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...like those in Zemeckis’ 2007 adaptation of “Beowulf”—will surely be disappointed. Nevertheless, for all those whose memories of “A Christmas Carol” center on the original classic rather than the Kermit the Frog or Mickey Mouse versions, Zemeckis’ film is a delightful and nostalgic experience...
From the ubiquitous T-shirts sporting a red-eyed tree frog clinging to an Imperial beer bottle, to the best-selling postcards featuring the flamboyant poison-dart frog holding court in the rainforest, Costa Ricans today identify with frogs the way Russians relate to bears. That's because Costa Rica over the past generation has built a reputation as one of the world's greenest countries. It so jealously guards its environment that 26% of its territory is under national park protection, its eco-tourism sector is a $2 billion-a-year cash cow and its forest cover has actually...
...nature," like making peace between ideological enemies a generation ago, is a "a logical sequence to Arias' career." But with little more than a year to go in his second, environmental presidency, a growing number of Ticos feel Arias still needs to get more in touch with his inner frog...
Hornby's name appears on the front cover of the British edition of Moore's novel A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf; 336 pages), her first since Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? in 1994. It's rare that a blurb escapes from its usual station on the back cover of a book, but if Hornby ever called me the best American writer of my generation, I'd tattoo it on my forehead...
...around the Jehangir Art Gallery just next door. Artists show their new work all the time, and it's also home to Café Samovar, tel: (91-22) 2204 7276. Try the parathas. Around 9, a very good place to go to in Lower Parel is called the Blue Frog, tel: (91-22) 4033 2300. It's the ultimate in the contemporary-music scene in Mumbai right now. They have live music most nights, and you'll discover completely unknown but very good bands. They also serve very good continental food. (See 10 things to do in Beijing...