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Fortunately, there's more than one way to slough off a layer of skin. When Cleopatra bathed in sour milk 2,000 years ago, she was actually giving herself a weak chemical peel--in her case with lactic acid. Nowadays she would have plenty of company in that tub. Jayne Singer, 46, a special-ed teacher, found that the stresses of her job helping inner-city Los Angeles teens were taking a toll on her face. She tried toners, pore cleansers, eye creams and masks of egg yolk and witch hazel. Nothing worked. Then she hit upon glycolic peels...
While I admire landscape architect Julie Bargmann for seeing beauty in lands littered with mine refuse and in acid-laced waters, I hope her obeisance to the scars of the Industrial Revolution doesn't portend future parks. Bargmann has created a restorative park from an archaeological, environmental and artistic standpoint, but parks are also needed for physiological and psychological reasons. The mind is not rested looking at highly troubled landscapes. ANNE LUSK Ann Arbor, Mich...
Toback, besides writing the screenplay for Harvard Man, also modeled some of the film after his own experiences at the College. As an editor of the Harvard Advocate and resident of Leverett House, Toback eventually started doing drugs every day before he "flipped out on acid...
Among the active ingredients in the concoction are the amino acid taurine, vitamin B12, sugar and a jolt of caffeine (each 250-ml can has about as much caffeine as a shot of espresso). For added punch, party regulars prefer their Red Bull with vodka or champagne. "It gives you a high, especially when mixed with other substances," says Lauren, 27, a New York City art dealer. "It lets you party all night long." Best of all, it's legal...
Julie Bargmann sees beauty in land littered with mine refuse and scarred by acid-laced waters. At an abandoned coal mine in Vitondale, Pa., she is creating what she has dubbed a "regenerative park" to capture the horror and the beauty of its industrial legacy. "New parks aren't all that different from the tradition of [Frederick Law] Olmsted parks," says Bargmann, 42, referring to the architect of New York City's Central Park. "Olmsted was actually constructing places that were part of urban life. Our culture is now one of postindustry. Parks need to express that aspect...