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...cynical that I wouldn't recommend reminding your grandmother, the next time you talk to her, that she's always the one who remembers the grandkids' birthdays or who recalls all the measurements in the family biscuit recipe (or, if you're from New England, the family martini recipe). Maybe such a little compliment could help Grandmother find her car keys the next time she has misplaced them...
...antigovernment protests, Bangkok can be an overwhelming place. For the perfect respite, head to Agalico, tel: (66-2) 662 5857, an all-white teahouse set in a sequestered garden in the middle of Thailand's capital. It's the period fantasy of a Thai aristocrat who was educated in England and lives in a traditional Thai house next door. Homemade scones, quiches and cakes are served in the main teahouse, which, with its wicker furniture and fanciful birdcages, could serve as the location for a Jane Austen courtship scene. You can also dine in the walled garden, which marries English...
Find yourself wanting to just whistle some Dixie? Jonesing for some jazz? Then, get your fix during Arts First weekend at the Harvard Dixieland Ensemble’s “New Orleans to New England: Dixieland and Early Jazz” performance tomorrow in Memorial Church. The 10-member ensemble will present an array of ragtime, traditional jazz, and Dixieland favorites, including “Down By the Riverside,” “Alabama Jubilee,” “Royal Garden Blues,” and “Eyes of Blue...
...remarkably prosaic goal: to let middle-class folk feel that hard work would be rewarded in a better future for their children. Prosaic - but a profound break with what had gone before. Thatcher, the daughter of a grocer from a small town in the dullest county of England, spoke for all those with zippered cardigans and frocks from Marks & Spencer who pottered around garden centers over the weekend, dreaming that they could one day afford something more than a camping trip to France in August. Sure, like most politicians, sooner or later, she was quite at home in the glittery...
...higher. Though the recent violence in Gaza fueled a spate of anti-Jewish aggression in France during December and January, Prasquier is careful to note that "France wasn't unique in this way, because we saw the same kind of action against Jews elsewhere in Europe - notably in England and Belgium...