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...Jeffrey Eugenides, the American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who lived in Berlin from 1999 to 2003 and goes back every summer. "It's a much wilder place than New York City. There are all kinds of trapdoors you can fall through. It's a bit dangerous, but estimable. The dinner conversation is always serious and never about real estate...
Will His Kingdom Come? Pacquiao crosses himself before digging into dinner amid the Corinthian columns of Capitale, an old bank turned party space, just about where Chinatown starts in Manhattan. It is early June, and he is there to receive his second Fighter of the Year award from The Ring magazine. Even as old palookas cuss up a storm, he prays before his meal. His mother says he was always "very disciplined and God-fearing" - taking after her, of course. Her front garden features a coral-lined altar to the Virgin Mary, and an entire shelf in her living room...
...extent to which students rely on their Blackberry or iPhone is often excessive. Most people who own one are constantly checking the latest e-mail in class, in the elevator, at dinner. Ironically, in many cases a smartphone can contribute to stress rather than allay it; the perception that one might be missing out if new messages aren’t checked every few minutes begins to take hold. And overscheduling can even damage relationships—when dinner with one’s significant other becomes just another task to be completed in a busy day, all genuineness...
...film benefits from a few genuinely thought-provoking discussions of modern art. One scene raises the question of artists who challenge current artistic conventions but remain unpopular—are they true visionaries, or do they simply lack creative talent? At a swanky dinner party early in the film, one guest whispers to another that an under-appreciated artist lacks a following because he is “ahead of his time.” Looking skeptical, the other guest quietly replies, “But what if time never catches up?” These moments, if somewhat exceedingly...
Friends pestering you about ‘BBM’ing during dinner? Hiding in the bathroom to check your e-mail? Get your fix without turning into that...