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Theater/Art: London Calling

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Musical, London, Art, Tolkien, Play, Theater, The Lord of the Rings, Gay, Hayward, Entertainment News

Why do critics -- like Ben Brantley from the New York Times -- spend a month in London going to the theater? Because they can, of course. Happily, so ...

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How to Cut Travel Costs and Hassles: Bitching Can be Effective

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

Read More: London, Luggage Charges, English Breakfast, Gatwick Express, Michael Russnow, Bitching, Hotel Stays, Hotel Concierges, Easy Jet, Travel Dissatisfaction, Harrods, Cologne, Living News

Have you ever traveled and been less than satisfied? It may take a bit of time doing research in how to complain, but in the end it's more than likely you will receive some measure of success.

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Obama vs. McCain: What do the Brits Think?

Eric Kuhn | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama 2008, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Hillary Clinton 2008, Mccain, England, Obama, Hillary Clinton, London, Barack Obama, Barack Obama John McCain, Politics News

The morning after the final Democratic Primary, I took to the streets of London to see what our friends across the pond thought about the elections.

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Free Biking in Paris

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Velib', Montorgeuil, Montmartre, Jcdecaux, Mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, Seine, Mike Bloomberg, Paul DeMaio, Bachaumont, Eiffel, Musee Du Quai Branly, Paris, New York, London, Living News

May is Bike Month NYC, according to Transportation Alternatives, so it's a good time to report on a trip up and down the Seine with my wife Alice usin...

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The New London Season

Josa Young | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living

Read More: London Season, London Magazine, Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, Laura Tennant, Hello! Magazine, Princess Diana, England, London, British, Living News

I went to Hyde Park for a wonderful party at the Serpentine Gallery, London's most glamorous venue, last night. Everyone was outside, not just the smokers for a change.

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Summer Evening in Sloane Square

Josa Young | Posted 05.16.2008 | Living

Read More: London, Cocktails, Aristocrats, Earl of Cadogan, Summer, Sloane Square, Champagne, Fashion, Botanist, Living News

It always seems to happen so fast. One minute everyone's huddled in coats, the next they're displaying highly unnecessary bits of themselves to an unappreciative audience on the underground.

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Raucous Protests Greet Olympic Flame

AP | BRYAN MITCHELL | Posted 04.06.2008 | Home

Read More: China, England, London, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Olympic Torch, Olympic Torch London, London Olympic Torch Protests, London Olympic Torch Arrests, Home News

LONDON — Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's hum...

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Sacrament of Fear

Steven Denlinger | Posted 03.14.2008 | Living

Although I love Ohio, when I left it had become a place of dependence for me. I needed to put my roots down here in L.A., a place where I could throw off the last of the control rods of my past.

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Coming to Los Angeles: Labyrinth

Steven Denlinger | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

Read More: John H. Hayward, Sweden, Romeo and Juliet, South Pacific, Expatriates, Kimberley Melin, The Turnstile Jumpers, Vincent Shaw, Brady Bunch, Laban Coblentz, The Bread Loaf School of English, May Fiesta, Lincoln College, Steve Ridgway, London, North Canton City Schools, North Canton Players, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gelassenheit, Heath Detweiler, The Oedipus Experiment, A Cappella, A Night at the Opera, Ohio, Rick Campbell, Russia, Lisa DeSantis, Oxford University, Shirley Anne Jackson, The Old Routine, Mennonite, Stark County, The Pirates of Penzance, Cruel Intentions, John David Drake, Ring of Kerry, Michael Melin, Jill Shrewsbury, Canton Civic Opera, American Dream, A Night at the Prom, Middlebury College, Lake District, Akron, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, Kendrick Strauch, Republicans, Kenya, Queen, Tybalt, Home News

The novella 'Coming to Los Angeles' continues as a serial this week. Chapter 1: Labyrinth IN THE FALL OF 1998, I was teaching in the North Canton C...

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Coming to Los Angeles: How I Learned to Quit Worrying, and Love This City

Steven Denlinger | Posted 02.08.2008 | Living

Read More: London, Fundamentalism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Little House on the Prairie, Ohio, Hasidic Jews, The Witness, Devil's Playground, Schwartz Creek, Vincent Shaw Talent Agency, Richmond College, Chaim Potak, Conservative Mennonites, My Name Is Asher Lev, Religion, Living News

A close friend of mine who also left the conservative Mennonite world put it to me this way: "It's hard to talk about our childhood world in cocktail party language -- because it takes too long to explain."

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How To Tie a Necktie

Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.04.2008 | Living

Coming from a broken home in the 1940s was quite different than it is today, and my father must have felt the pain acutely.

