Frappuccinos, iPhones and "boss" rims are things that people can definitely do without. There is a point, however, where a line must be drawn. This line is at your bathroom door. Toilet paper is not, at least in this country, a luxury. It is a necessity. The bathroom tissue section of Vons is astounding.
There is a reason that Chicago is well known for its pizza. I recently visited Chi-town and can say that in my 18 years of pizza eating, it was by far the best I had ever had. Since having authentic Chicago-style stuffed pizza, I now know the greatest pizza ever made and now consider myself a pizza know-it-all.
I have been a fan of comic books since I could read at 5 years old, and I am just one of the many "superhero" junkies, who are exuberated about the fact that Hollywood has decided make the comics into movies. Over the last decade or so, special effects and the creative world and graphics of cinema and technology have allowed me to really get to see my favorite heroes in action.
The 1980s brought a lot of great things alive like mousse and shoulder pads, but nothing more spectacular than 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe, based upon the book Crowe wrote. The book was first published in 1981 and it says it is a true story.