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Little Italy, a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, was once known for its large population of Italians. Most of the neighborhood has been absorbed by Chinatown.
Little Italy, a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, was once known for its large population of Italians. Most of the neighborhood has been absorbed by Chinatown.
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In the city that never sleeps: 'An Evening of Hope'
A marketing publication of the Sun-Sentinel CompanyOn the evening of November 21, the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), Florida Chapter, will host "An Evening of Hope" at The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale. All proceeds from "An Evening of Hope" will benefit CCFA and...Tags: Ulcerative Colitis, Frank Sinatra, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Crohn's Disease, Tony Bennett
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What do chefs Mario Batali and Mary Sue Milliken pack when they go on a cooking vacation? Hint: It's not all clothes.
Times Restaurant CriticI should have been suspicious when my husband, Fred, offered, oh so sweetly, to carry my suitcase out to the car. We were heading to the East Coast to spend 10 days cooking and eating and lazing at our friend Mary's Long Island house. Fred not only...Tags: Santa Monica, New York, Long Island, Manhattan (New York City)
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'P.S.' is a Sweet Love Letter That Gets Misdelivered
Zap2It.comYou think you've got relationship problems? Clearly you haven't met Holly Kennedy, who gets mail from her husband Gerry, a swaggering, hard-drinking, fun-loving, totally besotted romantic. Who has been dead for weeks. The letters, delivered to Holly...Tags: Lisa Kudrow, New York, Movies, Harry Connick Jr., Hilary Swank
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Cigar bars: Where to light up and chill out
dcarrington@am-ny.comWhile cigarettes have long ceased to seem sexy, cigars still have a certain mystique. For one, they smell and taste better and, be you male or female, their macho charisma is endlessly alluring. If that tumbler of Johnnie Walker blue label doesn't make...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, George Burns, Johnnie Walker, Howard Hughes, Ian Fleming
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Is it Lucky timing?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore Tony Soprano or Don Corleone or Tony Montana there was Lucky Luciano -- the real-life patriarch of modern organized crime. Luciano was the Sicilian immigrant who rose to power in the Mafia in the U.S. in the 1920s and transformed it into a...Tags: Prostitution, Frank Sinatra, Danny DeVito, Punishment, Wars and Interventions
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Trading stromboli for sashimi
Special to amNewYorkItıs official sushi now rules over ravioli 32-22 in Brooklynıs Little Italy of Bensonhurst. A recent walk down the famed Christopher Columbo Boulevard between 60th and 86th streets now tallies 16 Italian restaurants versus 17 Asian eateries. The count...Tags: Sunset Park, Brighton Park, New York, Bensonhurst, Brighton Beach
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Maggiano's Little Italy/Boca Raton
Dining CorrespondentItalian food is the comfort food of the 21st century for many people, and that's a trend with which Maggiano's Little Italy easily synchronizes. High ceilings and a sprawling dining room may not be the stuff of homey memories, but much else at Maggiano'...Tags: Tony Bennett, Restaurant and Catering Industry, New York, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Boca Raton
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A Wall Street darling
Newsday Staff WriterIts business may not be sexy, but MSC Industrial Direct Co. would probably be the envy of many companies with glitzier products. The Melville-based company, one of the country's largest industrial-products distributors, is a Wall Street darling. Six of...Tags: Melville, Metal and Mineral, Employees, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Essential Scorsese
MetromixWith the October 6 release of Boston-based cops and mobsters tale The Departed, legendary director Martin Scorsese again sets Hollywood ablaze. Critics praise the film not only for its acting and filmmaking, but also for Scorsese's return to the kind of...Tags: Elections, Crimes, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodie Foster, Movies
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Ristorante Luna Rosa/Deerfield Beach
It's not just the oceanfront view or the wraparound dining veranda that draws tourists and locals to Ristorante Luna Rosa adjacent to the Deerfield Beach HoJo. It's not even the rich white linen/heavy silverware ambience that carries such out-of-character...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Beach Vacations, New York, Delray Beach, Maytag Corporation
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Near Downtown's Glitter Lies a Civic Problem
Times Staff WriterIn the shadow of downtown Los Angeles' glittering Bunker Hill skyscrapers is a 50-block area of grime, despair, struggle and hope known as skid row. Every day, office workers, tourists, suburban moms and urban pioneers traverse the edges of skid row,...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Addiction, Tourism and Leisure, Wars and Interventions, Los Angeles
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Dining
If you're hungry in New York, you're just not trying - it's a great town for food. With around 20,000 eateries, the possibilities are almost endless: you could have dinner at a different restaurant every night for 50 years, running the gourmet gamut...Tags: Greenwich Village, Central Park, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Gramercy, New York
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