Mexico's Baja is the place for the new American land grab.

Swwwwwwwweet: There's a Miss Afghanistan in the Miss Earth pageant this year. =)
(and, if it's Afghanistan, someone's bound to get pissed off...)

I love Marcus Samuelsson's Aquavit. Here's a guy who's Ethiopian, adopted by Swedes, lives in New York, and is now opening a Japanese restaurant.