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It is “very Melbourne”, I’m told, though I’m not sure just what
that means. I can’t think of a Bleak City restaurant with a large
wooden tiki out front (is this the Survivor set?), bifold doors
peeled open so an ocean breeze can subjugate the subtropical heat
or a maitre d’ in a [...]
Denmark has long been renowned as a style and design Mecca. But only when we encountered a rhapsodic double-page spread on Danish designer rubbish bins in Sterling airline’s magazine on our flight to Copenhagen did we realise just how seriously the Danes took their reputation as design gods. Right enough, they were lovely looking receptacles [...]
Touted as a glamour product for upwardly mobile women in booming Russia, Damskaya or Ladies vodka worries doctors, who fear a fresh wave of female alcoholics in a country already suffering one of the worlds worst drink problems.
The Moscow Serbsky Institute for Social and Forensic Psychiatry says Russia has 2.5 million registered alcoholics, but adds [...]
Few could have predicted the force of the leggings tidal wave that has swamped the female population over the past couple of seasons. As a trend, they are quite puzzling and really shouldnt have flown - not having the usual requisites of being practical, flattering or all that easy to wear.
Yet they have been worn [...]
Bed and breakfasts are opening up all the time in Venice, finally giving visitors to the Serenissima an affordable alternative to over-priced hotels. A passable hotel is going to set you back €150-200 (£115-153). You may not have a concierge and room service in a B%26amp;B, but you do get to stay in someone’s comfortable [...]
It took the start-up company, which is launching its premixed margarita in the Loud%26amp;Lola range of cocktails this month, a lot of half-understood conversing to get what it needed.
Fighting against stringent controls on the export of Mexicos prized agave liquor, the company has become possibly the first New Zealand operation to import tequila directly in [...]
Models with hair flowing straight and sleek hit the catwalks in dresses barely hitting their thighs in black whorled chiffon or cut away at the mid-riff to reveal flashes of black lace. Skirts were also mini, ruched in leather and slung low.
Christophe Decarnin, the designer behind the remaking of the established house of Balmain, had [...]
External URL: What does the score mean?
It is “very Melbourne”, I’m told, though I’m not sure just what
that means. I can’t think of a Bleak City restaurant with a large
wooden tiki out front (is this the Survivor set?), bifold doors
peeled open so an ocean breeze can subjugate the subtropical heat
or a maitre d’ in a [...]
Bellini
INGREDIENTS
Peach pureeChampagne, sparkling wine or Prosecco
METHOD
Pour the peach puree into a Champagne flute, then add bubbly (about 1/5 puree to 4/5 bubbly).
The peach puree can either be made from fresh peaches that have been peeled, or make it using tinned peaches, blending to puree consistency.
Kir Royale
INGREDIENTS
Cr%26egrave;me de Cassis (black currant liquor)Bubbly
About 1/5 Cr%26egrave;me de Cassis [...]
Researchers have developed a device that generates electrical power from the swing of a walking person’s knee.
With each stride the leg accelerates and then decelerates, using energy both for moving and braking.
Max Donelan and colleagues reasoned that a device that helps the leg decelerate could generate power without requiring much additional energy from the person.
It’s [...]
