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...Yard is quiet, except for the beeping of a truck in reverse and the fluttering of posters. The neon-green grass looks perky, and even the homeless man picking bottles out of the trash seems strangely idyllic...
...were famous, important or otherwise worked for someone famous or important, scurried outside into a light drizzle for the three-block walk to the Bloomberg after party. The financial wire service had transformed the Costa Rican Embassy into a rough approximation of a hip, Los Angeles nightclub, with neon lights, lots of vodka and nubile ladies who silently walked around dressed in form-fitting airline stewardess costumes. One wall of the main room had a series of stairs that led to the ceiling, at the top of which Rick Davis, the campaign manager for John McCain, sat down to appraise...
...like the Lullaby Garden created by Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot in Sonoma, California in 2004, with rolling hills of nylon carpet behind a fence of fishing line, were temporary installations for festivals. Others are permanent works of odd beauty commissioned by open-minded clients (see Claude Cormier's neon-pink Lipstick Forest for Montreal's Palais des Congrès) or those looking to make a lasting statement - like the fountain memorial to Princess Diana in London's Hyde Park by Kathryn Gustafson and Neil Porter. "Think of them as gardens that tell stories," advises Richardson. "Even...
...revolving-door line-up of gray Christian Democratic leaders who shared power with smaller parties in a establishment of backroom deals and Byzantine rhetoric more likely to confound rather than communicate with real people. But for the past 14 years, the political arena has been dominated by Berlusconi, the neon version of the billionaire in a blue pinstripe suit, making the hard sell in simple, sometimes bawdy language. Some said it was a welcome change from the politics of the past, and he won a short-lived victory in 1994 before his center-right allies turned against him. When...
...fashion to make cultural statements. The show was divided up into four segments—Harajuku, Student Design, His/Hers and Hip-Hop. Harajuku, which opened the show, featured an eclectic assortment of clothing inspired by the eponymous Tokyo district. Student models appeared in everything from neon platform shoes to faux leather leggings. “It was a hodgepodge of clothes and things you would never think went together. But it was really fun,” said model Jeremy N. Tran ’09. This pairing of the unexpected was typical throughout the show. Sanby...