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...vultures or scavengers most of the time, but sometimes they are meaner, saying we are thieves, criminals. It has never been easy work," he says. Gonzalez is one of an estimated 100,000 people in Peru who make a living diving through garbage to collect refuse - paper, metal, glass - that can be resold for a profit. It is a hardscrabble life, but one thing positive may now be handed to him and his fellow trash sifters: a new name for their profession...
Early each morning, he mounts his modified tricycle cart, pedaling through the streets of the seaside district of Barranco in search of treasures. He forgoes a shrill horn for his booming voice, shouting for glass, paper or used items that he can resell. "You have to be considerate and not make a mess. If you cause trouble, the police will take your cart, and then you're stuck," he says. On a typical day, which usually includes six hours' collecting goods and two hours' sorting and selling items to middlemen at a municipal lot, he clears around $3.50. A good...
...Ladies Who Lunch - and Travel. The Plaza hotel has paired up with high-end cobbler Jimmy Choo, offering transportation from the hotel to the Madison Avenue shoe store in a Rolls Royce, a glass of champagne to loosen your wallet and $200 off purchases of $1,000 or more. Show off your new goods at the hotel's Rose Club, where you'll get complimentary cocktails. Rates for the "Be My Valentine" package start at $645 per night. Feb. 13 and 14 only. Fifth Avenue at Central Park South...
...with the Inn's chef, who teaches them how to cook their own mac and cheese and sugar cookies. At dinnertime kids get served, you guessed it, mac and cheese on their custom-made plates, and at night, their sugar cookies will be waiting by their bed with a glass of milk. Rates begin at $329 for two nights. Through Sept. 1. 113 Washington Avenue...
...four resembling a Chanel purse, a mousse made to look like a Michael Kors dress and other treats inspired by Christian Louboutin, Oscar de la Renta and Thakoon - are served daily with tea from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The cost is $45 per person, $60 with a glass of champagne. 754 Fifth Avenue, at 57th Street...