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Then there are the perks that simply aren't disclosed. Jack Welch's retirement package from General Electric included such booty as a Manhattan apartment and use of the corporate jet, worth some $2.5 million; it was discovered by investors only after the perks were disclosed during his divorce proceedings. "Essentially, CEOs talk to their compensation consultants and say, 'What is it that would get me in the cross hairs of my shareholders?' They then avoid that and come up with another way to get a big raise," says Sarah Teslik, executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors...
...Essex House in New York City and the French Laundry in Yountville, Calif. "In addition to being small and pretty, microgreens also have an intensity to them that mature herbs don't have," says chef Craig Koketsu, who recently invigorated the staid menu at New York City's venerable Manhattan Ocean Club with South American and Asian accents and lots of microgreens. He tops shrimp a la plancha, below, with micro chives, micro cilantro and micro mint, and accents a vibrant orecchiette in green garlic curry with micro Thai basil. "Microgreens are a visual representation of spring, and I want...
...sore from their Manolos are hobbling to doctors to get the balls of their feet injected with collagen, Restylane and Botox. The extra cushioning allows for hours of pain-free high-heel wearing. Salons too are stepping up to the plate, with fake nails for tootsies. Dashing Diva, a Manhattan-based nail boutique and spa, offers Tip-Toes, ready-to-wear nail falsies (kits are $10). You can order Levine's foot-facial kit ($50) at www.footfacial.com or, for less cash, try Burt's Bees ($10), a foot-care kit that contains Coconut Foot Creme, a pumice stone and yellow...
Vera abruptly sweeps Jack off to the drunken vortex of the Manhattan art world. Jack in turn persuades her to follow him south, first to Havana, then to squalid Port Mungo, on the coast of Honduras. Shabby sex and heavy drinking become the leitmotivs of their lives. Their elder daughter Peg grows up wild and uncombed...
Trump Tower is now a stop on the Manhattan TV and movie tour. Fans can't get into the firing room but can gaze at the fountain and you're fired sign outside. Cost: $30 for the city tour