For the first time in the history of “Kitchen Nightmares,” cranky celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay gave up on a restaurant.
The popular series features Ramsay trying to help struggling restaurants right the ship. In Friday’s episode, his instruction to the owners of an Arizona eatery didn’t take, and Ramsay walked out. Eater has a full rundown and clips.
It’s not the first time a Ramsay makeover didn’t work out, however. Back in 2010, “Kitchen Nightmares” visited Black Rock’s Cafe Tavolini, which shut its doors before the episode even aired. Its closure sparked an investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office.
Ramsay is scheduled to be in Connecticut through Tuesday to film a new show, “Hotel Hell,” at Woodbury’s Curtiss House Inn. Unless he left early.
Fox CT is apologizing for it’s coverage of Wednesday’s Women’s Day at the Capitol. The affiliate’s story featured closeup footage of women’s breasts and little else.
“We are appalled at the level of sexism this incident shows. It is an insult not only to the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women and to all who attended Women’s Day at the Capitol, which marked the PCSW’s 40-year battle against gender discrimination, but to women everywhere who are tired of being objectified. Anyone who doubts the existence of the ‘war on women’ need look no further than Fox News. We invite the executives at Fox to ask about our Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention trainings, which would help them and their staff learn a little more about what goes on above a woman’s shoulders.”
Fox CT took to social media to issue an apology, tweeting this statement at least three times Wednesday afternoon:
Earlier this month, we told you about Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut who has become a prolific and popular tweeter of incredible images while aboard the International Space Station.
Hadfield recently tweeted these cool nighttime photos of Connecticut and New York City.
Connecticut and New York City seen from space at night
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If you haven’t already, make sure you give the commander a follow on Twitter.
If you haven’t yet gotten around to that resolution to shed some lbs this year, you just lost an excuse.
Residential real estate website Trulia has named Fairfield County the second best place in the U.S. to get fit. The Gold Coast county comes in behind San Francisco.
Just look at all these people getting fit in Fairfield County
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Fairfield County was specifically cited for its high density of gyms, though access to healthy food and outdoor activities were other factors in the ranking.
Best and worst cities for fitness
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San Francisco Chronicle’s Anna Marie Erwert breaks down Trulia’s methodology:
Trulia’s “best cities to get in shape” survey is based on 5 parameters
1.) Access to and consumption of healthy food: Trulia used the ratio of “slow food” establishments (supermarkets, specialty food markets, and full-service restaurants) divided by “fast food” establishments (convenience stores and fast-food restaurants). Metros with more “slow food” and less “fast food” scored higher. San Francisco, New York, and Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL, came out on top.
2.) Commuting by body power: Trulia calculated ”the percentage of workers who commute by walking or biking.” Metros where people in close distance of their workplaces did well on this measure, as did metros with better weather.New York, Boston, San Francisco, Honolulu, Middlesex County, MA, and Portland, OR, had the highest share of workers getting to work on two feet or two wheels.
3. ) Plentiful gyms: Trulia used the number of gyms, health clubs, and fitness centers per 1,000 households. Suburban metros like Fairfield County, CT (next to New York), Middlesex County, MA (next to Boston), Long Island, NY, and Lake County–Kenosha County, IL (next to Chicago), have the highest density of gyms.
4. ) Plentiful outdoor alternatives: Not everyone enjoys, can afford, or wants to exercise exclusively at a a gym, so Trulia factored outdoor sports opportunities by calculating the number of sporting-goods stores per 1,000 households. After all, those stores couldn’t exist if folks weren’t supporting them. Metros on top here well are those near mountains like Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs; beach areas like Ventura County, CA, San Diego, and Honolulu; and the outdoorsy Pacific Northwest metros of Seattle and Portland. Of course, San Francisco has access to all of these natural environments.
5.) Programs and support groups: Hard sometimes to commit to fitness alone, so Trulia included the number of weight-loss and diet centers per 1,000 households. Philadelphia, Orange County, CA, and Camden, NJ, have the highest density of these centers in the US.
With all these measures combined, San Francisco tops the list among the largest 100 metros. San Francisco scores especially well for offering healthy food options and lots of local gyms, as well as having a high share of residents walking or biking to work.
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Data on walking or biking to work come from the Census’s American Community Survey; all other data come from the Census’s County Business Patterns. The study did not account for the number of overweight or obese residents. “We are looking for the metros that offer the best tools for people trying to lose weight–not the metros with the fittest, thinnest, or most beautiful people,” says Trulia.
Real estate tie-in
Trulia also notes that the best metros for losing weight tend to have expensive real estate: six of the top 10 metros have am average price per square foot above $200. And in our fair city, the average price per square foot was $626 at the end of the last quarter of 2012– which, incidentally, is 17.4% higher than it was in the same period of 2011. So we could also say San Francisco is a top city for healthy property values.
Funny or Die posted this hilarious video Thursday, featuring Christopher Walken, Richard Belzer and Walken’s, um, assistants visiting Stew Leonard’s in Norwalk. The group then heads back to Westport, where Walken cooks up come sort of chicken dish with pears and onions. The highlight, however, is the group’s visit to Stew’s, where they act like children seeing “the world’s largest dairy store” for the first time. They even visit the petting zoo!
