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After making offerings at Ông Ngoai’s grave and battling through torrential rain, I traveled back with my family to their home in downtown Saigon. When Ma was seven her family moved into the city so the children could find jobs. My mother carried buckets of water, hanging from a long stick crossing her shoulders, from the city well to people’s houses; the lack of indoor plumbing at that time assured her of employment. Suzanne and I wandered through the market surrounding our family’s home, trying to envision...
Thebaud and her friend are now two of the founding members of the Sablière Society, a new all-female social group that has abandoned Harvard Square for the greener social pastures of downtown Boston...
...about 10 p.m., the girls headed to Caprice, a ritzy lounge downtown. The club owners are friends with the Sablière ladies, of course, so they walked straight through the entrance and directly to the VIP room in the back. After an hour-and-a-half, it was time to away to Pravda on Boylston Street. The in-crowd knew there was a party going on there that night, so Sablière thought it would be worth an appearance...
Sablière also plans to throw open parties downtown, starting with one right after the selection process to introduce the campus to the society...
...year-old Istanbul is used to comebacks, and today the city is enjoying a massive revival, thanks to a deft mix of old and new. Driving toward the city center from the new airport, you pass through 5th century walls built by Emperor Theodosius II. Downtown, Roman, Byzantine and Otto-man ruins jostle next to trendy clubs and restaurants. Just around the corner from a five-star hotel is one of the city's cacophonous street markets. For most Turks, Istanbul will always be the capital. The port city boasts Turkey's best arts, culture and entertainment. Since the 1980s...