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Sonsie is not for wan women or frail society ladies of delicate constitutions. This is a frantic nest of raucousness, but also a colorful pageant of the elegant and the dodgy, offering a dining experience which demands that you contend with outlandish decor, menu exotica and a congested and tortuous layout...
...finest dining rooms in Moscow is at Kumir, where the decor is Manila Hyatt 1984 but the traditional French fare is superb. A meal for two--succulent pigeon de Sologne, excellent fish and a youngish Chateauneuf-du-Pape--costs north of $300. East-West fusion is represented by the fashionable Uley, which serves rack of lamb and Chilean sea bass, but a mere pot of green tea there will set you back $20. Another chic place is Syr (Russian for cheese), whose decor suggests the inside of a Swiss cheese and which in spite of that has very good Italian...
...These war rugs have been on display lately at the Dirt Gallery in Los Angeles. Afghanistan's recent travails have made them all the more poignant, and they've sold well. Some buyers are Hollywood hipsters with a penchant for ironic decor. Others have been U.S. soldiers and ex-CIA operatives who could identify the models of the rugs' grenades and guns. Alongside its rug exhibit, the gallery has displayed burqas bearing similarly unexpected imagery such as U.S. flags, phrases like "I love New York," and McDonald's golden arches. "It kind of sums up America," says curator Rhonda Saboff...
That's true in the Berman house in Larchmont, N.Y., where Karen operates from a work space near the kitchen that matches its decor. For many families, this station is the household-management post, where bills are paid and report cards evaluated. Jeff Berman's office is an attic room that can double as a guest room. As technology has reduced the size of office equipment, many home offices have been getting distinctly homier and less spacious...
...Wendy’s? And do you know what Wendy’s themes are? Biggie. Great Biggie. I’m not paying for wit, I’m paying for beef. Plus, I’m just not into all the frills of Bartley’s decor. If I wanted to stare at licence plates while I ate, I’d go to the drive-thru...