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...York and Paris. Amsterdam and San Francisco are next. The guides' writers convey the "vibrant and idiosyncratic experience" of each city, and they take the reader off the beaten path. Craving chocolate in the Catalonian capital? Try Cacao Sampaka, a "beautifully spare shop interior full of dark chocolate-colored wood." Dare to venture beyond Manhattan? Fuel up at the Brooklyn Inn, where you can "argue about Kierkegaard" with regulars. But note how to get there before you set off: these large-format guides will be too big for some folks to tote around. For the seriously stylish, there's NOTA...
Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) and Evie (Nikki Reed) have just become teenagers in Thirteen, the story of a nice dorky girl who befriends the most popular girl in junior high and is led into the seedy underbelly of teenage life: drugs, sex and petty crime. Co-written by Reed and based on her own experiences, Thirteen has a refreshingly true perspective: it doesn’t blame anyone for Reed’s interest in the cool clique, it just shows her desire to be a part of it. As Wood follows Reed deeper and deeper into the hole they...
...enormous. There are 44 million tweens and teens, ages 8 to 18, in the U.S. today--a historic peak surpassing even the baby-boomer generation. Teens alone have a whopping $170 billion to spend annually, thanks to allowances, gifts, odd jobs and part-time employment, according to Michael Wood, vice president of Illinois-based Teen Research Unlimited. "Parents are the No. 1 source of their money, but it's the kids who are choosing what to buy," says Wood. What they mainly buy, of course, is clothes, electronics, movies, CDs and games. But in the past few years, as Americans...
...Metropolitan is billing itself as "Bangkok's first truly contemporary hotel." By that you can expect the whole dark wood, Zen-grotto aesthetic so beloved of modern designers, as well as somber staff uniforms devised by fashion's dark prince, Yohji Yamamoto. Other au courant knickknacks include Shambhala bathroom amenities and a yoga mat in every room, should you feel like performing an invigorating sun salutation before breakfast...
...watering hole. The Metropolitan's sister hotel, the Metropolitan Bangkok, is scheduled for a soft opening this week - and yes, the Met Bar will be spawning a Thai clone. The Metropolitan is billing itself as "Bangkok's first truly contemporary hotel." By that you can expect the whole dark- wood, Zen-grotto aesthetic so beloved of modern designers, as well as somber staff uniforms devised by fashion's dark prince, Yohji Yamamoto. Other au courant knickknacks include Shambhala bathroom amenities and a yoga mat in every room, should you feel like performing an invigorating sun salutation before breakfast. Chances...