The few that are in English advertise "Healthy Exotic Russian Salads," "Amazing Chicken Cutlets and Chicken with Mushroom" and "Gourmet Russian Soups." Even the owner, Svetlana Mogilevich, who is from Moscow, can't explain why the place is named after New York.At the front counter, you'll see an appetizing display of cooked dishes, salads and pastries. No big deal, though Slutak couldn't help glancing at his watch.He stood in the crowded lobby, watching players and coaches retrieve their room keys. As usual, Orange County had the highest median at $606,000, up 13.9% from a year ago.The median price is the point at which half of all homes sell for more, half for less.Despite its new price benchmark, however, San Diego also posted a sales drop of 12.7% in October on a year-over-year basis -- the county's 16th consecutive month of declines.San Diego is viewed by many as a bellwether for the Southland's housing market because it was the first county to see price appreciation zoom into double digits and the first to face a slowdown. I learned that Cigarzin was the name of this particular Zinfandel blend--fruit paired with stogies, was it? It hailed from a winery called Cosentino that also produced a Lodi Zinfandel named, with blessed directness, The Zin.I already knew that my wife's father loved 7 Deadly Zins (by the same Lodi winemakers responsible for 7 Heavenly Chards), and so, with no greater ambition than to stock up on wines my wife could love, I drove on a Sunday afternoon out through the San Joaquin River delta, met Wanda Woock, and began understanding that Lodi is at the same time one of California's oldest wine regions and its newest, the biggest in terms of the volume of grapes grown and one of the smallest in terms of the number of local wineries making Lodi-labeled wine.As for the location of Lodi wine country, the nice version goes like this: If you follow the marine breezes through the Golden Gate and up through the tranquil waters of the north bay, and then over miles of bird-filled wetlands, you'll come to a peaceful, Mediterranean flatland of old Zinfandel vineyards--Jessie's Grove being the very oldest.

There's so much information now, with this stat craze that's going on in baseball. And it is sure to come as news to Americans that North Koreans spend a wildly disproportionate amount of time thinking about them, primed to resist an invasion they believe is due any day.They are unaware that most Americans, whom they blame for everything from chronic power blackouts to suppressing children's laughter, probably couldn't find North Korea on a map."State of Mind" shows the world through North Korean eyes, shining badly needed light on how the country has arrived at its current crossroads with the United States. 11, 1931, in Worcester, Mass., Jordan was the son of Harry Donaldson, a professor and dean of history at Clark University. It would not comment on possible motives.The company said it did not believe any laws were broken by the recordings because Wal-Mart notifies employees that it may monitor and record communications on company devices.Under federal and Arkansas law, only one party to a recording -- in this case Wal-Mart -- needs to consent.

He once described radical Islamists as being "more dangerous than AIDS."He denounced the Sept. until the state bought the land for $32.5 million in 1979 and turned it into a park. What if I wanted to sleep in one day? Would the tight schedule make it impossible to ramble around new places, following my nose? And what if Kathy and I didn't care for our traveling companions?I shouldn't have worried: As it turned out, my fellow adventurers included many delightful, well-traveled and interesting people Our tour leader left a more mixed impression. Is it true that once a board obtains a majority vote, it needn't obtain votes from remaining homeowners who had no idea such a vote was being taken?Answer: Nothing in the Davis-Stirling Act or the Corporations Code prevents the form of discrimination you describe.If your governing documents set forth a procedure for obtaining certain votes, however, then that procedure must be followed Failure to do so makes the resulting action void.