Tweets of the (Election) Week: Nov. 3-9
Nov. 4, 2012 — Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, undergoing chemotherapy after a Sept. 26 leukemia diagnosis, addresses his team after a 23-20 home victory against the Miami Dolphins. “I got circumstances,” Pagano says. “You guys understand it, I understand it. It’s already beat. That’s already beat.” He goes on to speak movingly about […]
Twice in the clip below from today’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Madonna refers to her Indy-based helpers at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show as “villagers.” She appears to use that word when referencing both those who set up her staging in all of eight minutes, and also when speaking to the aid of 150 gladiators she “employed.” (Truth be told, she paid them in the currencies of Panera and Papa John’s, relative pigspittle for the help they gave this self-loving “Cleopatra” with her ballyhooed entrance. But then again, they are peasants, right?)
Oct. 21, 2012 — Indiana Pacers star Roy Hibbert, a 7-foot-2 center, joined members of his Area 55 cheer block in Circle Centre Mall in downtown Indianapolis. The group danced to Korean sensation Psy’s hit “Gangnam Style” at a Meet The Rookies event for new Pacers Miles Plumlee and Orlando Johnson, both shown in the […]
The Sporting News ranks his Indiana Hoosiers the No. 1 team in the nation, as does the first USA Today/ESPN poll of this college basketball season, just released on Oct. 17. In the 2011-12 campaign, Zeller was the co-Big Ten freshman of the year, helping IU to a Sweet Sixteen showing in the NCAA tournament. Here, our November 2011 prelude to his success.
Mass Ave video-and-vodka bar, Tini (717 Massachussetts Ave., 317-384-1313), has joined forces with fellow Mass Ave resident Hoaglin to Go Cafe for a new fall lineup of small plates called “Tini bites.” Tini’s previous working relationship with Dented Ladle Dining ended amicably, with the previous fare a bit more intricate to make than Tini owner Brad Kime envisioned for his bar, which remains primarily a sleek, upscale spot given to showing a Prince music video while muddling the blueberries at the bottom of a hit drink, the Purple Raintini.
Alex and Sonja Overhiser are 30-year-old professionals in Indy, a graphic designer and a technical writer/partner, respectively, at the same small company. They are also voracious food bloggers, and now authors by way of their new culinary tome, Green Mango Cafe & Bakery: Cooking for a Better Tomorrow, available online (sans shipping charge) and, soon, at a couple of farmers market signings (see dates below). This husband-and-wife team was inspired by a week-long trip to a just-opened cafe in Cambodia in March 2012 to write their book. All proceeds go to the Center for Global Impact (CGI), headquartered in Greenwood. They gave us peek inside their recipe files.
