Word: rails
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...Bond Street, rail-thin servers dressed in black glide around the three-story space, carrying lacquered trays of fanciful sushi combinations no Japanese diner would recognize. The sushi chefs, young Japanese expats, add to the din by shouting orders in unison. A Hispanic chef creates the hot entrées - like soba risotto in smoked-trout butter under a mountain of shaved bonito flakes. "You see," says Moore proudly, "it's nothing like those places in midtown...
...March, just a few years after pledging to achieve financial independence by 2003, Amtrak asked for another $30 billion commitment for federal subsidies in order to close what they call America?s "rail investment gap." Seemingly unanswerable questions continue to plague the company: Is America just too big for a national rail system? Should Amtrak be confined to a few regional services? Will Americans miss Amtrak if the whole thing just withered up and died...
...Anyway, we had a wonderful time. And that?s precisely my point, and the point I hope everyone at Amtrak, and everyone who?s trying to help Amtrak, will latch on to. As everyone who?s ever backpacked through Europe knows, rail travel can be everything we expect: Exciting, punctual, even a little bit romantic. At the heart of Amtrak are the beginnings of a great rail system, and whether it's a matter of tough love (i.e. less federal funding) or not-so-tough love (as much money as they can spend), I hope someone will figure out exactly...
Walking tours, which snake through nearly every borough and neighborhood, have long been popular in England. But with Britain's rail system beset with problems and grueling traffic tie-ups almost the norm, their appeal has grown. More of a leisurely stroll than a hike, the walks usually run two hours, and at a price of 5[Pounds](about $7.50), and 3.5[Pounds] for seniors and students, they are a great bargain in this pricey country. And they are catching on beyond England. Similar excursions are thriving in Paris, Rome, Prague, New York City and San Francisco...
...enormous paper tubers and unlit paper lanterns excite you, head to Wellesley College to see Therese Zemlin's Visiting Faculty Exhibition. If you can imagine living a full life without ever seeing these objects spinning from the ceiling, save yourself an inconvenient ride on the commuter rail...