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...would buy Sir Liam Donaldson a pint these days? Not many Brits, I expect. The chief medical officer's proposal to tackle the great British scourge of binge drinking - a minimum price of 75 cents per unit of alcohol - was shot down by almost everyone from 10 Downing Street to the bloke propping up the bar at the Slug and Lettuce...
...fires. The chef uses ingredients from nearby purveyors, like Machin's butchers in Henley, and has even been known to barter a meal in exchange for locally grown vegetables. Conveniently, the Olde Bell is within an hour's drive of central London, making it the perfect stop for a pint of ale and some braised mutton chops (theoldebell.co.uk...
...head overseas. The Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont, run by the Von Trapp family, is offering a two-night package starting at $490, with country breakfast, a chance to see how maple sap is gathered, and a "Sugar on Snow" party (Saturday only). Plus, you get a half pint of Trapp maple syrup to take home. The offer's good through April 13. 700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe...
Shrek, to be sure, has its moments. The ragtag collection of fairy-tale characters, from Pinocchio to the Three Bears, who are evicted from the kingdom by the pint-size despot Lord Farquaad, do a bouncy lament for their sorry plight, "Story of My Life," that is a high point, even if the screechy characters wear a little thin as the evening goes on. Composer Jeanine Tesori (with lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire) has supplied a few other cute numbers, most of them straightforward Broadway pop but with an occasional blues-rock beat, as in the funny, flatulence-enlivened love duet...
...While Thai players have found it hard to adjust to England, English managers seem to fare better in Thailand. A journalist once asked Peter Withe if he missed home, and his pithy reply said more about globalization than a stack of doctoral theses: "Not really. You can get a pint of Tetley's pretty much anywhere these days." Peter Reid - older, wiser and apparently with expletives depleted - also seems comfortable in Thailand. "It's an adventure," he says. "Even though you do miss home, I can get English radio through me laptop and the Premier League and European games...