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...housed the noble families of what was once one of Europe's richest cities, has undergone a multi-million-euro face-lift that would make Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi proud. Façades have been scrubbed and frescoes restored to their original splendor, quaint courtyards and sweeping staircases now shine anew and streetlights have been added to enhance the architectural features, busts and statues tucked into the palaces' endless niches. Get lost here and feel yourself spinning back to an age of true opulence. And when hunger interrupts your fantasia, go to Le Cantine Squarciafico and eat pasta with pesto...
...Equal parts lilting lullaby and drunken caterwaul, Bows and Arrows sounds like the demented brainchild of a beer-spattered New York hustler with only his inflated sense of self-importance for company. But through each bout of sonic schizophrenia, the Walkmen’s intent and delivery shine clear: each arrow reaches its target with the precision of a Tolkien elf to create gorgeously ethereal, emotionally wringing music...
...cape, silky white beard, fuzzy hair and black eyebrows complete with stray white feelers. In The Crucifixion With Two Donors (ca. 1580) you can almost feel the left-hand donor's crumpled surplice. The other's ruff is scribbled in white paint, and his eye is made to shine with a pure black highlight. This picture rested on an altar, and when the priest said mass, he would be on the same level - and almost in the same space - as the waist-length donor figures at the foot of the cross. El Greco's portraits are simply presented: a pale...
...tips on everything from the coolest new cars to how to bed a woman in no time flat. Dating tips from the site's Doc Love range from "Remember guys: players aren't all bad" to "Beauty fades, but attitude lasts forever." There are pieces on how to shine your shoes and how to pick the best Scotch whiskey. Each week the site spotlights a model, an actress and a female singer. AskMen is aimed at men, but any woman who wants insight into the male psyche (and refuses to be seen in public with a copy of Maxim...
Embarrassment needled me in the head like a virtual noogie. Wireless computing, it dawned on me, was no longer emerging. It's here. The gap between what I cover as a journalist and how I live widens daily. Despite a long-held fascination with the shine and beep of all things high tech, I'm becoming more of a fumbling Luddite. And that's a bummer, because any digiratus will tell you that not only does technology change quickly but the pace at which it changes is accelerating. According to this logic, in 10 years we'll be buying newer...