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...until it went upmarket some years ago, and six new, mostly duplex suites have been added. These showcase work by the Netherlands' hottest artists and designers, including Piet Hein Eek and Marcel Wanders, and the overall look is conspicuously contemporary. Arena also houses Tonight, the city's nightclub du jour, in an old chapel. tel: (31?20) 850 2420; www.hotelarena.nl A little more self-consciously arty is the Winston Hotel. Housed in converted terraces in the middle of Amsterdam's gritty red-light district, the Winston boasts an art academy, as well as several twin-bed "art rooms" designed...
...Algerian roots but without being accepted by French society either. In 1980, after a series of drudge jobs, including a stint in a heater factory, Taha hooked up with a quartet - three of whom were fellow ethnic Arabs - in a Lyons suburb and formed Carte de Séjour (Green Card). Though the band's gritty garage sound and defiant Arabic lyrics about racism, immigration and social injustice won it a healthy club following, French radio stations shunned the group. "I knew DJs who were told by bosses to 'Lose the Arab records - now,'" Taha recalls...
...must-have accessory du jour for business travelers is not a lighter laptop, a smaller carry-on or even a pair of drown-out-your-seatmate headphones. It's a crayon-length object called a jump drive, a portable hard drive that can be plugged into any computer's usb port, making it easier for workers to transport large files normally carried by laptop. Although the gadgets aren't new, they have gained a following among business travelers, who sometimes wear them around their neck on a chain or string...
Sometimes the story behind the hue du jour is about technology. In the 1970s, innovations in polyesters brought dullish tones like avocado and puce into fashion. Other times colors catch on by dint of one person's affection. Nancy Reagan almost single-handedly made red the new black. And any forecaster will tell you that one of the boldest moves in color trending came from the 1998 introduction of the Apple iMac, which brought juicy hues like grape and lime into the mainstream. That may also have been the first recent appearance of aqua...
...until it went upmarket some years ago, and six new, mostly duplex suites have been added. These showcase work by the Netherlands' hottest artists and designers, including Piet Hein Eek and Marcel Wanders, and the overall look is conspicuously contemporary. Arena also houses Tonight, the city's nightclub du jour, built in an old chapel...