The Bangkok Post spills the goods on the the over-the-top obsession for “boutique”-anything that has hit Thailand. The interior of the so-called boutique bowling alleys have been changed to emphasize entertainment instead of the sport itself: there are glow-in-the-dark marking units and playful furniture; the design of the bowling shoes is more fashionable and the [...]
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The Big Hole
Les Halles is not only a deep wound which the city licks endlessly, not just a shopping pit full of rotting suburbanites (check your latin dic’s for the meaning of the word “forum”) with ugly, shitting dogs, it’s a wondrous ancient quartier where megatons of fresh meat, fish and vegetables were once hurled, sliced and [...]
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Bin Browsing Beneath Times Square
New York is full of underground record stores, but Record Mart (1470 Broadway,Times Square Station, BMT subway mezzanine) is the only one I can think of that is literally underground. About two stories underground. Located equidistant from the G.C.T. shuttle, N-R and 1-2-9 platforms, Record Mart seldom gets a second glance from tunnel-visioned commuters, but [...]
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