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...tight-fitting t-shirt that leaves little of their anatomy to the imagination. Noha Mamdouh, 18, a Cairo University student, is wearing a pink and beige scarf with a matching slinky top tucked into hip-riding jeans as she sits sipping smoothies with her girlfriends in an upmarket caf?. "We are aware that we need to be veiled," she explains. "But we are young and we want to be modern and trendy." Such attitudes draw double takes from conservative Egyptians like Magda Samaha, who scoffs, "These are covered, yet naked, women...
...plethora of local dining options means there's no real need for Casa Camper to have its own restaurant, but there is a ground-floor caf? serving breakfast and a complimentary all-day snack buffet of sandwiches, soup, and so on. You'll be refueling there frequently if you're going to attempt all the sightseeing possibilities of the neighborhood, which include La Boqueria market, the Opera El Liceo, the Plaza Catalunya and lots of shopping. Of course, if all that walking wears out your soles, you couldn't ask for a better location. The hotel is next door...
...From June 29 to July 2, some 300,000 oenophiles will make the pilgrimage to this Bacchanalian paradise, which has been producing wine since 300 B.C. From the bustling expanse of the 18th century Place des Quinconces, Europe's biggest public square, to the caf?-lined quays of the Garonne River, some 12 hectares of the city of Bordeaux will be devoted to gastronomic pleasures and wine tasting...
...People power is taking the country by storm? because they ?have failed us.? That may be true, but the political elite, at least, wants to make it up to them. Or at least buy them a drink. After Moulitsas wraps up, people tumble across town to the Hard Rock Caf? casino, where Wesley Clark hosts a beer-and-wine open bar while a montage of suspiciously candidate-like poses plays on televisions around the room. Friday night, former Virginia governor and potential 2008 contender Mark Warner is pouring the booze. New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, also a rumored presidential possibility...
...former site of an army barracks on leafy Harding Road is home to the PS Caf?, tel: (65) 6479 3343. This elegant restaurant of glass and timber serves what co-owner Philip Chin calls "casual gourmet" dishes, the best of which may be the superbly executed, fall-off-the-bone duck rendang. For years, Chin and his partners aspired to establish a suburban offshoot of their trendy downtown venue, Project Shop Caf?: with its retro furniture and jazzy ambience, PS represents the ample fulfillment of that dream...