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| FW: Pillow and a palette: Leeds’ Art Hostel is a creative’s dream Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:07 AM PDT Feed: Travel | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:00 AM
Author: Lorna Parkes
Subject: Pillow and a palette: Leeds' Art Hostel is a creative's dream | Designed by 20 artists, the rooms at this imaginative hub are not just places to sleep but fascinating installations too In one room, tiny sheep tiptoe above a bunk bed and there are hoof-prints across the cement floor. In the room next door, carrier bags have been twisted into a light fixture in the fashion of a Hindu flower garland. Down the hall, lost mementoes including holiday postcards, bingo tickets and grainy photos decorate a glitter- and confetti-strewn resin floor. Welcome to what is claimed to be the UK's first Art Hostel – a social enterprise project that has given artists free rein to design every inch of its premises from the ground up, in an effort to showcase grassroots creative talent from the UK and abroad. It's the brainchild of East Street Arts, a charitable organisation that works with artists and residents in local communities. And the hostel isn't in a hip enclave of east London, as you might expect, but in a deprived central suburb of Leeds. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: When is a child award seat half price? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:06 AM PDT Feed: FlyerTalk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 4:12 PM
Author: nsx
Subject: When is a child award seat half price? In checking Avios award flights from California for 2 adults plus one child, I found that that the cost was 2.5x adult price departing LAX but 3x adult price departing SFO. Can anyone here explain that? |
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| | FW: CDG Lounges: The Good Ones Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:06 AM PDT Feed: FlyerTalk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 4:25 PM
Author: cmaas
Subject: CDG Lounges: The Good Ones I have transited CDG more times than I can count, but not in the last five years. Between faltering memory and changes on the ground, I need a refresher on how to get into the palatial AF salons and not the dinky packed AF satellite lounges.
Booked in C, DL ticket, AF metal. Five hour layover in CDG, route: ATL-CDG-ARN. The default, as I recall, would be the windowless, underground lounge near EU departures, but I know I've gotten into "The Good AF* Lounges" in the past... somehow. And I think AF has a added a new one as well. How would I do that these days?
*see what I did there? |
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| | FW: My experience of BA for the first time Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:06 AM PDT Feed: FlyerTalk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 4:30 PM
Author: BigVern
Subject: My experience of BA for the first time Hi, following on from some excellent advice and tips on here (thanks) I thought that I would just give my experience of my first BA flight, which was Club Suite from Heathrow to St Lucia and Club World from St Lucia to Gatwick, in the last fortnight.
I was, very, very wary of what experience I was going to receive, after looking at posts on here and the terrible reviews on Trustpilot, so went to the airport expecting the worst.
A few days before departure we received a complimentary upgrade to check in via the First Wing and use First Galleries.
So we had a flight at 11.55am and arrived at T5 at around 8.15am. Check in was perfect, straight in, to the desk, welcomed by a lovely, lovely lady, who went through our required docs and quickly got us sorted. Straight through First Wing security and into the First Galleries lounge.
Service was all at table via the QR code, but was really quick for all of our food and drink orders.
We boarded pretty much on time, via a B Gate and boarding and seating was all nice and easy.
Not being a regular business flyer my expectations for food are likely to be well below those of you who are frequent flyers, but we had the short rib beef and the meal was really quite pleasant, with only the Yorkshire Pudding somewhat hard. Our glasses were topped up throughout the flight, without prompting and there was plenty of wine/champagne available in the galley for self service. Staff were courteous and attentive throughout the flight.
The return flight was pretty much the same. Clearly Club World feels ancient when compared to Club Suite, but it allowed us to sleep on the over night flight home. All on time, food again was pleasant, although I didnt bother with the breakfast as it was a little too savoury for my breakfast requirements (smoked salmon on whole wheat bagel, fried egg, spring onion, sauteed red onion OR Gruyere cheese and tomato chutney on rye bread!).
Again, staff were really attentive, I even had to say no to champagne refills after 6 glasses!
