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...trappings--and traps--of wealth. But the book would not be making nearly the splash it is if the authors' former employers did not include about 30 actual New York City families. The verisimilitude has made for a cool reaction from some quarters and sniffs of a boycott from Park Avenue. Several publishing houses turned the book down, and the authors were told it was because senior executives felt it was "too strident...
...metal tree rises in a park and no one notices, is it art? If it's part of the 2002 Whitney Biennial, it is. Less an art show than a retinal fun fair, the Biennial's sweep is so broad that when a televangelist prays for art in one work, one is tempted to shout "Amen...
...full dim sum experience, try the Guangzhou Restaurant at the corner of Shangjiu Lu and Wenchang Lu, tel: (86-20) 8138-0388. Look for the gold-emblazoned slogan EATING IN GUANGZHOU on its fa?ade, or just follow the parade of wedding banqueters. Inside Liwan Lake Park, you'll find the Banxi Restaurant, tel: (86-20) 8181-5955. Another foliage-rich venue is the Bei Yuan at 202 Xiaobei Lu, tel: (86-20) 8356-3365. But the granddaddy of them all is the recently refurbished Taotaoju at 20 Shipu Lu, tel: (86-20) 8139-6111, which, dating back to the Qing...
...reopened and resumed religious services. Walk east along Shamian Nan Jie about 200 m, past the old Butterfield & Swire offices?the Jardine Matheson godowns were up the street to your left?and you're at the former British consulate, built in 1865. Retirees often practice Cantonese opera in the park across the street...
...Past the park and tennis courts is the French section. Turn left on Shamian Yi Jie to check out the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Or go straight until you see the Trees Caf?, built on the site of the old French Gardens, across the street from the former consulate. For diversions, souvenir shops and caf?s abound, as well as a new furniture exhibition hall. It's also worth noting that there are several decent hotels on Shamian?so unlike in bygone times, you won't have to go to war to stay there...