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...this, folks,” Brown explains, “is a corked glass of wine.”Wine number five, a 2003 red from Sicily, smells “like Christmas,” says Brown. An enticing mixture of “cloves, ginger, cakes, and cookies,” the wine has “more oomph in the nose than there is in the palate,” Brown elaborates. The informal atmosphere of the gathering became more pronounced as the evening wore on. “I know when I’m boozed...
...plants and Aboriginal remedies are featured throughout the treatments, which are based on the Australian-made Li'Tya product line. Ocher, highly valued by indigenous tribes in ceremony and art, is plentiful on the property and is used to detoxify and soothe, while such plants as wild lime and ginger are ingredients in other preparations. The Maloneys' daughter Kelda, the resort's spa manager, says the emphasis is on a holistic experience. "It's not so much how the buildings look. It's the experience that makes it five star," she says...
...timeless story of a boardinghouse full of young actresses trying to make it on Broadway. If modern heroines were witty enough, it’s easy to imagine the story transplanted to modern L.A. But no one could replace the whip-smart original cast, which features Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rodgers and a young Lucille Ball. The wit comes fast and loaded, as do all movies based on plays by legendary Broadway writers George Kaufman and Edna Farber. It traces the influence of theatrical wannabe Terry Randall (Hepburn) on the struggling actresses. But the main fun is watching the women bicker...
...prices of whale meat down 10% to 30% over the past year alone, it remains costly, at a wholesale rate that ranges between $3.70 and $70 per lb., depending on the cut. The marbled tail meat is prized by connoisseurs, as is whale sashimi, which is eaten with grated ginger or garlic to mask the odor. "I've had the meat," says Miki Ikari, 30, an account manager in Tokyo, "and I wasn't impressed. It could disappear from the earth, and I wouldn't miss...
Dancing madestars in the '30s: Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Powell. As for the toe-tapping extras, the foot soldiers of Hollywood musicals, Busby Berkeley put them to work by the hundreds, using them to create giant geometric shapes that were both military and erotic. From a Rockettes-style line eight or 10 deep, they would evolve into the human pictograph of a piano or a woman's face. This collection assembles the works that made Berkeley famous: 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Dames and the first two Gold Diggers movies. For the pure Busby buzz, skip...