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This funky boutique based in San Francisco has urban-hipster appeal. The clothes and accessories come from independent designers; find this Starlet Top under New at Finery. Another kicky site: karmaloop.com
...Colonel Sanders, the goateed (and quite dead) Southern gentleman who is KFC's founder and marketing icon, rules the country's fast-food roost. Since opening its first mainland outlet in Beijing in 1987, the fried-chicken chain has gone on to become the most recognized global brand among urban consumers in China, according to an ACNielsen survey in 1999. KFC says more than 2 million Chinese eat at its stores every day, and KFC's parent, Yum! Brands, which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food restaurants, isn't stopping there. After flooding the country's largest...
...Across the Pacific in San Francisco, Urban Diversions, tel: (1-415) 776 7455, arranges events such as a games night, river rafting and skydiving. According to spokeswoman Kumiko Yoshida, people sign up because "they're busy, active professionals who don't have time to plan social events." To participate, they pay a nominal membership...
Lorenzaccio’s expansive set design, courtesy of Andrew D. Boch ’03, is fantastic. His set is concretely evocative of real-world urban decay (the party cups littering the chunks of prefab house that dominate the stage give the setting a sort of frat-house feel) and yet still very surreal; the building crew have put considerable effort into this set, and it shows. It also combines with high-end costuming by Gisli Palsson ’04 to create an ambience that is all the more plausible for its anachronism...
...A.R.T. Exhibition Space, tel: (81-3) 3460 0680, hosts a hopping monthly soirée that attracts an international crowd of creative types such as dancers, architects and writers. Dates vary - to find out when the next gathering takes place, e-mail jw@arttokyo.org. Across the Pacific in San Francisco, Urban Diversions, tel: (1-415) 776 7455, arranges events such as a games night, river rafting and skydiving. According to spokeswoman Kumiko Yoshida, people sign up because "they're busy, active professionals who don't have time to plan social events." To participate, they pay a nominal membership...