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...Garrulous owner Michael Ward welcomes visitors like an old friend and explains the distillery's traditional methods (first developed by Benedictine monks). Despite the arrival of truckloads of appreciative tourists who can't seem to get enough of Ward's liqueurs, schnapps and eaux de vies, the family-run business has resisted modernization. "We can't be too busy," Ward says. "We like to take the time to have a shot of schnapps or liqueur with our guests." Orders can be placed online at tamborinemountaindistillery.com...
...topic. "Honestly, I have never heard of it happening," says Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Lisa Wong. At KLM, flag carrier for the Netherlands, spokesman Youssef Eddini was taken aback that we even popped the question. "It is simply not allowed," he ruled. Even the spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic?whose owner, Richard Branson, once intimated that he would like to introduce double beds on his planes?said, "It's illegal and violators could be handed over to the proper authorities...
...manual-typewriter keys are now being used to fashion all sorts of kitschy accessories, ranging from cuff links to watches. During the past few months, bracelets, earrings and other typewriter trinkets geared toward women have become hot sellers. "They blew out of our store over Christmas," says Carol Tantau, owner of the Just Tantau boutique in Venice, Calif. Online, these unusual pieces can be found at UncommonGoods.com or StrokeOfArt.com Or you can root around in your parents' garage and try tapping them out yourself. --By Jeffrey Ressner
...tribute to Louis (who died in 1991) and his siblings. Planned by five of the cousins, the event spanned a three-day weekend in October 2003. The group retraced the lives of their pioneering ancestors by visiting their synagogue, businesses and even Louis' home, where the current owner, seeing a busload of people in front of his house, invited them all in for coffee. (They politely declined...
...finest distiller. The Tamborine Mountain Distillery, tel: (61-7) 5545 3452, uses organically grown fruits and botanicals - such as raspberry, pink grapefruit, wild peppermint, melon, jaboticaba and lemon myrtle - to make an award-winning range of liqueurs, schnapps and eaux de vies sold in hand-painted bottles. Garrulous owner Michael Ward welcomes visitors like an old friend and explains the distillery's traditional methods (first developed by Benedictine monks). Despite the arrival of truckloads of appreciative tourists who can't seem to get enough of Ward's spirits, the family-run business has resisted modernization...