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...France, and now Florent Dargnies, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, has started a touring company that ferries passengers in and around Paris in vintage 2CVs. Dargnies got the idea for his outfit, 4roues-sous-1parapluie (four wheels under one umbrella, an allusion to the car's simple canvas roof), last spring when he was stopped by throngs of tourists while driving his own gray 2CV in Paris. "It just clicked," he remembers. He experienced his car's pulling power again in the fall while driving from Paris to Berlin. "It's a French icon like the beret or the baguette...
...much review the Dirty Dozen’s music as cry its wares. The venerable New Orleans band (not Eminem’s) has been making rootsy brass music for over 25 years now, guesting as the brass section for just about anyone in need one to tear the roof off, most recently on Dave Matthews solo effort Some Devil. On their latest release, Funeral For A Friend, the eight members have compiled as juicy a set of songs as one could hope...
...understand that right away at his new student center at the Illinois Institute, a campus designed and once headed by none other than Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Thanks to the sleeve for the railway that sits atop the center's V-shaped roof, it has an aggressively awkward exterior, like a shed being crushed by a giant auto muffler. Inside it's a kind of bright angular cyclotron designed for the purpose of accelerating human fusion. By encouraging students to literally cross paths at every turn, it offers itself as a substitute for the city that once bordered closely...
Sketchiest moment at Harvard: Wrestling on the roof of Weld Hall...
...former film actress, likes designer clothes and jogs every morning, his chauffeur driving slowly behind. Mukesh is sedate and prefers spending time with his children or catching up on technical journals. For now, at least, there is no sign of friction. Mukesh and Anil live under one roof with their families and their mother Kokilaben, called Mummy by Reliance employees...