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Posts published in “Past Opinion Columns”

The Stute Reviews: ‘The Martian’

Based on the popular novel, Ridley Scott’s film adaptation of The Martian is grounded, funny, visually stunning, and brilliantly acted. The film’s setting invokes curiosity, and its box office numbers prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that Americans are enamored with space travel.

Halloween D.I.Y. costumes

Okay I admit it: I’m one of those crazy people who starts thinking about upcoming holidays months in advance. I mean, Christmas is only three months away, right?

Café Michelina

A few steps from Washington Street is a no-frills, family-owned café serving up home-style Italian comfort food. Having passed Café Michelina on the corner of 5th and Bloomfield Street on multiple occasions, I finally decided the time had come to step through the beaded curtain into the dimly lit restaurant. 

Review: Lo-Fatt-Chow

Diverging from my usual search for fine cuisine, I was craving good old Americanized Chinese takeout but not necessarily the unhealthy, bloated, “what did I just put in my body” feeling that usually accompanies such cuisine.