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Movie : To Rome with Love

In Woody Allen’s ensemble comedy To Rome With Love, various lives intersect in the Italian city. The characters include architect John (Alec Baldwin), a young man (Jesse Eisenberg) in love with his girlfriend’s best friend, an opera director (Woody Allen) who finds an undiscovered talent in an unexpected place, and Leopoldo (Roberto Benigni), who inadvertently [...]
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Restaurant : Acme F&B

Acme F&B, a new dining concept from the ladies behind Good To Go Tacos and Barcadia, opened at the beginning of June at 4900 McKinney Ave. The restaurant touts itself as “come as you are fine dining.” Its interior is woody and recycled, but very well put-together, reminiscent a more masculine Sissy’s. Rust, wood and [...]
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Restaurant : La Fiorentina

The latest creation by Alberto Lombardi transports you to a timeless Tuscany. Located in an iconic Church dating back to the 1800s, La Fiorentina unveils a warmly authentic Tuscan Steakhouse menu. In this ideal setting recalling the atmosphere of a small Tuscan Village, their attentive staff will make you feel at home while their Italian [...]
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Video : Venus Kisses the Sun

The rarest predictable solar event, the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun, occurred yesterday, June 5, 2012. Happening in pairs eight years apart, the event is separated by 105 or 121 years. 2004 saw the last transit, and this rare event will not occur again until 2117, making this event the last [...]
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Book : The Elephant Whisperer

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of “rogue” wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd’s last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn’t take them. In order to save their lives, [...]
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Movie : The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though [...]
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Restaurant : Chicken Scratch

Chicken Scratch is a handsome new roadhouse from Chef Tim Byres, the man behind Smoke, which is now open in the middle of the Foundry.The Foundry, which opened a couple months ago in the building that used to be Jack’s Backyard. Chicken Scratch and The Foundry share a huge courtyard located in a sort of [...]
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Movie : Girl in Progress

Fun Mother’s Day flick for you and your teenage daughter. Your sons may like it as well…Happy Mother’s Day! Grace is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and her limited dating time, to give her daughter, Ansiedad the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad’s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong , introduces her [...]
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Car : X5 D

BMW has officially gone green! The BMW X5 Diesel was launched a couple of years ago due to the changing trend and consumers’ outlook towards petrol engines. Furthermore, diesel engines proved to be more economical yet produced similar output, compared to their petrol counterparts. What does it all mean? More torque, less fuel, and less [...]
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