Word: wickers
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Framed black and white photos of her children, ten-year-old Luke and three-year-old Paloma, line a white pillar behind her wicker chair. As Jen sits, her husband of nearly 20 years organizes their photo collection of recent family trips to Egypt and Vietnam...
...orange sign invites patrons into the underground eatery Casablanca (40 Brattle St.), but the ambiance inside is welcoming. Massive murals in warm colors depict scenes from the classic movie. Past the front room full of booths, the back bar area is the heart of the place. Dim lighting, huge wicker chairs, soft music from a jukebox and lush plants provide a romantic and exotic setting. While the restaurant has been in business for 40 years, renovations have made the bar feel up to date without destroying its timeless elegance. Casablanca’s extensive drink list is a wine-lover?...
After much trauma in Wicker Park, the cast of MTV’s “The Real World” finally moved out on Friday, but a lot of them will be sticking around for a festive gathering at the Dragon Room on the 16th, so they’re not really getting out of Chicago for another...
...fault in her husband's eyes was that she could not deliver him a son?or even a daughter. So he threw her out and got himself a new wife. Alone and abandoned, Devika is trying to scrape by. "I can barely afford vegetables," she says, gesturing to her wicker basket of nuts and the few customers standing nearby eating them. "But what else can I do? Some days I eat peanuts for supper...
...Wicker has long been frustrated that he cannot readily have children of his own; as he gets older, his desire to reproduce grows stronger. He knows that a clone would not be a photocopy of him but talks about the traits the boy might possess: "He will like the color blue, Middle Eastern food and romantic Spanish music that's out of fashion." And then he hints at the heart of his motive. "I can thumb my nose at Mr. Death and say, 'You might get me, but you're not going to get all of me,'" he says...