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...Villa Maroc The fishing port of Essaouira is a perfect escape from Marrakech, a two-hour drive away and cooled by Atlantic winds on the long beaches that flank it. There are lovely sea views from the hotel, which nestles just inside the fortified town walls. But guests will also want to gaze inward at its designer interpretation of traditional decor and shady courtyard. 10 Rue Abdellah Ben Yassine, Essaouira; tel: (212) 24 47 31 47; villa-maroc.com...
...been to Bangkok, chances are you've done the Jim Thompson House - the gallery and museum set up in the late silk baron's former home, and a mainstay of the tourist trail. So, next time you're in town, head instead to its lesser-known but arguably more interesting rival: the M.R. Kukrit Pramoj Heritage Home, tel: (66-2) 286 8185. The Kukrit residence - open only on weekends and national holidays - is one of the best-preserved examples of Thai vernacular architecture in Bangkok. Set amid lush greenery on South Sathorn Road, it belonged to former Prime Minister...
...think you're right--we're looking at a postwar mentality and maybe just a different generation. It's not like High Noon, where the guy's a wonderful sheriff. Everybody loved him. He had saved the town. And the town deserts him when he needs them. I love that picture--but that hero does not exist in me. I don't see heroes that...
...fresh, sunny Saturday in Rockford, Ill., and nearly a thousand people have gathered in the gymnasium at Rock Valley College to participate in a town meeting with their Senator, Barack Obama. It is an astonishingly large crowd for a beautiful Saturday morning, but Obama--whose new book, The Audacity of Hope, is excerpted starting on page 52--has become an American political phenomenon in what seems about a nanosecond, and the folks are giddy with anticipation. "We know he's got the charisma," says Bertha McEwing, who has lived in Rockford for more than 50 years. "We want to know...
...spoke in between the eight numbers, offering occasional insight into the backgrounds of the pieces, but usually resorting to awkward jokes and forced interplay.Karen J. Adelman ’07 began with “I Can Cook Too” from “On the Town.” Adelman lost her microphone in the midst of a frenetic dance routine in the middle of the number, so the audience could hardly hear her closing vocal lines. Evan D. Siegel ’07 restored quality to the show with “A Quiet Girl?...