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...hedonism"-TIME's phrasing in 1967-you can't deny the guy his place in the American canon. And in Mr. Playboy, biographer Steven Watts argues that Hef's influence extends well beyond the bedroom. By framing sex as an All-American aspiration-as worthy a pursuit as good wine or flashy cars-the famous free-love evangelist scrambled our social norms, "[loosening ]old-fashioned moral strictures on one of the most powerful of human urges...
...Uffizi, their footsteps ringing off the pavement stones like money. To either side, stone columns and the sparkling reflections of the windows’ little panes. Above them, a low, threatening sky. Inside them, longing, desperation, and, in Felicity’s case, three quarters of a bottle of wine, which she had consumed, to Frederick’s horror and Filippo’s delighted surprise, during the short ride to the museum. “To better appreciate the paintings,” she had said.Filippo–in reality Oliver J. Swindleton, accomplice to The Stable...
...will be the unique location, in Bourdon House (above), built in 1720 and previously the home of the Duke of Westminster. Restored beyond its former glory, the house also includes a private club called Alfred's. Members can browse, shop, have supper in a private dining room, sample the wine cellars and even stay overnight in what was the duke's suite...
...seem borderline preposterous? Why did last week’s French Mission for Food Heritage and Cultures’ strategizing session seem to lack any grip on reality? Elaine Sciolino, a New York Times reporter covering the event, wrote, “By the time the roasted figs, the wine-macerated prunes, the chocolate mousse and the Earl Grey sorbet arrived in the private dining room of Guy Savoy...men were in deep discussion about the magic of their country’s cuisine...
With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists - Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March - Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma. Throw in regular power cuts, soaring food inflation and an economy teetering on recession and the citizens of Pakistan's capital are pretty stressed...