Word: chic
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...THESSALONIKI Putting modern Greek cuisine on the gastro map is one of the newer events at the Sani Gourmet Festival (May 17-24), an ambitious yet laid-back mix of workshops, tastings and dinners at a chic marina resort near Thessaloniki. Christoforos Peskias, whose Athens restaurant 48 has one Michelin star, promises to outdo his debut last year, when he deconstructed the Greek salad with tomato sorbet, peppers and feta in jelly, cucumber in foam, onion in thin chips and olive puree. A fine line-up of Mediterranean chefs will complement the Hellenic focus. www.saniresort.gr...
...streets of Phnom Penh reveal the country's vast wealth gap. In front of shopping centers selling luxury cosmetics, whole families sleep on patches of sidewalk; beggars missing limbs, a legacy of civil war, crowd outside upscale restaurants where a tiny élite downs French entrées and chic cocktails. But many average Cambodians hope this poverty will vanish, thanks to an apparent miracle: the country has discovered oil. Off Cambodia's southern coast, explorers have found as much as 500 million barrels, potentially providing over $1 billion annually to the country...
...university functions and was also available for use in the Boston area more generally,” former University President Lawrence H. Summers writes in an e-mail. Summers occasionally employed his “modestly decrepit” ’92 Mazda, but it seems the chic town car was usually his vehicle of choice. Although former President Derek C. Bok was also supplied the 1636-mobile during his 20-year tenure, he preferred to ride around in a crimson Volkswagen Beetle—a gift from his mother. Bok used the University car for long business trips...
Natori quit her job as a vice president at Merrill Lynch and set to work creating her first collection. Thirty years later, the woman who gave us the seamless bra and modern, chic camisoles that can be worn either to bed or out on the town has four lingerie lines available everywhere, from Saks to Dillard's. She is also expanding into menswear and home, with a bedding collection and, down the road, rugs, tableware and lighting...
...pinkish gold has played second fiddle to more popular classic yellow and white golds. But when the world's finest watchmakers unveiled their new collections earlier this year, it became evident that it was time for a color change. Breitling, Zenith, Cartier and Patek Philippe have all introduced chic new timepieces in the rosy hue, usually paired with chocolate-brown dials, which add a masculine tone to the more feminine shade...