So all in all, based on my experience, I can't complain! |
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| | FW: BA Holiday - positive covid test shortly before departure Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:06 AM PDT Feed: FlyerTalk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 4:32 PM
Author: fruitcage
Subject: BA Holiday - positive covid test shortly before departure We booked a BA holiday on 3 March for a departure next week on 23 March for 2 of us.
I tested positive a couple of days ago (just using the NHS home test LFT kits) on the 14th and am hoping to get the all-clear before the 23rd (not guaranteed of course). Mrs Fruitcage is currently testing negative but clearly there is a high risk of her testing positive at some point in the next few days, with no time to complete the day 5/6 negative tests before departure date.
So I've been reading the BA policy on issuing a voucher in case of a positive test within 14 days of departure, which seems quite reasonable except that they will not accept the NHS LFT results as proof of a positive test.
What has anyone else done in this situation? Do BA really want us to go out to a private testing clinic when we know we are Covid positive? If I try to get a postal supervised test, exactly which flavour of test would I purchase? Fit to fly maybe?
Thanks for any advice on how to handle the uncertainty and give us the best chance of claiming a voucher if one or both of us is positive in the last day or 2 before departure. |
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| | FW: what advantage to being a mileageplus/united partner and booking aer lingus? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 07:06 AM PDT Feed: FlyerTalk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 4:49 PM
Author: tomli777
Subject: what advantage to being a mileageplus/united partner and booking aer lingus? I am looking to book an Aer Lingus flight from London to Dublin as that seems the best option. However, is there any benefit with Aer Lingus being a partner airline if I am gold on United? I know I don't accumulate PQP or anything towards 2023 status qualification, and it seems my benefits with United (i.e. free checked bags) don't carry over....is there any benefit then? |
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| | FW: How can TNT take three months to deliver a passport? Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: Lifestyle | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:00 AM
Author: Anna Tims
Subject: How can TNT take three months to deliver a passport? | The Passport Office said it had been dispatched, but nothing has arrived I'm hitting a brick wall with TNT's passport delivery service. I was informed by HM Passport Office three months ago that my replacement passport had been dispatched. Since then, there's been no attempt at a delivery. TNT's customer service is fully automated and every time I call it informs me that the consignment is out for delivery "tomorrow". There's no option to speak to a human. The Passport Office says it's unable to act unless TNT confirms it's lost the passport. I have a trip to Italy booked for next month and face losing my money if I am unable to travel.
JG, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Thousands have taken to Twitter and review websites to complain after waiting in vain for passports and residency permits. The Passport Office says that waiting times are currently about 10 weeks, but that's for the document to be issued. Some complainants claim to have been waiting more than six months for TNT to make it to their door. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Pillow and a palette: Leeds’ Art Hostel is a creative’s dream Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: Lifestyle | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:00 AM
Author: Lorna Parkes
Subject: Pillow and a palette: Leeds' Art Hostel is a creative's dream | Designed by 20 artists, the rooms at this imaginative hub are not just places to sleep but fascinating installations too In one room, tiny sheep tiptoe above a bunk bed and there are hoof-prints across the cement floor. In the room next door, carrier bags have been twisted into a light fixture in the fashion of a Hindu flower garland. Down the hall, lost mementoes including holiday postcards, bingo tickets and grainy photos decorate a glitter- and confetti-strewn resin floor. Welcome to what is claimed to be the UK's first Art Hostel – a social enterprise project that has given artists free rein to design every inch of its premises from the ground up, in an effort to showcase grassroots creative talent from the UK and abroad. It's the brainchild of East Street Arts, a charitable organisation that works with artists and residents in local communities. And the hostel isn't in a hip enclave of east London, as you might expect, but in a deprived central suburb of Leeds. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: What have I learned from my child’s bedtime stories? Celebrities should stop writing them | Arwa Mahdawi Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: Lifestyle | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:00 AM
Author: Arwa Mahdawi
