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...whet your appetite with such everyday items as tools, pottery and fabric used by the societies that crafted the gold. But it's the bling that everyone finds transfixing, and on my visit, sure enough, I began to feel a little hot, a little giddy, a little loco - a classic case of gold fever. www.banrep.gov.co/museo/
...central Istanbul's Beyoglu district, Changa, www.changa-istanbul.com, is the granddaddy of the pack. New Zealand-born chef Peter Gordon serves Turkish food with a twist: dolma (vine leaves traditionally stuffed with rice) are wrapped around grilled halloumi and served with a sweet chili sauce; grilled octopus, a local seafood classic, comes with Asian-style sweet and sour miso sauce; and local lamb is accompanied by Tunisian harissa...
...British beer sales are tepid? Big ad budgets have helped. C&C spent $41 million in advertising in the U.K. last year to launch Magners, and it's upping that investment to $54 million this year. Magners ads reinforce the traditional heritage of cider and make effective use of classic rock songs like Donovan's Sunshine Superman. Premium ciders have also benefited by offering an appealing alternative to beer at a time when the public is fortuitously tiring of alcopops - sweet, soda-like drinks laced with alcohol. "People were fed up with things that looked confected and artificial," says Simon...
...Sullivan show, “The Fantasticks” features a light and remarkably epochal musical score, archetypal characters, and, indeed, a measure of innocence. The show is a kitschy, albeit delightful, musical, and Harvard STAGE’s production is commendable for its faithful evocation of the original classic...
...trunkful of classic pop - Rodgers and Hart's"Manhattan," Dietz and Schwartz' "Dancing in the Dark," Cole Porter's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - I found a few surprises: the 1952 "Guess Who I Saw Today," a quietly devastating ballad of Cheever-like yearning and betrayal, and "Pack Up Your Sins," a Berlin number that was new to me, and wittier than the songs of his I know from this period (1922). Just reading some of the lyrics, you can feel the rhythm and the revelry: "Pack up your sins and go to the Devil in Hades...