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...many ways, an exploration of the artist’s life. We meet Thaw as a small boy, already drawn to the world of crayon and paper. Our introduction to Thaw’s world finds him quietly, childishly, absorbed in creation: “Duncan Thaw drew a blue line along the top of a sheet of paper and a brown line along the bottom...
...doesn?t seem stressed, and she doesn?t complain. She has a smile for everyone. Some critics might say Sara Lopez "lacks independence," because she lives with her parents. But she adores her family, who immigrated from Oaxaca before she was born. They own a little blue house in Mid-City Los Angeles, with a pet chicken in the backyard who lays an egg every morning...
...Boomers? opinion of you is not based in truth, then it?s reasonable to wonder why it persists, so pervasively. Well, those blue jeans slung low on your hips have not helped. Those glimpses of butt cleavage have led to some prejudices. With an iPod in one ear and a cell phone over the other, you don?t look the part of an eager Horatio Alger...
Seen from a distance, today's Nepal is an otherworldly place. Its hills are overrun with young and frightening Maoist guerrillas. Until a few weeks ago, its cities were brimming with baton-swinging riot police in blue fatigues and protesting students with torches in their hands. Average people doing average things seem about as common as yetis?except in the work of Nepali author Samrat Upadhyay. The Royal Ghosts, his new collection of short stories, is full of characters who care for sick parents, fall in love with the wrong people, cheat on their spouses or get drunk...
...uninitiated, proper tequila is the liquor of the blue agave plant, which, contrary to popular belief, is not a cactus but a lily (and strictly speaking, spirits made from other kinds of agave are not tequila at all, but mezcal). Much like whiskey or wine, tequila has its own system of classifications. Tequila that has been aged for two months is known as reposado; if it spends more than a year in the barrel, it's classified as a?ejo. The other popular designation?gold?refers to tequila that is flavored with caramel. One of the hottest new brands...