Subject: What have I learned from my child's bedtime stories? Celebrities should stop writing them | Arwa Mahdawi | From Whoopi Goldberg to Jimmy Fallon, everyone seems to think they can write a great kids' book, but very few people can Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. Once upon a time there was a harried new parent (me, I'm talking about me) who sat down and read her baby a book. Then she read the baby another book and then she read the baby another book etc, etc. That's what you're supposed to do when you have a kid, isn't it? You read them books so they can develop a passion for literature and grow up to have an impecunious future in the arts. As far as I can tell, my 10-month-old hasn't developed a passion for literature yet. Unless you count putting books in her mouth, squealing, and then throwing them across the room as a "passion". But I've certainly learned a lot from all this new reading material. And, because sharing is caring (a big theme in kids' books), I'm going to share these learnings with you. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: A moment that changed me: finding my dad – only to lose him for ever - led me to a profound self-discovery Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: Lifestyle | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 10:00 AM
Author: Aoife Dooley
Subject: A moment that changed me: finding my dad – only to lose him for ever - led me to a profound self-discovery | I only got to spent five days with my father – but it was enough to realise we were both struggling in our own ways. Then a friend made a suggestion … In October 2017 I received a message from my aunt that my father had died. I had only met him for the first time two years previously, when I was 24. My parents split up before I was born, and when my mother died, I had set out to find him. I travelled from Dublin to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire and spent five days with him, getting to know him. What surprised me was that we were quite similar not just in appearance, but in personality, too. We had the same sense of humour, the same taste in music, food, style, you name it! We even said inappropriate things at the wrong time, something I've done since I was a child and always got in trouble for. How was all this possible when we had never met? I wasn't used to talking about my feelings but somehow it felt easy and natural to open up to him. My father was very sensitive and told me it was OK to cry, something I have never been comfortable doing. I was brought up with an attitude of "the show must go on" and taking time to let myself express my emotions felt very new to me. My father and I seemed to understand each other on a deep level without really knowing anything about each other at all. It was like looking into a mirror – we were both struggling in our own ways and still had not figured out how to ask for help or where to look. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: How I learned to love weeds – and why you should, too Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: Lifestyle | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 1:00 PM
Author: Alys Fowler
Subject: How I learned to love weeds – and why you should, too | I once fought against the dandelions, nettles and docks that infiltrated my garden. But now I know they are essential, I'm glad I lost the battle The path to my front door is wild. Tiny things spring from the cracks; moss creeps over the bricks, allowing foxgloves and mulleins to rise up and tower. Wild marjoram has danced from one side to another and is now taking on the top of the brick wall. Under the front step is a crowd of dandelions. I remember writing, many years ago, about my fight to get rid of these dandelions. Clearly, I didn't win. Now, when I am greeted by them, I am glad I lost the battle. These days, I truly consider them friends. I didn't always have a garden that was quite so full of wild things. I am sure many would think I need to do some weeding, but I won't. Some I might nudge out of the way; some will stay; some will be outcompeted. If anything beastly moves in, I will intervene, but I have fundamentally shifted my position on weeds. They are welcome in my garden, because I know they do more good than harm. Red campion on a verge in Cornwall. (Photograph: AL Hedderly/Getty Images) Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Crypto Payments Are Accepted the Most by the Travel Industry: Study - Markets Insider Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: Google Alert - travel
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 5:26 AM
Author:
Subject: Crypto Payments Are Accepted the Most by the <b>Travel</b> Industry: Study - Markets Insider | Travel companies, fast-food chains and dating sites are leading the adoption of crypto payments, said Traders of Crypto. |
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| | FW: Original Penguin Brand Ambassador Cameron Smith Captures THE PLAYERS Championship Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: American Golfer
Posted on: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 10:00 PM
Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
Subject: Original Penguin Brand Ambassador Cameron Smith Captures THE PLAYERS Championship | 
(Miami, FL) — Original Penguin Golf, a division of Perry Ellis International, Inc., congratulates brand ambassador Cameron Smith for winning the PLAYERS Championship for his Mifth PGA Tour victory.
