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...throat of an actress fifty years younger than him). There was the thankfully short amount of time Whoopi Goldberg actually spent onstage. There were those only-at-Oscar weirdnesses, like the brightly colored mime/harlequins prancing backstage, near Donald Sutherland and Glenn Close doing play-by-play from that wood-paneled Oscars sports-anchor desk...
...homemade contraption?planks of wood nailed together, no motor?but after half an hour's paddling through the surf, Makhan managed to get us to the island. He and Probas kept us alive over the next week, supplying us with freshly caught fish and ferrying us back and forth to Meena Stores for shopping expeditions. The island was better than anything we had hoped for on Smith. We lived simply, sleeping in a tent, eating out of bowls fashioned from halved coconut shells and learning?the hard way?to gut, clean and scale fish that we then roasted over...
...custard of egg yolks, sugar, chocolate and vanilla and then covered with caramelized sugar. Fortunately, the city has numerous cafés ranging from simple to palatial. One worth a visit is the Gerbeaud Cukraszda on Vörösmarty Square. Its opulent decor of brocade wall coverings, wood paneling and crystal chandeliers hanging from vaulted ceilings reflects the Old World ambience of imperial Budapest. It may not be as cozy and intimate as some smaller cafés, but its message is clear - after 40 years behind the Iron Curtain, Budapest is slowly rediscovering its heritage...
...this seemingly horrific act progresses, an intricate pattern emerges upon the beams, a meaningful organization of indentations and ruptures that she will later cover with materials ranging from soft gray graphite to clinical latex. The wood then appears soft, gently curved and meditative. When combined with hundreds of other individual blocks, it forms huge works that invite introspection on the human and other natural forms...
...engendering thoughts on the fundamentals of human existence. Her works bring to mind body parts like lips, eyes and stomachs abstractly represented by protrusions, rounded interiors, linear extensions and rhythmic undulations. Using cedar as her primary medium, she designs and executes these forms masterfully, shaping each block of wood into a patterned whole...