Word: autumns
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...fertile imagination. Seized by the irresistible impulse to find out what Stoppard had in mind about 19th century Russian socialists, and abetted by the gracious offices of Aisha Labi, TIME Europe's Florence Nightingale for wayward visitors, I entered the National bunker for my Stoppard marathon one autumn Saturday morning...
...pungent smell of booze in the crisp autumn air, the sounds of old alums fawning over themselves and the sight of busloads of Harvard admissions rejects can only mean one thing. That’s right, it’s once again time for The Game—the annual event so nice they capitalized it twice...
...Locals know the phenomenon as bung fai paya nak (Naga fireballs), which have been bubbling up from the mighty river on the late autumn night of the full moon at the end of the Buddhist Lent for as long as anyone can remember. "I've seen them since I was a little girl," says Pang Butamee, 70, who lives in a flood-prone hut on the river's edge. Nearby is Wat Paa Luang?an elegant, 450-year-old temple and one of the most popular spots to watch the fireballs. "I've seen them come up from the river...
Kirby reflects on the autumn day when he first tasted the galette: “The college had just acquired a few goats and we were experimenting with making our own chevre [goat cheese]. Tom, the college chef, believed in using ingredients from the farm in elegant ways—on that fall day, we enjoyed stately, multi-folded galettes made with our goat’s chevre, our chickens’ eggs, our heifers’ butter and our garden’s red onions. Essentially free-form pies, the gallettes come out of the oven like sunflowers with...
...Paris in autumn can be damp and gray, with plunging temperatures that make sidewalk cafés and long walks along the Seine less than romantic. Luckily, the city has a tradition of outfoxing the fall gloom with the indoor dazzle of its museums, galleries and exhibition halls. This fall's lineup is exceptionally eclectic. In addition to the blockbuster Matisse and Picasso show at the Grand Palais and the big Max Beckmann retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, the season's new shows include Old Masters, guitar gods and great photographers. At the Musée d'Orsay, Manet/Vel...