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...first stop for many visitors to Edinburgh is a Scotch whisky tasting, the better to immerse oneself in the Scottish spirit. But for a wee dram of something equally warming, stroll down to PLAISIR DU CHOCOLAT, about a 15-minute walk from Edinburgh Castle. The opulent Art Nouveau café at 251 Canongate offers up chocolate as it was meant to be: rich, flavorful and complex. Founder and master chocolatier Bertrand Espouy treats chocolate as sommeliers would wine, with an emphasis on origin, terroir and manufacture. The café window features a mouthwatering display of exquisite house-made pastries...
Still missing that Scotch? The café offers pairings of local whiskies with specially selected chocolate truffles. Now that's getting into the Scottish spirit. www.plaisirduchocolat.com
...bare-chested men throwing each other off cliffs, the movie, a reimagination of the fifth-century B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, also attempts to address issues of duty, reason, and human freedom.ROCKY BEGINNINGSIn the process, it brings together filmmakers and actors with vastly different backgrounds, most notably Gerard Butler, a Scottish actor with a history of playing Gothic villains (“Dracula,” “Phantom in the Opera”); Brazilian indie film veteran Rodrigo Santoro, who also played Laura Linney’s love interest in “Love Actually”; and young...
DIED. Ian Richardson, 72, veteran Scottish actor whose rich portrayals of Shakespearean schemers set the tone for his most famous role, the immoral British Parliament member Francis Urquhart on British TV's satirical cult hit House of Cards; of unknown causes; in London. As an oily politician, he created a catchphrase used for reporters and others--and jokingly cited by real-life leaders worldwide. "You may very well say that," he would answer an inquisitor before quickly adding, "I couldn't possibly comment...
...tell people who don't know carnival that it is the same ritual every year, just two weeks of happy, drunk people cavorting around the streets half naked. And like every year, my innate Scottish reserve stops me from jumping into the fray with the same abandon as everyone else. Yet as I slip my cocktail back in my belt and watch grown adults spray each other with foam, I know that if I really want to enjoy myself, I must join the ranks of those happy drunk people cavorting around half naked. "Carnival is interaction," agrees my friend Tatiana...