For the last few decades, the most popular diets were complex formulas that promised abundant eating with just the right combinations of fat, protein and carbohydrates. Now those regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and other risky financing instruments. And just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.
At its most generous, New York bestows a rare gift upon visitor and resident alike: it makes you feel young. Stride down its granite-steel-and-glass corridors, and your viewpoint is instantly that of a child, eyes directed forever upward.
Walking into Brazil’s new soccer museum is like entering a hall filled with busts of Greek gods. Suspended on glass screens some eight feet tall in the darkened chamber are the outlines of a dozen or so of Brazil’s soccer legends in action. Underneath, the players’ names are printed in capital letters. For most, one name is enough. Ronaldo…Didi…Falcão…Tostão…Garrincha…and the most famous of all, Pelé.
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Here’s a 2 min., 26 sec. recording I made in a taxi cab in Kolkata, India in November, 2007. Enjoy.
Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker’s library.
