Hints and tips:
...“Foreigners know Beverly Hills and want Beverly Hills,” he says. “Beverly Hills is like a brand name to them.”...
...The Beverly Hills Hotel, the Pellicano and the Sirenuse all have justifiable world-class pool reputations. But when it comes to the top spot, I have to go with the opinion of my late chum Slim Aarons....
...Beyond hiking, hacks through the snow and cross-country skiing are whimsies such as millinery and pysanka, the Ukrainian art of egg decorating....
...Every addict present — each of whom could have used snow-clogged roads as an excuse not to come but did not — must stand up before the judge to report on progress....
...Subsequently, the views of cobalt-blue Lake Geneva, and the snow-capped mountains behind, have consoled numerous exiles....
...In addition, as a south-facing ski destination, it can suffer from snow melt earlier in the season....
...Its programmes have 15 nominations in Sunday’s Golden Globes in Beverly Hills — the 14th successive year that it has garnered more nominations than any other television network....
...Just as fat skis provide more float in powder snow, fatbikes make cycling across soft, undefinable surfaces possible and even pleasing. Bikers in Finland can now ride trails long before the snow melts....
...Tufte, 71, was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Beverly Hills, California....
...“If the guy managing Beverly 2 at Universal is also trying to date his own films … that creates a big problem.”...
...He took jobs himself “out of necessity, whether it was mowing lawns or snow removal. We were poor . . . I had to do something.”...
...Nowadays the better-off model railway lovers, including Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and television presenter Peter Snow – whatever you do, don’t call them geeks or anoraks – need lofts, warehouses...
...“Time spent at private homes in Beverly Hills and the Upper East Side is time lost on the issues and the voters.”...
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