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...One evening, she saw Madonna on television, writhing on her back in lacy underwear and pearls. “You ma-a-a-ade me feel . . . Like a virgin, touched for the very first time.”...
...Affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center, Tassajara is reached via a 14-mile dirt road and for much of the year functions as a retreat so is closed to day visitors....
...So, on a bright Saturday morning, I set off with my friend Aisha Mambetalieva for the Chon-Kemin valley, 90 miles east of Bishkek....
...(Oh, and a blade or two of mace, which is actually the lacy cage or “aril” that surrounds a nutmeg as it grows.)...
...Meanwhile, 2,500 miles away, New York Fashion Week was gnashing its teeth....
...Fifteen years ago, Khalifa City, a dusty cluster of new-builds 20 miles from the centre, barely existed. Tapping their oil reserves, the Emiratis have defied logic to bring forth life in the desert....
...Claire Miles, head of The Shop at Bluebird, says: “Separates feel right again and tops are such a great buy....
...Kate Middleton wore a lacy white dress by Dolce & Gabbana to Ascot in June, and another, by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, to the Wimbledon tennis tournament finals a month later....
...“Half a mile of ribbon? Have you lost your mind?” A dim voice berated me. No, no, no: you see, it’s not just ribbon....
...The tiles, marquetry, stained glass, lacy metalwork and infinitely delicate moucharabieh fretwork are beautiful....
...Ice crusted the margins of the river and trailed from midwater boulders in lacy sheets of wonderful intricacy....
...“I’ve flown 1m miles with BA,” he says. “That’s like two trips to the moon.”...
...Even the manager of Denny’s Diner – one of a 15-mile strip of endless fast food outlets that has sprung up on the corridor from Knoxville – raises his eyebrows when asked whether he serves alcohol....
...lent sophistication by dark stockings – three women stood out by a mile....
...Granada, in Nicaragua, is squeezed between a volcano and a lake that stretches for more than 3,000 square miles. Ten minutes from the city centre, you can salsa on the shore....
...She said she got nervous at night if she was more than about a mile away from him. The bungalow she lived in when I was seven was in a brand new cul-de-sac....
...Sure, I liked the product – lacy cashmere scarves – but I wasn’t convinced Phil and Rich (they’re pretty much first-names only, like Ant and Dec) had any idea what they were getting themselves into....
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