is so likeable that even after being subjected to such cynical exploitation, Massachusetts’ citizens will champion his presidential bid anyway. If he fails to keep this hubris in check, it could prove to be his downfall come election season...
...seem necessary. More resumé-padding from the over-recorded Dan Bejar (Destroyer, New Pornographers) and the stretched-too-thin Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, a dozen other bands). Plus Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, who may or may not be crazy. On paper, Swan Lake shouldn’t work that well...