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...setting expectations is historically dependent. Is Gore sitting out 2004 so he can be like Nixon in 1968? Is Dean another McGovern in waiting? Just how much of a Bill Clinton can John Edwards be? Could Bush go the way of his father? My personal favorite is an emerging parlor game about whether this year could have a perfect storm of primaries that would return us to the days of Adlai Stevenson, when the party’s nominee was not determined until the convention itself...
...will treat man's best friend as a Very Important Pooch: VERSAILLES (NEAR PARIS): Trianon Palace Hotel Samples of "Oh My Dog!" perfume and other toiletries are part of the gift basket that greets dogs on their arrival. There's a canine room-service menu and a pet beauty parlor. Professional trainers provide sitting, walking and discipline services; a pet psychologist is also on hand. tel: (33-1) 30 84 38 00. But the price could make you growl: the Heavenly Pets package costs $490 a night. BERLIN: Hotel Adlon kempinski Amenities for pets include a comfy sleeping basket...
...sporting a tribal tattoo beneath his Paul Smith shirt. Tattoos have gone mainstream-and responding to the trend, tattoo artists are forsaking dingy backstreet premises for upscale studios. Setting the pace is famed British body-art company Metal Morphosis, tel: (44-20) 7318 3801, which has opened a parlor inside the swanky Selfridges department store on London's Oxford Street. Ladies Who Lunch can now pop in for a quick butterfly or dolphin in between looking for a new handbag or pair of shoes. But if you can't make it to the U.K., check out these other slick studios...
...TORONTO: "Please don't call us a tattoo parlor," says manager Raven Rowanchilde of Urban Primitive Body Design, tel: (1-416) 966 9155. "We're an arts studio." Expect ethnic furnishings, incense and New Age music here...
...PARIS: With its fish tanks and trendy décor, Abraxas, tel: (33-1) 4804 3355, exemplifies the new style of tattoo parlor in the French capital...