"We congratulate Cameron for winning the 40th anniversary of the PGA TOUR's Mlagship event and for his second victory of the 2022 season," said Oscar Feldenkreis, President and CEO of Perry Ellis International. "With difMicult playing conditions throughout the week, and the deepest Mield in golf, Cameron showed his mental toughness and gift for performing the best when the lights are the brightest. We are proud to have Cameron as an Original Penguin brand ambassador." "It was so good to have the fans support out here on Monday and they give it their all as they were really rooting for me today," added Smith. "I also have not seen my family in over two and half years so it is really cool to have them here. My main priority was to hang out with them with golf taking a back seat the past couple of weeks. It was great to get a win for them." With the win, Smith jumps up to second in the FedExCup standings and a personal best sixth in the OfMicial World Golf Rankings. "I feel as though one of these big events was the next step for me. I've knocked on the door a few times and just felt like it was now my time. I didn't back down and never gave up. The games best players have won here so it's pretty cool to have my name on the same trophy as them." For the week, Cameron wore Original Penguin's golf collection featuring its new Re- Originals sustainable fabrication. These eco-friendly polos are crafted with 30% recycled polyester and use a double-knit high-gauge fabrication for superior performance and aesthetics. Pairing these elevated materials with Original Penguin's modern tailored Mit, Cameron delivered a winning look on and off the course. For over 60 years Original Penguin, and its namesake icon Pete, the Penguin, has been adorned and adored by the masters of leisure and sport to deMine itself as an American classic. Today, the Penguin icon still stands as a signal for those who know how to be an original and what you wear for the good times. Original Penguin is a global brand with retail stores worldwide as well as two dedicated e-commerce websites: www.originalpenguin.com and www.originalpenguin.co.uk. |
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| | FW: Sand Valley Begins Construction on Sedge Valley, Tom Doak Design Inspired by Historic Heathland Courses Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:21 AM PDT Feed: American Golfer
Posted on: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 7:00 PM
Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
Subject: Sand Valley Begins Construction on Sedge Valley, Tom Doak Design Inspired by Historic Heathland Courses | 
(Rome, Wisconsin) – Sand Valley, one of the country's premier resort destinations set amidst 12,000 acres of tumbling prehistoric sand dunes, announces new plans to expand its golf and resort experience. Construction on Sedge Valley, the third 18-hole design to be built on resort property, will begin in spring, 2022 under the direction of architect Tom Doak and Renaissance Golf Design.
Sedge Valley will add to the resort's collection of top-rated layouts, Sand Valley (Coore & Crenshaw), Mammoth Dunes (David McLay Kidd), The Sandbox (Coore & Crenshaw) and the forthcoming Lido, which will open to members and resort guests in 2023. "The golf experience at Sedge Valley is completely different from anything else on the property," says Sand Valley co-owner Michael Keiser. "Tom Doak moves so easily from the large-scale engineering project of the Lido to this much more intimate design. Greens are the heart and soul of any golf course. Watching him identify and work his routing to these incredible natural green sites has been an amazing process. This is how the great ones have always done it." Sedge Valley occupies an intimate piece of Sand Valley's property rich with sandy soil, native groundcover and a prominent rock outcropping. Sand Valley owners Michael and Chris Keiser gave Doak the green light to follow his own inspiration for Sedge Valley – and that started with identifying the most exciting and best green sites the land had to offer. "When you don't have to think about stretching a course to 7,300 yards, you can start thinking about finding cool green sites without worrying about how close together they are," Doak said. "I don't have to worry as much about a severe slope at the edge of the green being "unfair" if you're hitting a relatively short approach into it. My idea for Sedge Valley is to bring back a more intimate scale and build classically styled holes that everyone can enjoy, but which may require some compromises from the long and wild hitters." Sedge Valley is scheduled to open in 2024. "These are exciting times for Sand Valley," Keiser says. "The Lido is growing in and will open in 2023. Sedge Valley will follow a year later, along with some significant additions to the resort experience, which we will be announcing soon." Course Design FAQ with Architect Tom Doak Q: How does Sedge Valley contrast with the two existing courses at Sand Valley? 
