What is my heart’s desire? Is that how I should learn to focus this life I am given? What brings me joy? What character seems to be real for me? Who am I really — deep down inside? Those are the types of questions that have always interested me. Of course, I have had a […]
January 2005
Posted inBusiness Spotlight
Club Timbuktu
Chef Chris Harris believes that preparing African food is like cooking any other cuisine. He says the tastes are reminiscent of foods from the Caribbean, India, Asia, and Jamaica. Perhaps some African natives might disagree, but Omar Gagale, owner of Club Timbuktu and a native of Somalia, respects Harris’s beliefs as well as his cooking. He has to — he hired him to be the chef at his club’s restaurant.
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Eudemon
When Eudemon arrived three years ago he walked out of the river valley and this is what he saw. There was the church towering over the homes that were set close to the street. There were the shops and bars scattered about. There were the people to meet. He was a stranger but still he […]
Posted inNeighbor Spotlight
Verdell & Jim De Yarman
Every wall and corner of Jim and Verdell De Yarman’s house is testimony to their longtime commitment to Riverwest. Framed pictures of family and friends, gifts and souvenirs from international houseguests and Jim’s landscape paintings decorate the nooks and crannies. Seated in their living room, Jim, a retired machinist, and Verdell, a lifelong activist and volunteer, talk about their lives in Riverwest, where they have lived for 56 years. They have two children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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