I told you last week β when I skipped out on you β I would have some amusing stories for you this week. I was traveling last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. It was unrelated to Carolina Traveler. Had some family matters to tend.
Two years ago, sculptor Julia Burr created a 9-foot-tall figure from hollow steel tubes. She painted it red and filled it with her best friend's cremated remains. The sculpture, βThe Indelible Mark,β towers over the flower garden in back of her Black Mountain home. She finds it a comforting memorial to her friend Mark, a performance artist with a colorful, outsize personality. Now, Burr
Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Peter Morton has sold his 10,000-square-foot East Hampton mansion, public records show. Morton, who officially purchased the home in 2001 for $9.995 million, sold the dune-top spread to West End Partners Llc for $21.45 million.
When Lucky Dube was murdered, even musicians blamed the Mozambicans, but he was better loved there than here. Why do we, the freedom-loving South Africans, hate so much?
When Lucky Dube was murdered, even musicians blamed the Mozambicans. Ink wept from letter writers in Maputo, Machava and Vilanculos. The bandits that killed Lucky, they said, did so because they are bandits, not because they are Mozambicans. He was better loved there than here.
He's trying to step clear of 'A Million Little Pieces' as he publicizes his novel. JAMES FREY was back in his old neighborhood, strolling happily along the Venice boardwalk, enjoying a sunny day in a T-shirt and aviator shades as he passed tattoo shops and a man who was selling what he claimed to be "philosophy." It doesn't get any better than this, Frey's body language seemed to say.
The xenophobia in Gauteng spilled over into Mpumalanga on Wednesday. "When we got to Extension 16 (of of Embalenhle), we found that two shops and a car belonging to a Somalian businessman had been burnt to ashes," said Evander police spokesperson Constable Sibusiso Mbuli.
The Dalai Lama toured Germany this week and talked about the importance of talking with one's adversaries. Alexa Dvorson, who lives in Berlin, notes that this philosophy seemed similar to one espoused by Barack Obama during his campaign. "Just imagine His
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