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When the works of two visual artists cohabit the same wall space, the results always seem to fall on either side of a clear dichotomy. Either there is constructive interference where artistic harmony and concord make it such that the sum total is greater than the individual parts, or a spectacular train-wreck of a collapse results from divergent intentions. The work of Gerry Bergstein and Howard Johnson, featured at the Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston, mercifully stays on its tracks, as both artists explore items of personal fetish, fascination and self-reflection...
...variety of talents coming together with the whole being greater than the sum of its individual parts is, after all, what the concept of team is all about. Few teams reflect this idea better than Harvard softball...
Guangzhou is home to some of the oldest and best dim sum eateries in the world. The four most famous restaurants are sprawling multistory affairs that include arcades, ponds, lakes and full-grown trees, even parks. Before ka-raoke halls took over, they were the epicenter of local nightlife, and live Cantonese opera was performed regularly. These days, the music is piped in, but the food's as good as ever...
...paper-thin pastry-like wrappings are steamed and served in the trademark bamboo baskets, which are loaded onto carts and wheeled through the restaurant?mobile menu and tableside delivery in one. Beyond the signature dumplings, other offerings include garlic pork ribs, turnip cake and the ubiquitous chicken feet. Dim sum is usually taken with tea?jasmine, chrysanthemum and oolong are favorites?but rice wine and beer are acceptable alternatives...
...full dim sum experience, try the Guangzhou Restaurant at the corner of Shangjiu Lu and Wenchang Lu, tel: (86-20) 8138-0388. Look for the gold-emblazoned slogan EATING IN GUANGZHOU on its fa?ade, or just follow the parade of wedding banqueters. Inside Liwan Lake Park, you'll find the Banxi Restaurant, tel: (86-20) 8181-5955. Another foliage-rich venue is the Bei Yuan at 202 Xiaobei Lu, tel: (86-20) 8356-3365. But the granddaddy of them all is the recently refurbished Taotaoju at 20 Shipu Lu, tel: (86-20) 8139-6111, which, dating back to the Qing...