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...Oakland, Calif., couple, foolish Estelle (Jean Smart) and aggrieved George (Steve Buscemi), who would rather not pay child support. Nick, a self-proclaimed voracious reader of "classic prose," watches in disgust as his mother makes out with her scam-artist boyfriend Jerry (Zach Galifianakis, cinematic slob du jour). Across town, Dad is groping his young girlfriend, Lacey (Ari Graynor, Cera's hilarious co-star from Nick & Norah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth in Revolt: Michael Cera and His Evil Twin | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...protest his father's imperiousness. Democracy activists take up his cause, sending him beer and curry. The latter you'll still come across, in shops run by Indians from Chennai. As for beer, you'll have to dream, like Lydgate, of the day you find your way out of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthony Burgess's Take on Brunei | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...Swakopmund Brauhaus One of the most charismatic places in town, the Brauhaus bar-restaurant, tel: (264-64) 402 214, makes you feel as though you are in deepest Germany, but 30 years ago. Locals go there for the beer - especially the Hansa, Tafel and Windhoek lagers - and the meat, particularly wiener schnitzel and game such as oryx and kudu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Reasons to Visit Swakopmund | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...vary enormously in shape, color (anything from cream to red) and size; the largest in the country can top 100 meters in height. The most impressive - and tallest - in the coastal belt close to Swakopmund is known as Dune 7, just off the C14 highway, about six kilometers from town. This is the place to sandboard - an activity that can be organized by the Desert Explorers Adventure Center, africa-adventure.org/d/desertex, which also offers quad biking, skydiving and more. All activities are carefully controlled to make sure the impact on the desert is minimal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Reasons to Visit Swakopmund | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

...Peter's Antiques This shop on Moltke Strasse, tel: (264-64) 405 624, is wonderfully eclectic and completely different from any other in town. Tribal artifacts from across sub-Saharan Africa include masks from Kenya, spears from the Congo and many items from Namibia's ethnic population. These are mixed with relics from the earliest days of the German colonial era: old railway maps, stamps, books, glass bottles, tin boxes and more. The shop has been going more than 30 years and its dusty appearance, whiff of African leather and wood and collection of German and Africa ephemera capture Swakopmund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Reasons to Visit Swakopmund | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

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