Word: casa
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Located in Los Altos, California, the house Zuckerberg and his team have named “Casa Facebook” looks like an oversized extension of a Kirkland dorm room—the place where it all began...
...music, however, seems to take a backseat after the ominous bass approach of opener “The Way” (which sounds like a cover of Disintegration-era Cure); the rocksteady exuberance of “Casa Nova” is really the only stylistic surprise on an album of mostly sparse arrangements. It is Todd’s voice instead that ultimately carries the album: a husky, singular tone reminiscent of legendary Velvet Underground collaborator Nico, whom she openly acknowledges as an inspiration...
...magazine, called, of course, Cristina. She has a bilingual website averaging 50,000 hits a day. And there's her book Cristina! My Life as a Blonde, published in English and Spanish. "I have been growing my name for some time," she says, explaining her latest venture: Casa Cristina, which includes a furniture line headed for stores this spring. A clothing line is scheduled for later this year. A TV sitcom based on her life is in the works...
...about 2,500 students are enrolled in WWASPS programs. Yet in recent years, most of the schools have come under attack on charges of abuse, including food and sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, alleged beatings and the deaths of at least two children. In September the association's Mexican affiliate Casa by the Sea, near Ensenada, was abruptly shut down after local authorities investigated the school for several cases of suspected abuse, which, WWASPS president Ken Kay said, were proved "unsubstantiated." Nevertheless, a panel sponsored by the National Institutes of Health issued a study last month that called "get tough" programs...
...Equinox gym in the new Time Warner Center in New York City inaugurated E, a posh $24,000-a-year facility for 200 invitation-only guests; Casa Casuarina--formerly Gianni Versace's home in South Beach--is set to become a members-only club; the British concierge service Quintessentially is opening an outpost in Miami following its recent launches in South Africa and Beijing; and in Tokyo individuals with assets of more than $920,000 can hire celebrity sushi chefs and geishas for private parties through Club Concierge. In a competitive social and economic environment, trading up--whether...