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They say big men don't cry. But they didn't say it last week--not if they watched Kobe Bryant speak publicly with a moist remorse that was almost Clintonian. The NBA's youngest-ever All-Star acknowledged having committed adultery. "I love my wife with all my heart. She's my backbone," he told reporters at the Staples Center, home of Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers. A tear scarred his cheek as he grasped the hand of his giga-gorgeous wife Vanessa and said, "You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart...
...Meyer has set up an outdoor wiener cart near his posh New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park. Among his fancy franks is a Chicago dog, left, served with 10 toppings on a poppy-seed bun. The Old Homestead Steak House, also in New York, has introduced a $19 Kobe-beef frankfurter, served in a custom-baked brioche bun with truffle-infused mustard. In Los Angeles, the Belvedere is offering a $16 chicken and foie-gras frank. --By Lisa McLaughlin
Popularized by rap artists (Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Nelly) and NBA stars (Latrell Sprewell, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant), custom wheels come in thousands of eye-catching shapes that resemble everything from the blade of a buzz saw to the barrel of a revolver. Specific models, sold under brand names like Bling Image and AutoCouture, can race in and out of fashion in as little as six months. "People want big chrome one week, silver the next," Don Sabino says of the 10,000 customers at his Rent-A-Wheel chain in the southwestern U.S. But in the oversexed world...
...grew up around sake. The clear rice liquor?a fermented product somewhat similar to wine?infuses many important holidays and traditions here, not to mention poetry and cuisine. My father, an American who has lived in Japan for four decades, drinks it hot every night with dinner. My hometown, Kobe, produces nearly a third of the industry's yield. My mother's side of the family is even in the sake business. Still, until recently I never cared much for the stuff. Its strong smell, fiery aftertaste and old-fashioned image seemed about as alluring as my grandfather's hair...
...major breweries, much of this process today is automated. Most of what those kura produce is sake of regular grade, often sold in paper cartons and best served hot. Its low quality might account for falling sales. Some breweries, including many in Kobe's Nada ward?sake central for centuries because of its pure mountain-spring water?are trying to reach younger drinkers with products like low-alcohol, low-calorie sake, while also appealing to Japanese nostalgia by encouraging visits. Hakutsuru, the No. 1 brewery, has preserved its 1743 kura as a museum to showcase ancient sakemaking methods...