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...Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of dawn, a frisky immortal who liked to shack up with hunky gods and, on occasion, kidnap men for pleasure. Nowhere in Homer does it say anything about Eos and transportation. Yet in Volkswagen's retelling, Eos has morphed into an elegant two-door convertible. The new VW Eos features a retractable hard top that's a marvel of engineering, stowing in the rear at the flip of a switch and transforming a buttoned-up coupe into a sun-loving hellion. A car with features like that used to set you back at least...
...Venezuela, a home can be hard to come by. Some of the poor in Caracas, the capital, have to make do with a poorly constructed shack on a muddy hillside overlooking the city. For others, not even that much is guaranteed. In the dense slums that blanket many hills surrounding Caracas, ramshackle homes are crammed on top of one another, and crime is rampant on the narrow, garbage-strewn streets and stairways. In many places they are vulnerable to collapse in the mudslides often triggered by frequent downpours. Some lack sufficient electricity supply and telephone access, and their water...
...learned a thing or two about business since he opened the Union Square Cafe in New York City in 1985. The downtown eatery has become the cornerstone of one of America's most successful restaurant organizations, a culinary empire that runs the gamut from white tablecloth to outdoor hamburger shack. The common theme, as he explains in his new memoir-cum-business manual, Setting the Table (HarperCollins), is something he calls "enlightened hospitality," an idea he will happily apply to any business endeavor. He serves up quite a bit of advice in his book. A sampling...
...this than to any of our other reforms." Is the resistance just misguided nostalgia? Properties the size of the Hôtel Kinsky in central Paris are rare, "but its interior is neither historic nor stately," sniffs Thierry Cardot, whose Luxury Observatory researches upmarket markets. He reckons the shack may go for under half its valuation of €57 million, but notes "better opportunities will come as these sales progress." Apartment hunters, take note...
...vehicle churned along a muddy track that ran through sugarcane fields and dead-ended on a beach. It was pouring, and lightning stabbed out of thunderclouds. The silent woman, the bodyguard, the photographer and I took shelter in an empty beach shack. I tried to figure out who the woman was. Casta?o's mistress? The girlfriend of a jailed drug lord who needed Casta?o's help? I never found out. Just then, a procession of musicians and dancers appeared out of the rain, as if from the pages of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. On closer examination the women dancers...