Word: valeted
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...that may be starting to change. Long Beach has pioneered the creation of commuter-biking hubs offering valet parking, showers and repair services, and other cities in California and elsewhere in the U.S. are beginning to take note. "The concept is growing fast and helping bike commuting move from an invisible subculture to an organized pursuit that's part of the fabric of everyday urban life," says John Case, a retired real estate financier who brought the Bikestation concept from Europe to Long Beach in 1996. Its popularity prompted public agencies and private groups in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto...
...buildings: One unattended, houses up to 44 bikes whose owners pay $12 a month or $96 a year for round-the-clock access; the other, with 32 spaces, is staffed daily until 6 p.m., and offers repairs, rentals, accessories, snacks and riding lessons, as well as free valet parking. Although initially subsidized by the city, the fees and revenues now cover more than two-thirds of the annual $150,000 operating costs. "It's starting to become a nice little hub for cycling in Long Beach," says Dominic Dougherty, a certified bike mechanic who doubles as the Bikestation's valet...
...Admittedly, you might have more fun at The Valet, a deft, daft, totally unbelievable yet somehow totally engaging comedy, in which a rich guy (Daniel Auteuil) tries to fool his wife into believing that his drop-dead, supermodel mistress (Elena Simonsen) is really in love with Fran&ecedil;ois (Gad Elmaleh) a not too smart parking boy at a posh restaurant. It's totally preposterous, but everyone is really rather reasonable, patient and lovable in an idiotic situation. Tales like this used to be known as boulevard comedies and, you have to say, Paris has the boulevards to sustain them...
...have been sung in any other language. "I spent so much time in an Anglo-Saxon environment that every story told, every emotion, had to be in English." Come tell me a story to unload your glorious grief, she croons on "In Your Back," where you are the valet of honor and I am the thief. While her English is fluent, her way of forming words is international; mostly North American, but also with a slight French curviness, a few of the hard consonants of Hebrew - and for certain words, what sounds like an Irish inflection. Maybe even a hint...
...just traveled halfway around the world, and that garment bag you've been lugging feels like a Buick on your back. You arrive at your posh hotel, and an overly costumed valet grabs the bag, carries it all of 50 yards to reception and bids you good day. You are expected to cough up a tip. And you might not see your belongings again for another half an hour while the bag makes its way to your room...