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...Tip #1: Don't try to use your white pseudo-ID card. It doesn't do anything. It only looks cool to you and your friends at home. Don't expect to stop traffic (or open a door) flashing that worthless crap...
...reads the Feb. 2, 1659, entry in the diary of Jan van Riebeeck, leader of the Dutch East India Co.'s settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. His words were written just five years after European vines were first planted at the southernmost tip of Africa. By the 18th century, South African Muscats were being served in Europe's royal houses; Napoleon drank a bottle a day during his exile on St. Helena. Jane Austen prescribed Cape Constantia wine for the brokenhearted Marianne in Sense and Sensibility. Though listed as products of the New World, Cape wines are being...
Recently, Cambridge's representative, Joseph P. Kennedy II, announced he will not run for reelection this November. By choosing to vacate a seat once held by political legends like Tip O'Neill and his uncle John, Kennedy's departure seemed to confirm a noticeable trend of congressional evacuation. So far, 32 House members have declared their intention not to run again in '98. This group includes high-profile departures like Vic Fazio (the third-ranking Democrat in the House), and the power couple of New York Republicans Bill Paxon and Susan Molinari...
...third year in a row, April is National Poetry Month. The first harbingers of this nationwide phenomeon are already manifest, namely the Magnetic Poetry boards installed at T-stops across the city. But this is only the tip of the iceberg, according to the latest press release from the Academy of American Poets. Projects include "distibut[ing] 100,000 free books of poetry in supermarkets, hotels, jury waiting rooms, schools, libraries, literacy centers, highway rest stops, on Amtrak trains and in other public place." Reacting to what appears to be the growing irrelevance of poetry in American culture...
...calling. Oy stress! While Dr. K certainly made the rounds, she skipped over the get together at Flamingo East. Good thing too because rumor has it that the Visionaire event hosted by Gucci goon Tom Ford was a total flop-o-la! All in all, Dr. Know had a tip top time in NYC and a hangover to put in the record books. It's nice to be back in sleepy Crambridge with all you kids...