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...session Bombay: Gems are more than accessories, says aura reader Ashok Sachdev. They help balance the planetary influences of your life. For $11 per half an hour, he can tell you what gems will aid your journey Tokyo: At Tarim: House of fortune telling, you'll find a spiritual supermarket of 100 soothsayers offering various services, from tarot to physiognomy, for $30 for 20 minutes. Buy your ticket at reception and take your pick. - By Chaim Estulin, with bureau reports
...exact same spot where, four decades earlier, Czechoslovakia's communists confiscated his grandfather's meat shop. His headcheese became a sought-after delicacy, praised for being uniquely ungreasy and lean (one secret: he uses pork knees). Then about six years ago, business started to flag. Supermarket chains, able to command lower purchasing prices from suppliers, squeezed Hlavácek's profits by selling at big discounts. So Hlavácek, now 51 and employing 10, tried to counter the only way he could: better customer service. He converted part of his shop to a stand-up diner, and broadened...
...People want the small things that you can get in a supermarket,” he says. “College students have different eating habits and different buying habits and we try to cater to that...
...Paris, the capital of art and love, offers a gallery gathering of a different kind. Galeries Lafayette might not be an art exhibitor, but its supermarket turns into a meat (or meet) market every Thursday night, when singles advertise their availability by swinging a purple shopping basket...
...says the museum's spokeswoman Cara Egan. "It's known as a good place to meet people outside of a bar." Paris, the capital of art and love, offers a gallery gathering of a different kind. Galeries Lafayette might not be an art exhibitor, but its supermarket turns into a singles market every Thursday night, when men and women advertise their availability by swinging a purple shopping basket...