Pure joy is eating a warm pita wrap filled with fresh vegetables, savory falafel, zesty spices and creamy Tahini sauce while staring out at the Dead Sea and feeling the intense sunshine on your skin. (continue reading...)

Need a break from vampire love triangles, hunky teen wolves and anonymous stalkers named ‘A’? “The Carrie Diaries” is a perfect fix. (continue reading...)

The Eels’ new album “Wonderful, Glorious” is anything but. (continue reading...)

In a year filled with Oscar contenders based on historical events, “Zero Dark Thirty” blows the competition out of the water. More modern and detailed than “Lincoln” and more powerful and fulfilling than “Argo,” “Zero Dark Thirty” is arguably the best picture of the year. (continue reading...)

Bill Clinton walks up on stage. But he’s not here to make a political statement. Instead, he announces Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” as one of the nominees for Best Picture. (continue reading...)

The greatest meal of the day is a perfect combination of breakfast sweets and hearty lunches: brunch. It’s a meal so sacred it can only be appreciated late in the morning on the weekends, after everyone has gotten a full twelve hours of sleep. These are the three greatest local places to grab brunch. (continue reading...)

It’s a three-hour film that takes place over the span of 30 years, but it feels like it goes by in just a second. (continue reading...)