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...billion specialty-coffee market, the federation is opening a chain of posh Juan Valdez cafes, complete with porcelain cups, comfy chairs and knock-off Frappuccinos. Two weeks after the Washington cafe opens, the President of Colombia will preside over a similar gala at Juan's flagship store in Manhattan. And this fall Target will start stocking single-serve Juan Valdez coffee machines to help consumers replicate cafe quality at home. "Even the average consumer is requesting much better coffee quality and in plain-vanilla places like a burger joint or a doughnut shop," says federation CEO Gabriel Silva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoot Over, Starbucks | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...contestants stay in a spacious Manhattan suite of rooms during the shooting, which Litinsky compared favorably to his former set-up at Harvard...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Science of Trumpology | 9/15/2004 | See Source »

...more professionals try to maximize their leisure time, many are searching for communities of like-minded people. It's the velvet-rope phenomenon stretched to encompass an entire lifestyle. In the past year, exclusive clubs and gyms have been cropping up from Manhattan to Tokyo, offering state-of-the-art design, personal service and a multitude of social-networking opportunities to a handpicked number of members--all for a price (and the right connections), of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Status Clubs: The New Velvet Rope | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

Holly Dunlap, founder of Hollywould shoes, has just joined Frederick's, another new club in Manhattan, where the members-only lounge is accessible by fingerprint scanning. "I think this is going to be the new cool place," says Dunlap, who, according to the club, will be joined by Harvey Weinstein and Dylan Lauren. "It's also good for my business that I can bring people to a place that isn't going to be a mob scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Status Clubs: The New Velvet Rope | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

Even if you didn't know how often high-end restaurant design is all about the search for glamorous novelties, you would figure it out as soon as you set foot in Megu, a new Japanese place in lower Manhattan where the "edomae nigiri sushi" goes for as much as $90 a person and where, in the center of the main dining room, you will find a 5-ft.-high ice sculpture of the Buddha that, no surprise, is replaced every day. Ice? Well, if you forget every banquet-hall buffet centerpiece you've ever seen, it's possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feast Your Eyes | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

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