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Back from the U.S.: My Observations (III)

March 8, 2007

Smoking or Non-Smoking? Who Cares? California restaurants are blessed with clean air. There is a state-wide ban on smoking in public places, so you never, ever have to have that little “Smoking or non-smoking?” conversation with the waiter as you enter a restaurant. You never have to scan the room to find a table that’s [...]

Back from the U.S.: My Observations (II)

March 5, 2007

Public Transport (or the Nonexistence Thereof) From 1999 to 2004, Jeff and I lived in a suburban town in the San Francisco Bay Area that had a population of some 40,000 people. We had virtually no public transport available. I think there was a bus running between some of the neighboring towns about once or [...]

Back from the U.S.: My Observations (I)

March 1, 2007

Purple Hair (or the Absence Thereof) In the course of our 17-day stay in California, we didn’t see a single person with their hair dyed red or purple. It really struck me as quite a noticeable difference compared to the Czech Republic where these odd hair colors seem to have been the rage for years. [...]

Czech-Born Designer Blanka Matragi Visits Prague

October 3, 2006

The world-renowned fashion designer Blanka Matragi who is Czech by origin and lives in Lebanon with her husband is currently exhibiting her latest collection in the Municipal House in Prague. The exhibition was preceded by an evening fashion show on September 22, the proceeds from which were contributed to the reconstruction of Lebanon damaged in the recent Israel/Lebanon [...]

New Czech Films in New York

November 4, 2005

The six annual series of New Czech Films, organized by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Czech Center New York, is underway and continues through Sunday. Screenings include Up and Down (Horem pádem) and Czech Dream (Český sen). By way of the Slavs of New York! blog.

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