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Christianson '85 proves determination prevails

But meeting a person in reality revives the formulaic incarnation conjured by the assortment of facts on paper. Such is the case with Wei Christianson. On paper, Christianson ’85 boasts an education at Amherst College and Columbia Law School as part of her accomplished professional history. Currently a managing director

Last cal-Monkey Bar and Delano's

I can’t really liken Delano’s to any of the bars I’ve written about thus far. The inside is a bit like McMurphy’s in terms of lighting-a little bit dark, but not as dark as some-though that’s about where the comparison ends. When you

Live from Beirut, it's Kate Seelye '84

“My father was a diplomat, so we moved around a lot,” she said. “I lived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia until the age of six,” she remembered. Soon after, Seelye moved to Maryland to attend elementary school but “went to an American school in Tunisia from fifth to eighth grade.” She

Grab a stool at Barsie's or Atlantis

My first impression of Barsie’s is always that a cave troll should be quaffing a pint at the bar when I walk in. The lighting is dim. The walls are painted halfway up with dark colors. The tables are sticky. The air is on the stale side. And the

Recruited actors not quite enough

Colin Farrell plays James Clayton, an M.I.T. graduate with a penchant for drinking and not waking up on time. After nearly sleeping through a meeting with a Dell recruiter, Clayton is tending bar when Walter Burke (Pacino) approaches him. Burke is a gruff, aging CIA recruiter keen on

Destinations: Video To Go

It was a fine relationship in the beginning. Though I spent my first few shifts wearing holes into my sneakers, checking in videos, digging through drop-boxes until my fingers started to bleed and carrying stacks upon stacks of new releases to be shelved in behemoth sections advertising the “guaranteed”

Function gives way to form in Verbinsky's 'Ring'

This second viewing was a fruitful one. A renewed sense of clarity coursing through my veins, I felt ready as I shuffled through the ice to my car. So now, I’m going to tell you a little something about Gore Verbinsky’s “The Ring.” Introduced to the viewing public