Word: albaness
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...vague disappointment of the slightly mustachioed Doña Juana Galarza, who clutches a crumpled fan in her sausage-like fingers, Goya captured the individuality of his sitters, regardless of their social class. There are giggling majas here, and self-satisfied aristocrats, and the lovely Duchess of Alba - the full, joyous panoply of Goya characters...
...Omotesando. That has not kept chocoholics from flocking to the first-floor outpost, which is reportedly selling 700 to 800 pieces a day, for a taste of master chocolatier Miura Naoki's gems. And for a special occasion (one that doesn't require a real jewel), try the Alba truffle...
...That’s right: fish, scientists, film history, and “extraterrestrial beasts.” Include a car chase and Jessica Alba in leather and it’s a perfectly good summer blockbuster. The “science” article ends with an interview with the Swiss artist who created the alien, H. R. Giger, apparently just to make sure he doesn’t have a secret background in ichthyology...
...ARMOIRE RANGE by Russell Pinch "Sculptural yet calm" is how London-based Pinch, a former assistant to Terence Conran, describes his Armoire collection of cupboards. The Alba, Frey and Marlow versions are made to order by U.K. craftsmen. With their brutalist paneling, they could be period concepts remixed by monumental British artist Rachel Whiteread. www.pinchdesign.com...
...Venezuelan president, there is no such thing as a free lunch. With different degrees of support, all these leaders are involved in the “Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas,” conveniently named to equal the translation of “dawn” in Spanish (ALBA). The commodity of choice may change across the region from gas in Bolivia to farming in Argentina, but the reincarnation of Chavez’s Bolivarian economic model does not: The federal state generates grassroots support by highly-advertised social spending with little regard for long-term planning. For example...