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...times. After she finally graduated from Columbia College in Chicago (major: undeclared) in 2001, she moved to Portland, Ore., and went to work as a nanny and as an assistant to a wedding photographer. A year later she jumped back to Chicago, where she got a job in a flower shop. It was a full-time position with real benefits, but she soon burned out and headed for the territories, a.k.a. Madison, Wis. "I was really busy but not accomplishing anything," she says. "I didn't want to stay just...
...Tyrrhenian Sea (opens in March; tel: [39-089] 818181; www.palazzosasso.com). The famously opulent Grand Wailea in Hawaii features pools and waterslides for swimmers of all ages and the world's only water elevator. But the Wailea's crown jewel is the 450-sq-m Hibiscus Pool with a flower mosaic of 630,000 Mexican glass tiles (tel: [1-800] 888-6100; www.grandwailea.com). Exotic pools are not just the domain of warmer climes: 40 minutes outside of Reykjavik, Iceland, is the year-round, 39°C heat at the Blue Lagoon. Pumped from a geothermal source, it comes complete with silica...
...official: antiaging products are now part of America's scientific heritage. This month the 153-year-old Kiehl's brand is donating three products to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History: Cryste Marine Cream, based on a flower that grows on rock formations along the Mediterranean coast; Abyssine Cream, based on a polysaccharide found near the Galapagos' hydrothermal vents; and the Original Musk Eau de Toilette, left, will all take up residence in the Division of Medicine and Science. --By Samantha Hallock
Instead, Breen is watching his work take root and flower. He has consolidated purchasing, beefed up auditing and started regular meetings on strategy, operations and training--basic discipline that the old Tyco lacked. "We're still in the early innings," Breen says. The company may yet face shareholder lawsuits, but this year Tyco has clearly come back. Its stock has risen 25% since January, and in this fiscal year Tyco has generated $4.8 billion in cash and $2.9 billion in profits while slashing its debt by $4.4 billion. Another sign of confidence: in June, Breen launched Tyco's first...
...local flower shop’s abundance of roses, lilies and orchids invites customers to linger. It also makes the Brattle Square Florist a perfect party location. Once the lush and fragrant atmosphere is supplemented with drinks, hors d’oeuvres and music, even a party of 70-plus guests can feel intimate. The only downside: the narrow storefront places the bar at the back, which hampers mingling. But, as one enthusiastic partygoer at Tali Rapaport’s ’05 recent birthday bash pointed out, with servers limited to a two-way course...