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...artisan mixing a bath of bamboo pulp magically raises a net-like sheet and suddenly has produced a single sheet of fresh white paper. An architect carves, without pattern, small pieces of wood which lock together without adhesive to form the outline of a model of elaborate Chinese architecture. A kite-maker chats animatedly with a Chinese friend about the strange American visitors she has experienced that day; all the while her hands file meticulously at the thin strips of wood which will flow in symmetric perfection as the body of vividly colored kites...
...most popular tourist attractions--with good reason. From airy popovers to steaming lobsters, Greek immigrant Anthony Athanas precisely captures New England's gastronomical heritage. As you wait for your table, the fact that you're in good company may offer some consolation; the lobby's wood-panelled walls are adorned with pictures of countless celebrities who've been there before...
...requisite salad, quiche and burgers as well as some heavier meals, including some Middle Eastern specialties. Next door to Grendel's is the relative newcomer Latacarta, which specializes in pasta and other light nouvelle cuisine dinner dishes. It's a little pricey, but the plant-draped natural wood interior is nice, and makes it a romantic spot. Around the corner on Winthrop St. is another newcomer, Caffe Paradiso, a truly yuppie phenomenon with its gleaming espresso and cappucino machinery. Check this place out for pasta and some sinful pastries and tarts...
...Boston. But beware: the waitresses are renowned for their rudeness--it's a prerequisite for the job as well as a part of the place's supposed charm. Slightly more upscale is The Chart House (60 Long Warf; Aquarium 'T' stop). The setting is warm and tasteful without pretension--wood everywhere, low lighting and not too much noise. Everything--from the clam chowder to the chocolate desserts--is solid, satisfying, and not a huge strain on the pocketbook...
...high ground, many valued at $200,000 or more. Baldwin Hills is an affluent, predominantly black neighborhood, sometimes called "the black Beverly Hills." Its houses are mainly sprawling stucco structures or split-level residences less than 35 years old. When the flames came, they fed voraciously off the wood-shingled, bone-dry roofs. Fireballs danced from rooftop to rooftop, driven by the winds and creating fire-storm drafts of their...