John Howe sends this in: Alan Lee will be present at the “SAINT-URSANNE LA FANTASTIQUE” festival for the closing weekend. Alan’s presence as special guest will be the highlight of the summer-long festival, which will have featured concerts, exhibitions and conferences on the theme of Tolkien (with Vincent Ferré, French Tolkien expert) and fantasy. Alan will be signing books in the medieval cloister at 4:00 PM Saturday September 2nd. This will be Alan’s first visit to Switzerland, so it’s a unique opportunity, not to be missed! For more information, visit the official web site. [More]
Day: July 7, 2007
The Hobbit Grille is taking orders and the two guys who run the place are willing to do anything to avoid turning a customer’s request down. Tom Schillig and Paul “Head Hobbit” Mandell bought the restaurant that was once Uncle G’s Deli just south of Bonita Beach Road on Old 41 in early April. “I always wanted a sub shop and the name hobbit has always been on my mind for it,” said Schillig who named the restaurant based on another shop he used to visit on trips to see his sister at her university. [More]