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...West Hollywood even the trend-sensitive Spago thrived after the 1986 tax change. "Our best years of the decade were 1988-89," brags owner Wolfgang Puck. Or take the posh Jean-Louis at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, where dinners run $90 (excluding wine) and where 40% of the weekday customers are writing off their meals. "I wasn't hurt at all ((by the 1986 act))," says owner Jean-Louis Palladin. He suspects that the new plan could cream someone like Roberto Donna, the owner of nearby Galileo, where 80% of the lunchers are lawyers. Yet Donna isn't bellyaching...
...America, 42% of all American kids between the ages of five and nine are home alone often or at least occasionally. (For older children, the figure rises to 77%.) Other studies suggest that up to 10 million children are alone most afternoons -- or for longer stretches -- virtually every weekday...
...Crystal, have been floated as possible Letterman successors, though one obvious candidate -- Bob Costas, host of the sprightly talk show Later with Bob Costas, which follows Letterman -- has been surprisingly absent from the speculation. Insiders say Costas, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri, does not want to make the weekday commitment in New York...
While the food may come up short with some, the restaurant is a hopping place. Border is a bad place to go in a rush--even on weekday nights, the wait for one of their heavy wooden tables often lasts as long as an hour. Once inside, soak up the Border's festive atmosphere while waiting even longer for the fajitas. Clothing worn to the Border tends to soak up more than just the surroundings, and leaves the place smelling mesquaite grilled...
...beach itself is nearly deserted. Only a few sunbathers and lone man and his metal detector were around on a recent weekday afternoon. A favorite pastime of the local seems to involve eating lunch in their parked cars as they gaze out at the sand. Not quite "Beach Blanket Bingo...