F E A T U R E S

What is it about Paris?
By Don George, Editor
The seductive heart of the City of Light

Philosophy au lait
By David Downie
I pose, therefore I am. "Philocafes" conquer Paris.
- Books on Paris
- Philocafes schedule

D E P A R T M E N T S

The Surreal Gourmet
By Bob Blumer
Asparagus with attitude

Passages:
"Anatomy of Restlessness"
Gone to Timbuctoo
By Bruce Chatwin
- Getting there

Postmark: Los Angeles
Lost in Los Feliz
By Dawn MacKeen
What happens when Madonna, Gwyneth and Brad take over your old neighborhood?
- Books on Los Angeles

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Tuesday, May 6

Riding high
By Cintra Wilson
Our resident enfant terrible does the Kentucky Derby

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Barbara C. | Your favorite city in the whole wide world!
06:19pm May 8, 1997 PST (#76 of 76)

i would like to humbly nominate the city I adopted about 30 years ago, Charleston, South Carolina. Even in this day of the late 90's we still have polite people who say good afternoon or evening and even the children are still taught to say, yes sir and no sir and yes ma'm and no ma'm. We have no trouble with gangs nor do we have drive by shootings more frequently than maybe once a year (and then it makes for BIG news). Charleston is the home of the American version of the Festival of Two Cities -- The Spoleto Festival -- and also was the start and finish of the BOC (around the world alone under sail). Fort Sumter and the Battery where there are a multitude of ancient homes, most lived in by the original families and kept up continously, not re-created. We have a lot of sports ranging from the Ryder Cup golf to world class horse shows to minor league ice hockey. It's nice!!!!

Harold Hillman | Bad Trips
08:22am May 5, 1997 PST (#7 of 8)

i just got back from my first, and LAST, cruise.

Herded around like cattle to the retail shop slaughter on a glorified bus tour with way too much mediocre food is how I would describe the experience.

It's great if you want to be "safely" ensconced with Americans and not to be "hassled" with the inconveniences of finding your way through a foreign location and culture.

I much prefer the "hassle", thank you very much. I think that is part of what makes up the essence of travel. (Though the unpleasant parts of travel, though undesired, makes one truly appreciate the finer points of a vacation or trip!)

Ray Veldre | Supermarkets- Microcosms of Society
10:33pm May 6, 1997 PST (#11 of 17)

the human sense of smell is a powerfully evocative thing. In fact I associate all my overseas trips with odours. For example on my first trip to Italy, I became aware of this omnipresent, soft fragrance. I found it off and on wherever I went, but couldn't put my finger on it. I happened to be in a supermarket one day and while I was wandering up an aisle, I became aware of it again, only more strongly. I discovered that it was DIXAN, the local top selling washing powder ! So Italy, for me, will be forever DIXAN. An asian grocery store has an odour all of its own, sort of dried stuff mixed with hints of ginger and five spice. Quite different to an Italian deli which is oregano. German or Czech food stores are smoked meats. It's an easy way to be transported to Singapore, Abruzzo or Bavaria without leaving town.

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