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AP | COLLEEN BARRY and LUIGI COSTANTINI | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
VENICE, Italy — A dozen gondolas snaked down the Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral procession bemoaning Venice's approach to the dreaded...
The Independent | Independent | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home
Residents of Venice will stage a mock funeral today to highlight the dramatic decline in its population, which has led to it being calle...
Martha McCully | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
The pace of making money in this new world is so different than what I'm used to. When I first left the steady paycheck eighteen months ago, each day that would go by where I didn't make a penny caused a panic.
Brent Green | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living
Arthur Frommer's best-selling book published in 1957, Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, is quaintly incongruous 52 years later.
Gwen Davis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment
Last night at the Teatro del Fenice was the Venice debut of choreographer John Neumeier's Tod in Venedig, a ballet performed by the Hamburg Ballett, based, they dared to say, on Thomas Mann's classic novel.
AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home
Although the Los Angeles River looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days, parts of this drought-stricken city have been awash in an unusual sight – torrents of floodwater sweeping cars off streets and barbecues out of backyards.
Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles since June 5, according to the National Weather Service, but aging water pipes have been blowing up at the rate of more than one a day in recent weeks.
From the city's bohemian, beach-front community of Venice to the pre-World War II cottages that dot foothills surrounding the San Fernando Valley, people are becoming increasingly angry, muddy and wet as they watch millions of gallons of water wash away.
The number of breaks – 36 during the first three weeks of September – really isn't an unusual amount for a city the size of Los Angeles, said James McDaniel, senior assistant general manager with the Department of Water and Power. What is unusual, he said, is the severity of the recent breaks, including one that created a sinkhole so big it nearly swallowed a fire truck.
"It's not what causes a break but why did the break break in such a way that it causes this much damage," McDaniel told a City Council panel looking into the matter on Wednesday. He added that his agency has appointed a panel of experts to study the city's geology, its 7,200 miles of pipeline, its pattern of water use and any other potential causes.
Eater | Eater | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home
Over on the West Coast, Eater LA takes a look at Cafe Habana in Malibu and Habana Outpost in Venice, the Nolita Mexican darling's first east to west...
Michael Bialas | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
The unemployment rate and health care issues getting you down? Try living in a post-apocalyptic world, where bad taste (as in cannibalism) is prevalent and fuel and more wholesome foods are not.
Greg Archer | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Like most gay couples in America, Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens have fought hard to have their union recognized by the courts. When that didn't happen they came up with a curious enterprise.
New York Times | LISA BERNHARD | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media
Ms. Chappell said, "Like the audience I hated the idea of letting" the story line go. So she won't. She will try to keep the spirit of Otalia alive...
Angella Nazarian | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
When I had the opportunity to travel to Venice recently, I knew this time I would experience the city in a way I never had before.
Reuters | Posted 09.17.2009 | Style
Hundreds of holiday makers struck lucky when they chanced upon a very special offer -- a mistake in a hotel booking system which offered a romantic fo...
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 09.15.2009 | Home
A hotel which is situated near Venice has made a costly mistake after advertising it's rooms on line for just a fraction of what they are worth. ...
ASMALLMAGAZINE. | ASMALLMAGAZINE | Posted 09.07.2009 | Home
ASMALLMAGAZINE picks the world's best spots to drink, dance and dine under the sun and stars. Beach Parties Amnesia, Ibiza 1. Caprice, Myko...
Barbara Isles | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style
Here I am in the mobbed frenzy that is the 53rd Biennale. I am so lucky to be staying with my friend Bianca in her palazzo Papadopoli, where I can smell the jasmine and lime blossoms coming through my window from her garden.
AP | Colleen Barry | Posted 07.09.2009 | Style
VENICE, Italy - Quieter parties. Harsher art. That's one view from the 53rd Venice Biennale, the oldest and one of the most influential contemporary...
Martha McCully | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living
I'm doing a lot of things differently in my new economy. I'm cleaning my own house, choosing meters over valet, skipping doctors' appointments, living without HBO, avoiding Whole Foods.
indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home
U.S. rights to Estonian director Veiko Ounpuu’s Venice International Film Festival feature “Sugisball” has been picked up by St...
Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.09.2009 | Home
It's been like watching a once great boxing champion... maybe one of the greatest of all times... hang on too long and getting his face beat to a pulp...
treehugger.com | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green
Most talk of algae and renewable energy on TreeHugger involves liquid biofuels, but a new plan being put forth in Venice hopes to use algae to generat...
Martha McCully | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living
I've been in Venice 21 days and I am still the New Girl. The simplest and most complex incidents make me feel this way. I don't even know when and where to cross the street.
Al Seckel | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
I took my first walk down the boardwalk since Obama became president. Gone was most of the anti-establishment merchandise. Replacing it was merchandise filled with "Hope."
BBC NEWS | Posted 01.01.2009 | World
Venice has been hit by the biggest flood in more than 20 years, with waters rising 1.56m (5ft) above normal. Many of Venice's streets, including the ...
Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living