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...Then we were just walking down the street when all of a sudden the cops picked us up,” said Pellegrini, who is five feet, eight inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. “I didn’t even commit a crime—I was charged with attempting to commit a crime—and it landed me seven days in jail...
...phrase apres-ski conjures up crowded bars, the sudden, fierce glow of a shot of schnapps, voices straining over blaring music and melting ice puddling around snow boots. But in the tiny village of St. Christoph, 1,800 m up in Austria's famed Arlberg skiing region, the family-owned five-star Hospiz Hotel and nearby Hospiz Alm ski lodge offer a more refined way to kick back after a day on the slopes. Together they boast one of the world's prime collections of Bordeaux-much of it in large-format bottles...
...phrase apres-ski conjures up crowded bars, the sudden, fierce glow of a shot of schnapps, voices straining over blaring music and melting ice puddling around snow boots. But in the tiny village of St. Christoph, 1,800 m up in Austria's famed Arlberg skiing region, the family-owned five-star Hospiz Hotel and nearby Hospiz Alm ski lodge offer a more refined way to kick back after a day on the slopes. Together they boast one of the world's prime collections of Bordeaux - much of it in large-format bottles. Some of these babies range upward...
...snapped like a board caught in the Banzai Pipeline. Reason? The closure of Gordon (Grubby) Clark's four-decade virtual monopoly on polyurethane blanks, the raw material for most surfboards. (Shapers then customize them for surfers.) Clark's Laguna Niguel, Calif., company produced 80% of blanks worldwide, and his sudden exit (encircled by rumors of pressure by environmental regulators) left surfers treading water as board prices doubled and deliveries were cut off. One man's wipeout, though, could be another's dream wave. Harold Walker, a 47-year industry veteran with 5% to 10% of the California market, and Gary...
...grassroots musical approach. The traditional career path of a concert cellist was not fulfilling—instead, he says he seeks to push the boundaries of his musical genre. He describes coming of age when the classical music industry was in crisis: “All of a sudden the record industry for classical music collapsed. The technology started changing. Some of these changes coincided with my own personal questions and my search to be a productive member of my community,” he says. The corresponding release party at a 250-seat folk musical hall, The Iron Horse...