A: The first two courses at Sand Valley are among the biggest, widest courses ever built. They invite you to swing away, but you seldom think of the word "finesse" to describe them. My idea for Sedge Valley is bring back a more intimate scale and build classically styled holes that everyone can enjoy, but which may require some compromises from the long and wild hitter. Q: Sedge Valley borrows from English inland designs. For the golfer who may be familiar with links designs, explain some of the characteristics they will find here. A: The heathland courses built around London in the early 1900s were the first great inland golf courses, and Sedge Valley will integrate some of those characteristics – native groundcover as a strategic element, for instance. This property has sand, open expanses, good terrain and intriguing green sites – the fundamentals of holes that stand up over time. Q: Whose work have you considered in the design of Sedge Valley? A: Harry Colt did hundreds of great courses on all types of property, including heathland and links courses, and he was one of several designers whose best work remains relevant, interesting and challenging. The inspiration for Sedge Valley comes from a handful of courses that never expanded much beyond their original scope – Colt's Swinley Forest and Rye, Sir Guy Campbell and C.K. Hutchison's West Sussex, Woking by Tom Dunn, The Addington by J.F. Abercromby, and Tom Simpson's New Zealand Golf Club. These are designs that have remained essentially unchanged over time. I can't think of a higher standard. Q: Michael Keiser says that Sedge Valley may have the most interesting collection of green sites at the resort. What does that mean to you as a designer? A: When you don't have to think about stretching a course to 7,300 yards, you can start thinking about finding cool green sites, without worrying about how close together they are. The fifth at Sedge Valley is a 290-yard par-4 with a skinny shelf of a green. It's the kind of hole that actually gets long-hitters into trouble because they feel compelled to attack even when it's not wise. That freedom from length also means that back-to-back par-3 holes are fine, provided they're different. The sixth and seventh at Sedge Valley will be 150 yards and 220 yards, respectively. So the overall design does allow us to focus more on the green sites themselves. I don't have to worry as much about a severe slope at the edge of the green being "unfair" if you're hitting a relatively short approach into it. You look for great green sites. We found them here, and it's a credit to Michael and Chris that they have allowed us to build around those great sites. Q: Your work varies dramatically in scope and scale. What will golfers discover at Sedge Valley that may surprise them? A: One of the most charming parts of the game is just the simple social interaction – that's why strategic courses that lend themselves to match play are so much fun. You lose something when you have to design to the longest and most overpowering players. I don't think you have to build a course that separates players by thousands of yards on the scorecard. A truly great course invites different styles of play but also encourages a shared experience. I think it's still possible to make it work, and I believe Sedge Valley will show that. For more information, visit sandvalley.com. |
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| | FW: Peru with teen. Please advise on our itinerary Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:18 AM PDT Feed: Fodor's Travel Talk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 1:37 AM
Author: kandco
Subject: Peru with teen. Please advise on our itinerary I am planning a trip with my 15 year old son in April (arrive in Cusco 4/16, leave Lima 4/23 on a late night flight). I would like to come up with an itinerary that will be fun and memorable for a teen and would greatly appreciate your advice. I figure with only 8 full days, I should just stick to Machu Picchu and environs. I am a strong independent traveler but since I will be with a teen, would like to preplan as much as possible.
Here are some preliminary questions and general itinerary. Please advice and chime in with suggestions!!! - I am not sure how to how much time to allocate to Sacred Valley and Cusco
- How to find a good tour guide/cars that can describe history behind the ruins/sites.
- Re Machu Picchu, are we assigned a guide for the citadel tour or do we need to hire one before hand?
- What is the best time of day to visit Machu Picchu?
- I have a morbid fear of heights. I feel faint just looking at photos of the stairs of death. Should I skip the hikes?
- Thinking of doing a) horseback riding tour b) weaving demonstration in Chinchera c) Planetarium in Cusco d) Pachamanca
- Any tour operators of above experiences you'd recommend?
4/16 Sat
Fly to Cusco
Tour some ruins or go see weaving demo at Chinchero
Overnight in Sacred Valley (what area?)
4/17 Sun
Sunday Market at Pisac
Pisac Ruins
Overnight in Sacred Valley
4/18 Mon
Horseback riding in Sacred Valley ( See Salt, Morey, Maras)
Overnight in Ollantaytambo
4/19 Tue
Early morning Macchu Picchu
Lunch at hotel
Overnight in Ollantaytambo or AC
4/20 Wed
Early morning tour of Olla with a driver/guide and drive to Cusco.
