Delpy's "Paris" an enchanting destination

Delpy's "Paris" an enchanting destination 

Lovers in the city of romance. Jack's American; Marion's French. He's a hypochondriac; she worries about the state of the world. He's an interior designer; she's a photographer. He's in a foreign city, and she's back where she grew up. Everywhere she runs into old lovers. Jealous, Jack?

Record Home Price Slump 
Fourth-quarter report from National Association of Realtors shows largest price drop on record as markets with price declines now outpace those with gains.

Plot your strategy for tours before your ship sails 
Excursions are the Achilles' heel of cruising.

By MEGAN WILDE 
MARFA Suzan-Lori Parks was running up a gravelly hill on Friday afternoon. The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright was demonstrating how to outrun a bouncer, her name for the critical voice that guards, and sometimes shuts down, a writers creative mind.

European Medical Studies: Shorter Treatment Cycles, Improved

European Medical Studies: Shorter Treatment Cycles, Improved

MSN MoneyCentral - IntraOp Medical Corporation IOPM today announced the results of several cancer research studies that were presented at the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) Conference, November 30 to December 3 in Venice, Italy, by members of the

On the town
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - set in Italy and transmogrify it into a musical? OK, so I'm one of those hard-noses who subscribe to the "if it ain't broke,don't-fix it school." Granted there have been triumphs such as Arthur Laurents' play, "The Time of the Cuckoo," set in Venice

Online Press Release
PRWeb - YAZ) the trend-setting fitness center in Venice, CA. just weeks ago launched their comfortable and flattering clothing line for all body types, YAS Wear, with extraordinary response. - 2005-06-24 True Entrepreneurial Spirit Earns WellDog Business of

Alejandro Sanz
Billboard - With 3, recorded in Venice, Italy, and produced by Miguel Angel Arenas and Emanuele Ruffinengo, 1997's Mas, and 2000's El Alma Al Aire, the Spanish singer/songwriter achieved international top-selling status. ~ Drago Bonacich, All Music Guide

On Wine: Pop old traditions and say cheers to a new world of bubbly
Seattle Post Intelligencer - I'm a fan of prosecco wines from around Venice in the north of Italy. These are soft and gentle wines that can work so well as a welcome wine and with hors d'oeuvre. Yes, many are off dry or even sweet but there are also lovely dry (brut) versions

Opening Friday

Opening Friday 

Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film critic and wire-service reviews: =Weak =Mediocre =Worth Seeing =Shouldn't Be Missed CANDY -- ½

Opening today 
Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film critic and wire-service reviews: =Weak =Mediocre =Worth Seeing =Shouldn't Be Missed (R -- profanity) This documentary is about punk rock, not porn. With interviews with luminaries like Henry Rollins and Mike Watt, it chronicles the exploits of 1980s bands like Black Flag, Bad Brains and Minor Threat, who played it loud, fast and raw in opposition to ...

"BABEL": While on vacation, an American ... 
"BABEL": While on vacation, an American (Cate Blanchett) is shot by a pair of Moroccan boys fooling around with a gun. Her husband (Brad Pitt) tries to keep her alive, while in California their nanny (Adriana Barraza) opts to take their young children across the border rather than miss her son's wedding. In a seemingly unrelated subplot set in Tokyo, a sexually rebellious deaf mute teenager ...

Capsule reviews of recently released movies 
For Your Consideration, Tenacious D ...

Rite of passage 
After months of planning and saving, there we were: Seven of us, three women and four men between 19 and 21, got off the planes and found our packs in the underbelly of Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino airport. For two weeks, we would travel and learn and explore Europe.

REAL VACATIONS REAL VACATIONS

REAL VACATIONS REAL VACATIONS 

Liz Miessler of Independence, Kan., retired recently and says she is getting so many requests for volunteer work, I need to get out of the country.

Pelosi readying a pre-emptive House agenda / She's not going to let State of the Union overshadow the state of the  
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi made clear Tuesday she's not willing to cede the public spotlight to President Bush in the weeks before his State of the Union speech. Pelosi plans to start the 110th Congress with a bang on Jan. 4 -- when the House...

forGetaway.com Expands European Listings 
forGetaway.com, one of the most dynamic vacation rental sites on the Internet today announced the availability of nearly 5,000 vacation rental homes across all regions of Italy.