Word: grayness
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...signboard in a cheerful boast. The brainchild of Frank Steffen, who also owns Shanghai's trendy Arch bar, a FuturePerfect is located down an alley off Huashan Road, where old men in pajamas squat against shikumen walls. The restaurant comprises a tastefully understated dining room-staffed by servers in gray bloomers-or courtyard seating. Choose the latter and you'll be dining beneath centuries-old camphor trees while gazing at the stars (smog permitting). The menu is European, seasonal and surprisingly affordable (the much touted Mary's Lamb, served with creamy mashed potatoes, sells for a little over $10). Open...
...This is the British library," says Fanah, indicating a shot-up shell of gray rubble splashed with RPG marks and heavy-caliber bullet holes. "I had a library card and I used to come here and read my novels. Roots - that really affected me. And James Hadley Chase. He writes about violence. With romance in between. I used to read him all book in seven or eight hours...
...restaurant comprises a tastefully understated dining room - staffed by servers in gray bloomers - or courtyard seating. Choose the latter and you'll be dining beneath centuries-old camphor trees while gazing at the stars (smog permitting). The menu is European, seasonal and surprisingly affordable (the much touted Mary's Lamb, served with creamy mashed potatoes, sells for a little over $10). Open from 7 a.m., a FuturePerfect is also locally famous for the opulence of its breakfasts - just the thing to set you up for a day's business or (as is just as likely, given the current vibrancy...
...biggest difference among the frames I tested was in picture quality. Better LCD screens have vibrant colors and deep black levels; poorer ones display washed-out colors, and charcoal gray instead of black. In this regard, the Philips 9-in. 9FF2M4 frame ($250) stood...
...Staff writer Katherine M. Gray can be reached at kmgray@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Brittney L. Moraski can be reached at bmoraski@fas.harvard.edu...