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...ambitious renovation program that has only just reached completion. Los Angeles-based designer Laurie Steichen revamped cottages and public areas in Provençal style-harmonizing with the spa's Mediterranean architecture-and a new pavilion has been added. There are further expansion plans: a centuries-old chapel is being imported stone by stone from France, and an Orangerie (to be the venue for healthy cooking lessons) will be completed next spring. This grande dame of California spas is now as rejuvenated as its clientele...
...quarterfinals by Jenna Long and Sara Anundsen of North Carolina. After rallying for a come-from-behind victory over Aurelija Miseviciute and Ela Kaluder of Arkansas in their opening match on Thursday, O’Riain and Anderson built a 5-1 lead over the duo from Chapel Hill, which had bounced the tournament’s no. 2 seed in the opening round. “We were playing really well...I kind of assumed that we were going to win,” O’Riain said. “Before we knew it, it was five...
...turtleneck wearers. Instead, grasp real power. For ideas, watch Mean Girls and learn from Regina. Or watch Sophie’s Choice. Like, this one time, in high school, there was this dozy slapper Michelle who was talking shit behind my back, so I made her face-plant during chapel, nicked her boy, and zombied her friends to do my bidding. I digress. Dropping the proverbial H-Bomb? Think about the ethical dilemma of dropping the actual H-bomb. The only exception would be if you dropped the bomb on Gomorrah. Or Baghdad. I’ll leave the comparable...
...wonders of the palace are fairly ceaseless. There's a massive subterranean layer where wines were stored and baths taken. Just off the duke's study are two alcoves: the Temple of the Muses and the Chapel of Forgiveness. (Between his battlefield deeds and the generally agreed-upon fact that Federico was complicit in his half-brother's rubout, there was much to absolve.) I sat on the floor in both rooms and absorbed the feel of history, whistling to hear the little echoes and gently rubbing my hands over the stone floors. Maybe I was being a tad presumptuous...
DIED. LEO STERNBACH, 97, chemist and inventor of the widely used antianxiety drug Valium; at home in Chapel Hill, N.C. Born in Austria and educated in Poland, he began his career with Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. in Switzerland before coming to the U.S. Sternbach collected 241 patents in his career; he also developed the tranquilizer Librium, the sleeping pill Mogadon, Klonopin for epileptic seizures and Arfonad to control bleeding during surgery...