Taimane Gardner, a 21-year-old ukulele whiz, played the theme from Mission: Impossible and Stairway to Heaven, among other familiar tunes. Leaping about the stage barefoot as she played, she blew the crowd away.
Interesting dietary note: I am told by someone who knows the Dalai Lama that he eats breakfast at 5 a.m. and has lunch around 11:30. That is his last meal of the day, except for a cookie or two late in the day.
“That’s the way to keep calories off,” I was told. “Helps you live longer.”
– Chad Blair
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