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...Became the first woman to win the Profiles in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Solis donated the $25,000 award to local environmental groups and, after some debate, decided to keep the second part of the prize, a silver lantern worth $10,000, as the California Fair Political Practices Commission ruled that accepting it would not violate the state's conflict-of-interest laws...
...have access to a larger play area. There is no shortage of toys for the dogs, who presently have what appears to be a stuffed striped bass or rainbow trout - it's hard to say from the pixelated live feed - among other playthings. (Around Halloween, a stuffed Jack-o-lantern made a brief cameo...
...These festivals both occur in the twelfth month of the lunar year, but at the Banyan Tree Phuket they are celebrated every night - by making wishes and floating candles down the lagoon (a practice during Loy Krathong), or by writing a wish on paper, tying it to a giant lantern and watching it go up into the starlit sky (as the Thais do during Comb Loy). You'll head back to your villa afterward to find that the staff haven't left chocolates on the bed - which would be rather infra dig, one suspects, for a place like the Banyan...
...fashioned from recycled materials and handmade British crafts. Over at Georgian Antiques, www.georgianantiques.net, visitors can browse a 50,000-sq.-ft. (460 sq m) space - one of the largest antiques stores in Scotland - and pick up everything from a 19th century mahogany chiffonier to an early 20th century hall lantern with beveled glass. More modern but equally pricey artifacts are on display at Leith Gallery, www.the-leith-gallery.co.uk, where director Jan Morrison showcases the work of both young and established Scottish contemporary artists...
...asked if I would take care of his hip. He was still in the ICU. But instead of the shriveled, unresponsive mess I expected, there was this big smile and huge handshake from an unshaven but definitely handsome seventysomething guy. Sandy was a big man, broad-shouldered and lantern-jawed - and as pleasant and clubby as could be. He didn't remember anything about lying on the floor for three days; he barely complained about his shortened, twisted left leg. But he did show the usual, appropriate, queasiness when I dropped the "O" word on him (as in, "Your...