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Amidst a sea of shiny silver space blankets, runners of all ages gulped water and gnoshed on fruit and energy bars as they recuperated from their 26.2 mile trek from Hopkinton, Mass. to the heart of downtown Boston for yesterday’s 107th running of the Boston Marathon...
...straight from - and about - the heart. Timoleon Vieta is the name of a beloved, scruffy pooch who belongs to Carthusians Cockcroft, an aging, gay, composer who has retired, sad and alone, to the Umbrian countryside, where he boozes and listlessly cruises for some thrill to replace the boy in silver shorts who broke his heart. When a young, brutish (and dog-hating) man known only as the Bosnian comes to stay, Cockcroft foolishly agrees to abandon the dog in Rome. Trekking home to his master, Timoleon Vieta, "with eyes as pretty as a girl's," charms food, ear tickles...
...charming Angelika Kaufmann medallions released from decades of dust and grime; and, everywhere, sparkling chandeliers copied from the originals where necessary by the Austrian crystal specialist Swarovski. In the Gold Cabinet, the smallest of the staterooms, gilders used a special "Albertina" mix of 23-carat gold plus one-carat silver and copper to renew the extravagant wall paneling to its original sheen, while the Hall of the Muses, a former Habsburg ballroom, has breathtaking newly restored sculptures of Apollo and the Nine Muses. Some of Europe's most acclaimed architects and designers took part in the Albertina reconstruction...
...spite of his present happiness, Rodriguez has had his share of vehicular misfortune. His first set of wheels—a used, 1980 Toyota Corolla 4-door sedan—was an unfortunate brown color. And even his silver Porsche isn’t exactly what he had hoped for. “I wanted the white one with red leather interior,” he says. “but it was [out of stock].” For now, pure sex on wheels will have to suffice...
...only camp, it’s really camp times five because the possibilities for free T-shirts are endless, whereas in regular summer camp you only get one T-shirt.” This summer, Cohen will be working at the camp she founded, Stages, in her hometown of Silver Spring, Md. “My highest aspiration for the camp is that one day, we will give out T-shirts,” she quips. “Maybe I can ask Larry Summers to help...