Posts Tagged as ‘books’

April 25, 2009

Book trip

Travel allows for the best education the world can provide.
Or so say those who can afford it.
Fortunately, a cheaper alternative is always available.
And it’s not necessarily made in China.

April 3, 2009

The world’s most luxurious store

Established in 1958, Daslu, which would become the world’s most luxurious store, began in the living room of Lucia Piva de Albuquerque, who sold clothes and accessories she brought from abroad since Brazil at that time was closed to imports.

March 13, 2008

Good books and groceries

GOOD books and groceries—like beer and tequila, socialites and squakings—rarely go well together. (I should know—I’ve sworn off tequila more than ten years ago—after having barfed bits of my brain out on a Bacolod to Manila flight minutes prior to touchdown, thanks to copious Cuervo Gold shots chased by beer the night before. Meanwhile, to [...]