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...when Harrison Ford will show up BORIS BECKER Tennis maestro must pay child support after siring a child in a Japanese restaurant broom-closet with a model. What was in that sashimi? VLAD DRACUL PRINCE KRETZULESCO Transylvanian royal loses suit against firm selling Dracula wine. His case against Kretzulesco Fish Fingers was also dismissed...
...gingerly across knotholes and gaps in the boards. But the plumbing is modern: warmed and soothed by a soak in the deep, hot bath, we eat dinner wearing long, cotton yukata gowns and sitting on the floor at low, lacquered tables. The innkeeper produces a feast of baked river fish and mountain-grown vegetables, which we wash down with cold beer and warm sake...
Some people have obstinately wrong ideas about what is multiple and what is unique. A fish or a fruit by an 18th century master like Chardin is thought to be distinct, its presence in the still life making it the only one of its kind. But Nature is a greater mass producer than Culture. The sea is full of sea robins and whiting, all looking the same. The peach tree is laden with identical peaches. So it is with Thiebaud's cakes and pies. He is fascinated by variation within repetition, but he never thinks of repetition as being antipoetic...
...outfit "Disaster International" and the "calamity channel," and he does a lively riff on the marathon coverage that followed John F. Kennedy Jr.'s fatal plane crash in the summer of 1999. After a while, though, all this mockery of the excesses of TV news begins to seem a fish-in-the-barrel (or a carp-in-the-teacup) sort of enterprise...
...your return to town, relax with a fine lunch or dinner with a view of the port. On the main square, try Puny or the Taverna del Marinaio (the Sailor's Tavern). While both offer excellent fish, Puny takes no credit cards, and the Taverna del Marinaio may close without notice if the owner is competing in a regatta. Though it has no view of the port, La Concordia on Via del Fondaco is a favorite of the locals. The restaurant at Hotel Splendido, high above the town, offers outdoor seating. Local specialties include pasta with pesto or with salsa...