For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
When I started booking foreigners into the Japanese inns on our island, the minshuku owners all had the same fear: "We don't know how to make a Western breakfast!" "No problem," I said, "just make the Japanese breakfast as you normally do. Foreigners don't expect you to change just for them. When in Rome . . . right?"
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The Board of the National Transport Authority (NTA) is to meet later today to decide the fate of the Rosslare to Waterford rail line, which Iarnród Éireann is proposing to shut down.
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Even if storm remains well offshore, Outer Banks could feel full force of hurricane; lesser impact expected in Hampton Roads.
Skiing down a grassy mountain in the middle of summer is not the only unusual thing about Marjan Kalhor.
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When Michelle Turner hears a phone ring in her Pearl Road store, she has to look at the phone to know how to answer.
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Hoping treasures can keep stores on track in Middleburg Heights
When you think of great combinations, bridal gowns and mud is not the first one that springs to mind. But Saturday, 36 photographers and 16 models got together on the grounds at Unity of Naples Church in East Naples for a “Trash the Dress” photo shoot, and the mud and the models met.
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The bride wore white ... and mud: ‘Trash the dress’ photo shoot gets models down and dirty
The general aviation airport has four workers who, among other things, shoot starter pistols, mop up water and shoo away rodents to make the runaways inhospitable to birds.
At this year's Minnesota State Fair, what's new is what's old.
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New at the Fair: Model trains, model green homes
The late Jim Thornbury collected a baby grand, chandeliers, model cars, horse-drawn vehicles, toy trains, even the Enquirer from April 10, 1841. How much is that first paper, and everything else, worth? South Auction Services will find out at his Turtlecreek Township farm.
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How much for the 1st Enquirer?
Aug. 26 "PRODUCE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTIN BOGGS" The local artist focuses on the politics of food in the 21st century. Closing reception Thursday 7-9 p.m. Exhibit closes Saturday. Great Falls Public Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. 703-757-8560. http://www.christinboggs.com . Free.
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