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...Chinese, particularly in the south, do have a taste for fresh dog meat. But in recent years, urban pet ownership has skyrocketed, as yuppies (or Chuppies, as they're locally dubbed) find a poodle or a schnauzer or a schnoodle (a cross between the two breeds) the perfect accompaniment to their modern lives. Just a couple years ago, my own miniature schnauzer, Cassius, used to be mistaken on the streets of Shanghai for a rabbit because of her extravagant ears and gray coat. No longer. Everyone in Shanghai, it seems, now knows someone who owns...
...Bubble Club sofa by Philippe Starck for Kartell The exuberant Starck made a splash with his polypropylene parody of the archetypal sofa in 2000, and it's now a chic poolside classic. Inset grooves for water drainage mean it's perfect for the life aquatic. The range is augmented by an armchair and occasional table, so you could set up your family room outdoors. www.kartell.it...
...West can play The Son of the Sheik's score-which he arranged himself-in perfect sync with the action with hardly a glance at the screen. "It's like a comfortable old sweater," he says. "You just slip into it and drift off." He doesn't mind if his audience (which on this rainy night numbers 10) does the same. If he thinks anyone's getting too dozy, he says, "I'll embellish the score, put in some funny improvised bits...
...sell stuff. For a while she worked in the surf shop, which seems like a good fit for a surfie chick. But Biles, 27, couldn't bear having to push people toward clothing that they didn't come to buy. She's happier now next door serving in the Perfect Break vegetarian caf?, where people ask her for a coffee and that's what she gives them...
Yiyili is not perfect. Alcohol abuse, considered to be a manageable evil here, rears its head whenever someone carts in several cases of beer. Young males are turning to marijuana, says Boyle. Life can be grueling for kids on the surrounding outstations; parents often take them for extended visits to relatives or for ceremonies and they miss large chunks of learning. Few students achieve anything beyond the most basic education standards. Although, spurred by teachers, some at Yiyili are about to aim higher. One of Boyle's scourges is passive welfare, in particular the indigenous work-for-the-dole known...