Word: henna
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even wise Aaron clearly can't imagine any drawbacks to his future as a 40-year-old man with a Yoda tattoo.) Ron Stiehl, the proprietor of my local piercing and tattoo parlor, says that for kids who want to try out a tattoo, artists can apply henna designs, which last about three weeks...
...seats, concentrates on service and its wait staff is quick and responsive and generally helpful about explaining the food. As well as educating people about the regional foods of India, something Kapoor sees as his mission, the restaurant also offers other glimpses into its culture, from maharaja dinners where henna artists decorate the hands of guests and dinner is served from special silver platters, to dosas made in the center of the dining room on weekends...
...dough, cotton candy, barbecue, and ethnic foods. Games? More ways to act stupid than ever before, including an inflatable slide that is a replica of the sinking Titanic! Still bored? Well, take a look at all the events that we convinced student groups to do--a live chess match, henna body painting, play hockey with the national champs, or visit the booths of one of our other dozen groups that are involved...
...Eastern, particularly Indian thought in the Western world: how to resist the threat of being branded "New Age." India in particular has gone from being a societal punchline (insert Slurpee joke here) to the spiritually uplifting culture du jour: department stores are peddling the ritualistic body paint known as henna, Madonna's got everyone chanting shantih to a disco beat. In a culture based largely on rather mundane Christian morality and imagery, people made of thoughts, eagles born from copulating trees and spontaneously appearing mountains all have the opportunity to be exploited for their "exoticism" and "Orientalism." The sexually explicit...
...though it is often wry, sometimes wise and generally genial. It is, more than anything, a rather sober meditation on life's tendency to disappoint. "I had hoped to die young," says Lili (Jeanne Moreau), "but now it's too late." Scarves aflutter, jewelry ajangle, her hair aflame with henna, she has just breezed in from Egypt and a past everyone once shared along the Nile. She copes by constant movement, outrageous talk and copious quantities of alcohol and tobacco. Monica (Julie Walters), the divorced mother of the bride, is all domestic bustle, dark thoughts held...