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Producer to Rely On: California's Landmark Vineyards Consistently Produces Top-Rated Chardonnays
There’s nothing like consistency — at least when something is consistently excellent, like the wines of Landmark Vineyards. They’ve repeatedly won high ratings from Robert M. Parker Jr.’s Wine Advocate, Steve Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar (although Tanzer is not nearly as well known as Parker, he’s extremely well regarded by wine cognoscenti) and other influential wine publications.
Read More...Heavens' Embroidered Cloths and The Philosopher's Walk
Over 15 years ago, the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Urban Council, organized an exhibition, Heavens' Embroidered Cloths, One Thousand Years of ChineseTextiles, held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 1995. We found it when searching for photographs available for viewing of the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume, at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
For instance, the Kesi (slit tapestry) robe, possibly made for the Empress Dowager in c.1900 reflects a combination of colors that today would be extremely desirable. The Empress Dowager preferred pastel shades of lavender and turquoise with designs of spider chrysanthemums interspersed with longevity characters.
Stateline, Sales Tax Holidays: Easy to Sell But Hard to Justify
Stateline, the Pew Center on the States works to advance state policies that serve the public interest. It has produced the following article by Joey Peters:
"Starting late this week and continuing through mid-August, some 16 states will kick off an event that has become a ritual of back-to-school season. They will temporarily suspend sales taxes on pens, pencils, binders and bookbags, as well as moderately-priced clothes, and in some cases, computers."
The Louvre's Breguet Exhibition and the Marie Antoinette
When you glimpse the production ledger's page recording the stages of manufacture of Breguet no. 160, the grand complication watch known as the Marie-Antoinette, the prices these watches can command become more understandable. The actual exhibit ended in September 2009, but can be enjoyed online at the exhibition website.
Breguet and the Louvre; An Apogee of European Watchmaking
Through this retrospective of the works of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), visitors viewed the art of watchmaking at its apogee, evidenced by these unique precision timepieces, combining genius, virtuoso techniques and avant-garde aesthetics. Assembled in the exhibition are exceptional loans – watches, clocks and measuring instruments – alongside portraits, archival documents and patents that span Abraham-Louis Breguet’s entire career.
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