Word: vinyl
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Once my boyfriend arrived, we went shopping - for sex. We hit the lingerie store Dress to Kill (207 Dauphine Street; 504-558-9111), which was doing a booming business in vinyl nurses' outfits - it was Halloween weekend, after all. Nearby, Trashy Diva's lingerie outpost (831 Chartres Street; 504-581-4555) catered to the more tasteful pervert with its collection of retro and classic underpinnings. We also stopped at the NOLA Hustler store, which, in case you were wondering, is just as cheesy and sleazy as the original L.A. venture, though my boyfriend did not mind watching the silicone-enhanced...
...against the wall, while a black papasan sits across from them. A pair of glazed wooden tables—the tops are cross-sections of some large tree—rests on a black carpet, exuding sculptural finesse. The orange linoleum flooring is invisible under a sheet of white vinyl. Lights installed on the ceiling shine through white fabric, casting a muted glow throughout the room...
...weekend, stop by Kolaportid, the old flea market that also makes a cameo in 101, where merchants from outside the city go to gossip over coffee and doughnuts and sell their wares. There aren't a lot of places in the world where you can buy guillemot eggs, whale, vinyl records and old Icelandic textbooks under the same roof. By the time you're out, as the sun gets ready for its 3 p.m. retreat, head to Sundhöllin, the city's oldest and most beautiful bathing pool, where you can sit under the falling snow in an outdoor...
...already knew they could often find real gems buried within the jumble of dull duds packed into ordinary shops. Oxfam had already had good success with other types of specialty stores: it has 120 used-book shops in the U.K. and recently opened five shops dedicated to selling used vinyl LPs and CDs. Farquhar says the Notting Hill shop's makeover should increase that site's revenues 100%. The boutique's average sale is $40, four times the average sale at a regular outlet. The other two Oxfam fashion boutiques are in the wealthy London enclaves of Chelsea and Chiswick...
...colonized - the country began to open up to outside influences under Roosevelt's lend-lease program. Thanks to visiting teachers and a new American army base in Asmara, Glen Miller gained a lot of fans there. Then in the 60's, JFK's Peace Corps volunteers arrived carrying new vinyl and whole new generation's worth of attitude and beats...