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POUR IT ON Look for the "craft cocktail" at a bar near you as mixologists incorporate fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and spice infusions into their creations. Basil martini, anyone? HAMMING IT UP Until recently, developing a taste for jamón ibérico, made from acorn-fed black-footed pigs, wasn't easy. The USDA's ban on the Spanish delicacy was lifted only last year. And even though the first shipments of whole hams aren't due to arrive until 2008, importer La Tienda already has a list of 200 customers who have placed $199 deposits for hams that will...
Paintings can go hang. Handmade tiles from the London studio of ceramic artists Nita Rege and Bessie Turner bridge the gap between fine art and function. Imprinted with images of everyday objects - knives and forks, faucets, martini glasses - and rendered in one of six pale glazes, the tiles can be applied in volume or in smaller numbers to add a decorative flourish. "I'm fascinated by functionalism, but we approach each piece as an artwork," says Rege. "Some people even frame and hang them." Rege's life on the tiles began after Turner, a fellow graduate in ceramics from Edinburgh...
...pushing the boundaries, he wants to go further," says farm manager Wilson. "And he takes a very long view." His communications director, Paddy Harverson, says Charles "works ferociously hard." Last year he had 501 public engagements and wrote 2,300 letters. He never eats lunch (but likes an evening martini, straight up). The directors of his charities receive regular calls (no e-mails, he doesn't use a computer) and notes they call "black spiders" because of his handwriting. "The interest he takes in whether these charities make a difference is intense," says Polly Courtice, co-director of his Business...
...shopper, Ben D. Wei ’08, Halloween is merely a means to an end. Wei says he wants to look “classy†in his James Bond costume, complete with a tuxedo, a red bow tie, a silver gun and a full martini glass. “I will be drinking all night,†he says...
...temptations of designer jeans at Jasmine Sola, an apple martini at Noir, a full membership to Wellbridge Gym, or a weekend jaunt to the Cape may be difficult to resist, but assessing what it is you really want and coupling that with careful budgeting is key to coming to peace with your spending habits...