OR a pachamanca tour with Awamaki.org
Overnight Cusco
4/21 Thurs
Tour Cusco with walking tour guide
Cusco Planetarium
Overnight Cusco (near San Blas)
4/22 Fri
Cusco
Late afternoon flight to Lima (or stay extra day in Cusco and leave for Lima next day)
4/23 Sat
Tour lima and leave late night back to US
Any advice appreciated!!!
Thank you!
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| | FW: Paris in May First Visit Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Fodor's Travel Talk Forums
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 2:15 PM
Author: dfrostnh
Subject: Paris in May First Visit This will only be my second trip to Europe and might be my only chance to visit Paris. I'm planning to add 4 or 5 days after a trip to southern France on a small group tour that will include watercolor lessons. I will be by myself for the Paris visit. I think I have found a good small hotel in/near the Marais district after finding a cheese making class nearby that I'd like to take.
Friends have recommended a boat ride on the Seine which is also nearby. Another said she preferred the Musee d'Orsay, also nearby, better than the Louvre. Since I love French Impressionists this might be a good choice for me as well as seeing the building.
a few years ago I added 4 days in Rome by myself to a similar trip so I should be fine in Paris, too. I don,t have a lot of walking stamina so doing something like the boat ride is perfect but not climbing steps in the Eiffel Tower. I would like to wander the Marais district which looks very interesting. This is what I did in Rome one day aiming for a particular shop. If you have visited this area of France did you have a favorite shop? I'd like to get a kitchen gadget or even a small ceramic dish as a souvenir.
I'm used to eating early. Will I have a problem getting a reservation for one person? Would it be better to dine at lunch time and then maybe getting take away for dinner?
I was very disappointed in the double decker hop on/hop off bus in Rome but someone recommended some public bus routes in Paris that go thru scenic areas which sound good for me.
Did tou have a favorite outdoor market?
There is so much to see but I will only have five days. What was your favorite thing to do in Paris? If I sit at an outdoor cafe table how much am I expected to buy and how long would sitting there be considered rude?
Is there a guide book or blog you found helpful? |
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| | FW: Why Drive My Car should win the best picture Oscar Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:55 PM
Author: Phil Hoad
Subject: Why Drive My Car should win the best picture Oscar | Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's light yet profound drama is the kind of thrilling discovery that foreign-language cinema is all about Two years ago, accepting the first best picture Oscar for a foreign-language film, for Parasite, Bong Joon-ho said: "Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films." If Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car – definitely amazing – becomes the second foreign-language victor, that means Oscar voters will have vaulted multiple barriers: not just the film's own English subtitles, but the various Japanese, Mandarin, Korean and Korean sign language ones its main character, widowed theatre director Yûsuke, uses in his experimental multilingual stage productions. Through the course of this year's awards season, Drive My Car has had a gear surge out of the foreign-language category to enter the bigger conversation – despite a foreboding three-hour runtime, a resolutely high-minded tone and the kind of unhurried pace that permits it to drop the opening credits 40 minutes in. But its embrace is the broadest. Not just its polyglot setup, but the canonical plays Yûsuke stars in and stages – Waiting for Godot and Uncle Vanya – show Hamaguchi's aspiration to the universal, and dealing in the biggest themes: sexuality as a creative force, the enigma of others, grief, the capacity of storytelling and acting to transmute trauma. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Marvel denounces ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill after Disney apology Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 1:24 PM
Author: PA Media
Subject: Marvel denounces 'Don't Say Gay' bill after Disney apology | Following Disney's apology for silence over Florida law, studio pledges 'strong commitment as allies who promote the values of of equality, acceptance and respect' Marvel Studios says it "strongly denounces" any legislation that affects the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, following the passing of a controversial bill in Florida. Republicans in Florida recently passed what opponents have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill which limits teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity to young children in the state. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Marvellous review – Neil Baldwin’s life story gets more amazing Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 1:45 PM
Author: Mark Fisher
Subject: Marvellous review – Neil Baldwin's life story gets more amazing | New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Seven actors portray the charming friend to archbishops and circus stars in this freewheeling show The improbable story of Neil Baldwin gets more improbable still. Who else among us could expect to spend their 76th birthday watching their life played out at the local theatre? Yet here Baldwin is at the New Vic, graciously waving from the top row as the actors take their bows. And that's actors in the plural – it takes seven of them to stage this extraordinary tale, all taking on the role of a man who, through some combination of charm and positive thinking, has befriended everyone from circus legend Charlie Cairoli to the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, until 9 April. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Iconicon by John Grindrod review Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 2:00 PM
