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and sold by the glass at a reason-
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staff. Go on a tour of the region,
glass by glass by glass. See p. 86.
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... the fast-fading
intimacy of one of Bêij∫ng’s last
hútòng neighborhoods. See p. 85.
• Best Decor: With its open
kitchens, pleasing juxtaposition of
glass and metal, and contributions
from a Hong ... (Temple for Emper-
ors of Past Dynasties), which will
reopen to the public after decades in
October 2004. A fragment of Bêij∫ng’s
original rammed-earth Yuán City
Wall is also due to open soon. We...
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the Chatham Glass Company
(
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508/945-5547), where you
can literally look over their shoul-
ders as glass treasures take shape,
and Mark, Fore & Strike for clas-
sic and sporty ... otherwise classic New Eng-
land town is a haven of good
taste—from its dozens of shops
and galleries to its premier restau-
rant, Aesop’s Tables. All is not
prissy, however: certainly not the
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... and holds a master’s degree in Chinese language
and classical literature.
Graeme Smith has traveled through most of China’s backwaters over the last 15 years.
After almost selling his girlfriend ... Bertolucci’s film, The
Last Emperor, this impressive
palace complex, opened to visitors
after an admirable full-scale
restoration in 2002, was the resi-
dence of Henry Pûyí, China’s last
emperor a...
... traditional enough
to not like seeing a woman drinking from a pint glass. (Older folks often tsk-tsk
that “Ladies should drink from half-pint glasses.”) Like the grocer-cum-post
office, or better still, ... tragedy of September 11,
2001, made many travelers even more
skittish about voyaging abroad. And
last year, fears of traveling amidst the
SARS virus outbreak did little to stim-
ulate this...