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...Cashell and his Mongolian wife, Tsendsuren, have been providing basic creature comforts for intrepid visitors to Mongolia's capital, Ulan Bator. At their guesthouse, tel: (976) 9909 1899, backpackers pay $5-$15 for one of 50 beds per night. Travelers are usually delighted to trade sleeping mats for queen-size beds and mare's milk for Cashell's signature turkey melts, which he serves up at the hostel's UB Deli. He has a library of DVDs, too, for those who eventually get bored of gazing at the forested Haert Khaan mountain range...
...very partial to the traditional Dutch raw herring." Her other great passions in life are soccer - she's an ardent fan of the Amsterdam club Ajax - and royalty. She says one of the highlights of her life came in 2001, when she was invited to tea with Queen Beatrix. "I considered it a great honor," Van Andel-Schipper told the Courant. "She was really nice. I let her ask the questions. I thought that would be best." Although her sight is failing and she's become a little wobbly on her feet, the former needlework instructor remains mentally alert...
...DIED. PRINCESS ALICE, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER, 102, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II; in London. Born Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott, daughter of the seventh Duke of Buccleuch, she married Prince Henry, brother of the Queen?s father King George VI, in 1935. Though her husband died in 1974, she kept up a busy schedule of official royal duties and charitable work into...
...consists of the most visually hectic but utterly stunning collages I have ever seen; in one of my favorites, “Home of the Nature Freak,” a giant bull’s head drives a purple convertible along the roof of Carnegie Hall while the queen of spades nurses a small child in the back seat...
...Hearts is of course the King of compassionate conservatism himself, George W. Bush. Decked out in skin tight spandex, with rippling muscles and a tight Speedo, he’s bound to find his way into any card shark’s heart. Right by his side is the queen of hearts, first lady Laura Bush, posing as a doctor. Moving down the royal hierarchy, we find the captain of the ship, Jack of Diamonds Dick Cheney—steering the ship with his characteristic smirk. Rounding out this Republican coterie are three of diamonds Ann Coulter, six of hearts...