Author: Hugh Pearman
Subject: Iconicon by John Grindrod review | From Thatcher to Brexit – a history of the country through some pretty good buildings and a vast number of awful ones If the title makes you think this will be all about the big, shiny, funny-shaped public buildings ("icons") that we all got used to from around the mid-1990s until the end of the 00s, be prepared for something darker, much more illuminating and rather sad. Chirpy though Grindrod's prose style is, replete with pop references and hip asides, what he chronicles is the accelerating decline of the UK since 1980 as expressed through what we build. Prepare for a jolting ride that starts with Margaret Thatcher's right-to-buy legislation, which killed off the majority of new social housing, and ends, pretty much, with the horrific inferno of Grenfell Tower. A system out of control, everyone involved crossing their fingers and trying to avoid blame. Along the way, we got some pretty good buildings and a vast number of awful ones. Since I write about architecture for a living and am of a certain age, reading this book is like seeing my whole career flash before my eyes. This is all the stuff I experienced and a lot of the people I met, in real time. Much of it is what the (15 years younger) Grindrod experienced, too. And yet, in the moment, you don't always understand the undercurrents. Why are things done the way they are? Why was there that all-but-forgotten 1980s and 90s architectural obsession with out-of-town business parks and superstores? What made us think that architectural postmodernism was either normal or inevitable? What was that white helicopter in the Barratt Homes ads all about? Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Master review – fear and racism in the American university Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 2:00 PM
Author: Peter Bradshaw
Subject: Master review – fear and racism in the American university | Mariama Diallo's debut feature in a fictional Ivy League school combines campus politics and horror-satire to chilling effect There's a lot going on in this movie from first-time feature director Mariama Diallo – a pointed and intensely pessimistic horror-satire on racism and identity politics on the American campus. It could be that its material isn't fully absorbed into the screenplay, but there is real claustrophobia and unease in each insidious microaggression. The setting is an imaginary Ivy League school in New England which now shrilly prides itself on its diversity, where Jasmine (Zoe Renee), a new student and young woman of colour, is unnerved to hear rumours that the room she has been assigned was where the university's first black female student took her own life in the 1960s. Meanwhile, in a kind of generational-anxiety parallel, Gail Bishop (Regina Hall), a distinguished scholar with a respected publication record, is thrilled but nervous to have been appointed the first black woman "master" of one of the university's constituent houses. (The word of course has queasy plantation echoes.) Continue reading... |
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| | FW: Top 10 novels about toxic friendships | Charlotte Northedge Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 3:01 PM
Author: Charlotte Northedge
Subject: Top 10 novels about toxic friendships | Charlotte Northedge | Complex attachments mixing intimacy and deception can decide whole lives, and have inspired novelists from William Thackeray to Elena Ferrante Romantic love and family dynamics might be the staples of literature, but fictional friendships have provided readers with some of the most enduring, and memorable, pairings – and none more so than the toxic variety. Complex love/hate relationships have inspired novelists from Thackeray to Ferrante, and are the engine that drives many recent thrillers, including Ottessa Moshfegh's Eileen and Tara Isabella Burton's Social Creature. In my debut novel, The House Guest, 25-year-old Kate strikes up an unlikely friendship with Della, a life coach a decade older. Their uneven alliance is put to the test when Della invites Kate to join her family for a summer in France, cutting the younger woman off from everyone she knows as events spiral out of her control. Continue reading... |
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| | FW: The Way We Were Wednesday - Two Years Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT Feed: The Adventures of Travel Penguin
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 7:00 AM
Author: noreply@blogger.com (Travel)
Subject: The Way We Were Wednesday - Two Years | 
Two years ago today, I went to the office, picked up a laptop and copied of a couple of folders and came home for what I thought would be a couple of weeks of work from home isolation. Not in my wildest imagination did I think that we would still be primarily working at home, two years later. That I would still be in my box. A lot has happened at the office, someone died, someone left, someone retired, two new people have joined us, I have been promoted, all without being there in person. The way we were, the way we worked, may never be the same. But I do hope I get more time outside of the box. I have no idea what the story of the guy in the box above is. I was walking near the King Street station in Alexandria one day and he is in a front yard, with a spotlight. I knew this image would come in handy someday.
