Word: victorian
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...Kappa Eta chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity will live at the house, the only social club residence on campus. Since exam period, members of the club—whether or not they’ll be living there—have been renovating the late 19th-century Victorian they bought last semester for just under $1 million...
Skin Science Medi Spa, on Manhattan's East Side, is very regal in its appearance, with Victorian-era chairs, heavy velvet curtains and gold fixtures. Mirrors in gold frames and anti-aging skin-care products in gold-etched blue bottles create a promising ambiance of magic. Dr. Adrienne Denese, a cosmetic dermatologist, who opened the medi-spa five years ago, completes the picture with her long blond tresses and translucent pale skin...
...ever curated a museum, the result might be something like Oxford's Pitt Rivers, tel: (44-1865) 270927. Founded in 1884 by Lieut. General Pitt Rivers-Britain's first Inspector of Ancient Monuments-the Pitt Rivers Museum houses tens of thousands of anthropological artifacts in an atmosphere redolent with Victorian eccentricity. Wildly cluttered display cases and fading labels, handwritten in copperplate script, speak of the period's voraciously eclectic mania for collecting. In one spot there's a Tahitian mourner's costume, acquired during Captain Cook's second voyage of 1773; in another there are displays of masks, like...
...ever curated a museum, the result might be something like Oxford's Pitt Rivers, tel: (44-1865) 270927. Founded in 1884 by Lieut. General Pitt Rivers - Britain's first Inspector of Ancient Monuments - the Pitt Rivers Museum houses tens of thousands of anthropological artifacts in an atmosphere redolent with Victorian eccentricity...
...Except to the police. Finally busted one night, 500 people headed down one staircase while the police charged up another, and Kapranos was arrested for various noise and safety charges and running an illegal bar (the charges were dropped). Undeterred, the band simply moved the Chateau to a disused Victorian courtroom and jailhouse in the city's east end - which they still occupy - hosting gigs in the court while friends use the cells as art galleries. By the time Franz Ferdinand deigned to play conventional venues in early 2003, the music business had caught...