Auckland City
March 4, 2010
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The House of Frette
March 3, 2010This Italian linen house, founded in the 1850s, has opened a boutique on Oak Street, Chicago’s haven for designer labels. It offers the company’s signature linens as well as its collection of fragrances for the home, scented candles, sachets and a recently introduced line of luxury at-home clothing. Suppliers to the Italian royal family, Frette is best known for ‘jacquard’ print bedding of 300-600 thread count Egyptian cotton and linen. Originally, the House of Frette introduced ‘jacquard’ looms as an efficient means of producing detailed luxury products.
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Some Explicit Polaroids
January 16, 2010After a 15-year prison sentence, a reformed student radical is shocked to discover that millennial London is completely unrecognisable. Baffled by phonecards, Playstations and political apathy, this ageing former activist must forge ahead into a strange, new world. Mark Ravenhill, author of ‘Shopping and Fucking’, ‘Faust (Faust is Dead)’ and ‘Handbag’, threads a comic and shocking tale about the thrills and fears of embracing the future. Presented by Roadworks Productions in association with Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
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windy as hell
January 9, 2010
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Memento
January 6, 2010Ingenious thriller, which unspools in reverse, about a man (Guy Pearce) suffering memory loss attempting to track down his wife’s murderer. New British talent Christopher Nolan directs.
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All About Almodóvar
January 3, 2010All 13 of Pedro Almodóvar’s feature films are on show in Barcelona over Christmas as the Filmoteca runs a retrospective cycle on the work of Spain’s most emblematic moviemaker. Early films like ‘Pepi, Luci, Bom’ and ‘Labyrinth of Passion’ are getting a rare big-screen projection, along with his better-known later work – all in Spanish without subtitles. A discussion session with the presence of the director himself is programmed, but a date has not yet been confirmed.
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Gypsy
November 10, 2009The Publick Theatre ends its 30th summer season of theatre under the stars with a production of the Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim classic ‘Gypsy’. The musical, which features such songs as ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’ and ‘Let Me Entertain You’, tells the story of Gypsy Rose Lee and her career in vaudeville and burlesque.
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Passau University
February 6, 2009For a youthful atmosphere, wander over to the University of Passau, on the edge of the city. The liveliness supplied by the university spills over into the nearby beer garden and riverside restaurants. The university?s presence also has encouraged a collection of admirable theaters, shops, and parks, as well as cultural exhibits and summer festivals.
Offering a calming yet vibrant city full of history and culture, Passau is the perfect destination for lovers of nature, art, and quiet, tasteful restaurants and hotels. Affording serene river walks and sparkling river boat rides, this city provides a relaxing vacation center.
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grand canyon
January 23, 2009
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Getting the word out while in Russia
January 18, 2009In most cases its easy to telephone from the telegraph office. Phoning from the telegraph office in Omsh isn’t to be recommended, we spent an unsuccessful afternoon there. We gave up and tried to fax England and were told it was US$20 per page (whereas in Kurgan it had only been US$3 per page). We expected similar problems in Novosibirsk but it proved relatively easy to contact England from the telegraph office (cost US$1.50 for one minute).
Posting parcels can take a long time. Don’t wrap parcels, there is a counter at the post office for wrapping. Moscow is the most difficult place to send parcels from as they can only be sent from the international post office. The process involves firstly buying custom declaration forms, then going to the customs office, then going to the wrapping counter and then going to the weighing and paying counter. In smaller towns there is less bureaucracy.
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