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Levenson was born in Moscow but currently makes her home in Oak Park, Ill., where she attended Oak Park and River Forest High School...
Dollars aren't the only obstacle. The state of Illinois last spring tried to crack down on schools in Oak Park that order in lunch from McDonald's, Domino's, Subway, KFC or Tasty Dog once or twice a week as part of a lucrative fund raiser sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). But parents fought the state for a special waiver; in exchange, they made some minimal concessions, such as serving pretzels instead of chips alongside the hot dogs. "You could make it a little more health conscious if you skipped the fries and put an apple [with...
...room also has 15-foot ceilings and an oak fireplace with Doric columns...
...hits all the biggies here, and nearly every major character has a theory about at least one of them. Alex, for instance, is compiling a book that divides the world into people and things with "Jewish" traits (including poplar trees, Jimmy Stewart and John Lennon) and "goyish" traits (including oak trees, Elvis fans and the Jewish troubadour Leonard Cohen). It's inspired by a Lenny Bruce riff, the novel's epigraph, but it becomes a predictable dog-people-vs.-cat-people dichotomy. In her narrative Smith acknowledges and dismisses the pop-psychological interpretations that Alex's book invites--"The Mixed...
Across the road from the castle is the championship-caliber Powerscourt Golf Club, where you can play for $90 to $100 (reservations required; e-mail golfclub@powerscourt.ie). With its vales of 200-year-old oak trees and views of Great Sugar Loaf Mountain and Dublin Bay, the course fits nicely with its stately clubhouse and the neighboring castle. For longer stays, the golf club rents apartments, and it can accommodate business groups. Both castle and club have restaurants, but it's worth the short walk to the winsome village of Enniskerry for sandwiches and a pint at the Glenwood...