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| | Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:16 AM PDT | | FW: Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen CVB Commissions Coin to Mark 150th Birthday of Golf Course Architect Donald Ross Posted: 16 Mar 2022 06:15 AM PDT Feed: American Golfer
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:00 PM
Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
Subject: Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen CVB Commissions Coin to Mark 150th Birthday of Golf Course Architect Donald Ross 
Proceeds from the Donald Ross Coin to Benefit the Tufts Archives
(SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.) – In commemoration of the 150th birthday of Donald Ross in 2022, the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has commissioned the creation of a special edition coin to mark the occasion. The coin shows Ross on the front of the coin and on the flip side is an image of Dornoch Cottage, the Pinehurst home along the third hole of the iconic No. 2 where he lived for many years. The coin can be purchased for $25 at the CVB offices in Southern Pines, or at the Tufts Archives in the Village of Pinehurst. All proceeds from the sale of the coin support the Tufts Archives whose mission is to preserve the history of Pinehurst. The 2.5-inch-wide challenge coin was produced by MetalPromo of Austin, TX. "Donald Ross is arguably the greatest golf course architect the world has ever known and among all of his creations for golfers to enjoy, Pinehurst No. 2 is regarded as his finest work," said Phil Werz, president and CEO of the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). "As the undisputed 'Home of American Golf' the CVB wanted to do something to commemorate Ross and the one-of-a-kind coin was something we really enjoyed creating, so golfers, fans and historians can remember the significance of his contributions not only to the game, but to the Pinehurst community as well." Donald Ross was born on November 23, 1872 in Dornoch, Scotland and after his arrival in America, he was eventually hired as a golf professional at Pinehurst Resort in 1900, where he also began his career as a golf course designer. Today, Ross is recognized as one of the greatest golf course architects in the history of the game. He designed nearly 400 golf courses around the world and his greatest work is considered to be Pinehurst No. 2. He designed four courses at Pinehurst Resort, but also designed other notable courses in the Sandhills of North Carolina including Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club and Southern Pines Golf Club. The Tufts Archives is a non-profit whose mission is to preserve the unique history of Pinehurst from its founding in 1895 to present. Located in a wing of the Given Memorial Library in the Village of Pinehurst, the Tufts Archives was added in 1975. Its creation was spurred by Richard S. Tufts, grandson of the founder of the village, James Walker Tufts. Richard Tufts and other family members created the Tufts Family Foundation, which provided the funding for the archives, and a small endowment. The archives operate through the generous donations of patrons, the sale of images and graphics, and specific fundraisers. It is open to the public, researchers, media, and scholars at no charge. "We are thrilled that the CVB created the coin to mark the significant contributions of Donald Ross," said Audrey Moriarty, Tufts Archives executive director. "In 2022, we are also celebrating the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, so we look forward to commemorating both gentlemen this year and remembering their collective contributions to the history of Pinehurst." The Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area is home to nearly 40 golf courses within a 15-mile radius in the Sandhills area of North Carolina. Courses in the Home of American Golf consistently rank among some of the finest in the state or the country. Pinehurst No. 2 will host the 2024 U.S. Open and will be the USGA anchor site for future championships in 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047. Last September, the USGA announced it will move its second headquarters to Pinehurst and construct Golf House Pinehurst, set to be completed by the end of 2023. Pine Needles will host the 2022 U.S. Women's Open from June 2-5, the fourth time the historic Donald Ross layout will host the prestigious championship. |
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