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Brendan Fraser Soaks Up Seattle

Alone

Brendan Fraser Soaks Up Seattle

BRENDAN FRASER SOACKS UP SEATTLE The versatile actor swears Seattle isn't as rainy as everyone says. And even if it is, who cares, when it off...

Alone

Raging seas. Cramped quarters. Profound loneliness. That, and more, is what American Brad Van Liew battled in his 148-day, 28,800-mile solo sail arou...

What's Next

JUNIORS SPAS New in the you’ve-got-to-be-kidding department: spas for kids. Paren'ts requested it, claims management at the Hyatt Rege...

Check In

WHERE THE STARS ALIGN Builder J. Wallace Tutt, III has done homes for Cher and Gianni Versace. Now the likes of Lenny Kravitz and Elle McPhers...

Nightlife

COCKTAIL REFINEMENT Spill the juvenile martini — the kind filled with fruit juice and loony garnishes — and call for a grown-up clas...

Culture

Hold on to your hats, Dallas, because the NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER is going to blow you away. Opened in mid-October, the $70 million center sit...

Gadgets

MINI-ME MADNESS Everyone’s gaga for minis these days. Not to be outdone, these tiny travel gadgets get noticed. OLYMPUS C-740 and ...

It Figures

TAKING THE PLUNGE I do, indeed! This is how many people are expected to participate in a wedding service on the CAYMAN ISLANDS this mon...

World Eats - At Home

Restless palates don't need a passport to globetrot. In Los Angeles, groovy TANTRA has made Indian curries and Bollywood movies seductive date fare (...

Business Features

The Good,the Bad,and How To Tell The Difference

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE Heres everything you need to know to ensure that the staffers you hire from the copy guy to...

Business Trends

Personal Profits

CREATIVE MORTGAGES Once upon a time, you had your fixed mortgage and your adjustable-rate mortgage. Now there’s fixed, variable, piggyback, 103 ...

Branded Skin

BEAUTY BIZ Two years ago, dermatologist Eliot Battle Jr. and Monte Harris, a plastic surgeon, floated an idea at an industry conference: What ...

Facts & Figures

It seems PDA-meisters whip out their hand-held computers at any excuse, and now there’s a study showing exactly which ones. Our favorite? Passwo...

Breakthrough

IT'S, LIKE, A TOTALLY NEW KIND OF MALL Sherman Oaks Galleria was ground zero for a popular ’80s stereotype — the Valley Girl, a spoi...

Lifestyle Trends

Bar None

It takes one to know one, which is why bartender Nick Meegan, at Le Merigot Beach Hotel and Spa in Santa Monica (1740 Ocean Ave., 888-539-7899), Cali...

Do

A HOLIDAY FANTASY, November-January, New York City The Big Apple’s holiday season begins with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the...

See

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FAIR, November 13-16, Paris Held in the Carrousel du Louvre, this 19th-century, modern photography show features some 100 ...

Go

THE BAJA 1000, November 20-23, Baja California, Mexico Beginning at Ensenada and ending at La Paz, this famous endurance car race has happened...

Books

THE PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY By Steve Martin (Hyperion, $20) Comedic genius Martin is again set to wow his literary audience with this poignant ...

Movies

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS was originally planned to be part of The Matrix Reloaded, this past summer’s sequel to the 1999 blockbuster...

A New Breed Of Board

Sure, the Airboard looks like one of those floaties you used on your Caribbean vacation to keep you and your umbrella drink from sinking into ...

3 Bottles

Eating And Drinking With John Wabeck

Chef at Washington, D.C.s Firefly, a popular "neighborhood place" on Dupont Circle.

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