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Friday Head over to the oasis known as Garden of Dreams, tel: (977-1) 442 5340, for a stroll and predinner drink. Originally established in the 1920s, this landmark was in decay for decades before an Austrian-funded team finished restoring the Edwardian-influenced pavilions and grounds in 2006. Enjoy your aperitif at the on-site Kaiser Bar, before heading across the street for dinner at the historic 1905, tel: (977-1) 422 5272 - a venerable restaurant that has seen many a state function in its day (Queen Elizabeth II herself has dined there). If you've booked rooms...
...Gallery, tel: (44-161) 235 8888, as there's always something exciting going on. For dinner, it would have to be Michael Caines - the Michelin-starred chef, not the actor - at the ABode Hotel, tel: (44-161) 200 5678. I'd round off the day at the Radisson Edwardian's Opus One bar, tel: (44-161) 835 8904, and if I'm too tipsy to go home after that, I'd check into the Shirley Bassey Suite as the beds there are big enough even...
...question was, How? Simply knowing that the pose works is not the same as knowing why it works - at least, not in the detail a physicist would like. Recently a group of researchers from the Royal Veterinary College in London decided to find out, using tools Edwardian sportsmen couldn't have imagined...
...None of the people of Christchurch would be surprised to learn of Ellis' green fingers. The South Island's largest city is obsessive about greenery, famed for its meticulously manicured greenswards - many of them rose gardens in the English style - and fully deserving of its "Garden City" tagline. Edwardian punts float down the peaceful, winding river Avon, while helmeted sightseers glide past on futuristic Segway transporters. This combination of the genteel and the modern is typical of the place, which offers plenty of artistic, culinary and recreational opportunities against a panoramic backdrop of ocean, peaks and plains. "Christchurch...
Canvassing the Stars. The first survey of work by portraitist Elizabeth Peyton, who is sometimes compared to David Hockney or Edwardian-era painter John Singer Sargent, in the U.S. includes her early paintings (of Kurt Cobain and Liam Gallagher), as well as more recent works depicting significant figures in politics, art and fashion. Live Forever: Elizabeth Petyon will be at the New Museum in New York City through Jan. 11, 2009. Afterward, the exhibit will travel to Minneapolis, London and Maastrict, the Netherlands. 235 Bowery...