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...good friend of R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. When I asked how he persuaded a middle-American institution like NASCAR to work with him, Batali answered, "I present a compelling case because"--self-conscious pause--"I'm fun." A year ago, a Rutgers classmate who is a well-connected NASCAR aficionado brought him to his first big race. On a lark, Batali and his friend had decided to throw a dinner for the drivers. "We handed out little cards with an invitation to all the drivers' motor homes," says Batali. "And they came. It wasn't like we checked with NASCAR...
...Beta testers are already getting active on the site, which looks like a cross between MySpace and a collection-listing spot like DVD Aficionado. You search for artists, album names or song titles, then list the CDs you encounter as ones you have or ones you want. Listing a CD that you have doesn?t mean you? re prepared to send it to another member. Still, the more CDs you list, the more you?ll find people hankering for your discs. Once you start sending them along - using La La?s Netflix-style preprinted mailing envelopes - the discs...
...Angeles resident Mimi Donaldson, 57, regards herself as something of an aficionado of museums. But when, on a recent business trip, she toured Washington's International Spy Museum, tel: (1-202) 393-7798; www. spymuseum.org, she found a unique experience: the five-year-old facility is the only one in the world dedicated entirely to espionage, and features artifacts, interactive displays, films, video and historic photos. Exhibits show how to create and hide coded messages, tell the story of celebrity spies such as master chef Julia Child and Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich, and offer a glimpse of espionage in biblical...
...known brethren. For starters, they are less crowded, and are often inexpensive or free. In these institutions, adventurous tourists can find colorful, offbeat exhibits highlighting world-class collections, in some cases the only ones of their kind. Los Angeles resident Mimi Donaldson, 57, regards herself as something of an aficionado of museums. But when, on a recent business trip, she toured Washington's International Spy Museum, tel: (1-202) 393-7798; www.spymuseum.org, she Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style...
...research,” the course’s teaching fellow, Emily T. Abrams, said. She added that students will be able to follow their own research interests in choosing who to interview. Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09, a potential music joint concentrator and Bernstein aficionado, had not heard about the seminar prior to being contacted for this article. “There’s not much information available about it on the web,” he said. But Shiozaki expressed interest in taking the seminar or one similar to it in the future...