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New Urban Status Symbol: The Subway

BusinessWeek | Jennifer Fishbein | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

Read More: London, Paris Metro, Subway, Chicago El, London Subway, Los Angeles, Tokyo Subway, Phoenix, Business News

It seems like everywhere you turn these days, a new high-speed train is whisking more passengers across longer distances faster than ever before. A ri...

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Of Tent Revivals, Wayward Husbands and Chicken Dinners

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living

Read More: St. Peter, Joke, Born-Again, Chicken Dinner, Amish Mennonite, Richmond College, Andrew Jantzi, Evangelical Friends, United Methodists, Conservative Mennonites, England, London, Gambling, Muslim, Attention, Jack Daniels, Ohio, Evangelist, Hartville Christian School, Judaism, Domestic Abuse, Heaven, Hell, Rubicon, Western, Kensington, Baptist, Chaucer, Harville, Living News

I used to think that people make decisions logically. Jantzi understood better. Jantzi understood the power of tears.

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Continental Increases Direct Flights To London Heathrow

Fox Business | Steve Goldstein | Posted 11.15.2007 | Business

Read More: London, Direct Flights London, Continental, London Heathrow, Business News

Continental Airlines said it's going to launch twice-daily flights from London Heathrow to both Newark and Houston, taking advantage of the open skies...

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Mick Jagger's Underground Swimming Pool Plans Foiled By Neighbors

Daily Mail | MARTIN DELGADO | Posted 11.11.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: London, L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger, Entertainment News

When Sir Mick Jagger bought a down-at-heel 17th-Century mansion for £10million, he planned to transform it into a residence fit for a millionaire roc...

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Los Angeles is on fire! Disaster unearths contradictory memories of my Amish-Mennonite background

Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.25.2007 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Migraines, Violence, Taliban, Wildfires, Iaea, Los Angeles, Amish, Hartville, Brentwood, Mcc, Mennonite, Fiddler on the Roof, Little House on the Prairie, Santa Monica, The Archer School for Girls, Lincoln College, London, Bible, Los Angeles Times, The Lazy Daisy, Oxford University, Bread Loaf School of English, Corinthians, Rotary, Gelassenheit, Denlinger, Living News

My mother called me from Ohio the other night, worried about the fires. She asked me if I was all right. "Sure," I told her. "I'm safe - I live i...

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Lady Obama Jaunts To Merry Ole England To Raise Campaign Cash

The Guardian (U.K.) | Suzanne Goldenberg | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, London, Bundlers, Michelle Obama, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Fundraising, Primary Elections, Barack Obama, Politics News

Barack Obama, who is struggling to recapture the early promise of his presidential campaign, is sending his wife, Michelle, to London next week to try...

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Rooftop Zoo Planned For Famed London Retailer Harrods

The Observer (U.K.) | Zoe Wood | Posted 09.22.2007 | Home

Read More: London, Department Stores, Retail, Harrods, Zoo, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Home News

Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed has a pet project to build a zoo on the roof of the world-famous London store. What would be a retail first is the bra...

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Globetrotting Candidates Cross The Pond For Campaign Cash

The New York Times | RUSS BUETTNER and MARC SANTORA | Posted 09.21.2007 | Home

Read More: London, Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Beijing, Hong Kong, Campaign Contributions, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Campaign Donors, Campaign Finance, Home News

The intense pursuit of money in the presidential campaigns and the many wealthy Americans working at hedge funds and other businesses worldwide have l...

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Roadkill: OffTheBus's Ongoing RoundUp of the Awkward, the Ugly, and the Just Plain Weird

Off The Bus | Posted 09.19.2007 | Home

Read More: London, Palm Beach Post, Rudy Giuliani, Dennis Kucinich, GOP Candidates, Fred Thompson, Home News

"We will not use the word hapless, we will not use the word hapless...": The title on the Kucinich Camp press release is, "Kucinich pushes on with visit to Fargo despite luggage goof." Oh, Dennis. We hope you were wearing your winter coat.

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British Airways Suspends Detroit-London Flight

Reuters | Posted 09.19.2007 | Business

Read More: London, British Airways, US Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News

British Airways said on Wednesday it would suspend its daily flight between Detroit and London's Heathrow Airport in March, citing the changing nature...

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London Surpasses Tokyo As Most Expensive City For Dining Out

Bloomberg | Richard Vines | Posted 09.13.2007 | Business

Read More: London, Dining Out, Tokyo, Expensive Dining, Business News

London has overtaken Tokyo as the most expensive city in the world for dining out, with a meal now costing more than twice as much as in New York, acc...

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