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Shake It Up
Tales of the cocktail pushes back the frontiers of sipping science.Canada Wild Orcas, bears, and Sasquatch in British Columbia's otherworldly wilderness lodge. Chasing Shakespeare The Bard is having a Golden Age--some of it in Klingon. Worth It List Summer vacation edition. Memoir | Home to Beirut Beirut was the place she left at age 9, when the shells were falling. Now, a homesick daughter returns--in a turbulent time--to see if it's still home. |
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Departments Editor's Note | Time Travel You change planes at the only public transportation facility I've ever seen signposted against bear attack. Events | June & July Where do you want to be in June and July: All-day Bloomsday in Dublin, scarfing barbecue in the Big Apple, settling in for a Wagner marathon at Bayreuth. At Auction | Fossil Hunting Why has fossil hunting gotten so many scientists so bent out of shape over the years? Maybe because these are really bones, profoundly old and rare, with vivid, larger-than-current-life backstories. The Eye Life enhancement, one accessory at a time. Private Eye | Jim Zivic A designer finds poetry in steel and coal. American Lives | No Walk in the Park CEO Todd Carmichael wants to become the first person to trek across Death Valley alone. Spectacles | Racing at Del Mar When did horse racing lose its glamour? At Del Mar racetrack the allure never faded. Families | Surf & Turf Feather Down Farms welcomes city kids (and parents) to working farms and cleverly designed European tents--keep stoking the woodstove at mealtime. A long-time favorite on Cape Cod, Wequassett Resort and Gold Club polishes up with a $40 million renovation. Dialed In | Montenegro It's the size of Connecticut, but with the mountains plunging into the sea, medieval villages and a home base for the international yachting set. Andrew Harper's Notebook The refurbished Grand Sopot on Poland's Baltic, the Villa Spalletti Trivelli in Rome and the Pavillon de la Reine in Paris. Head 2 Head | Life Changers Two life-rearranging retreats--Miraval and the Ranch at Live Oak--map out very different roads to wellness. Off the Beaten Track | Northwest Passage For centuries explorers sought the Northwest Passage--they just didn't have the right boat. An Arctic journey, in style. Private Jetaway | More Shore How fast can you reach the beach? Business Trip | Terresa Liu Snyder: My Shanghai Stylish entrepreneur Terresa Liu Snyder takes us inside Shanghai. Life In Full | Matthieu Pigasse The CEO of Lazard France rocks the Casbah and 'Le Monde'. Style | Wave Wear Bright and bold seaside style. But Enough About You | Plaque Tracking Six degrees of Oscar Wilde and a new lowish-impact London sport.
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