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	BIGAPPLE.GIF  Guess.
	 
         PANACHE.GIF  A very stylish New York model.

	 NAGEL14.GIF  Modern art.
 
	   SKIER.GIF  Sporty, well traveled N.Y. men.
  
         NOUVEAU.GIF  Imported Fashions.
    
	 LIBERTY.GIF  The STATUE of LIBERTY.

		       A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
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	  WEPOSH.SND   Sound of someone who had never been
	               to the Opera & is impressed by the
		       accoutrements:
                       "MY aren't WE POSH here..."

           OPERA.SND   Sound of an Opera singer.
  
           SNORE.SND   Sound of someone who was dragged to the Opera.
  
          WLAFF1.SND   Sound of that same someone's date.
          WLAFF2.SND     Each of these reflects her
          WLAFF3.SND     changing view of her 
	  WLAFF4.SND     date's social acumen.

	  PANDA.GIF    Art of two Panda Bears at the Zoo.

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				 SMOOTH OPERATOR
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	The New York YANKEES may one day have a team that
	will be able to beat the Boston Red Sox.
	That is if you listen to 60 minutes.

	60 Minutes had a video article on BRIAN TAYLOR,
	a strong pitcher from North Carolina who is presently
	being groomed in New York's Minor Leagues.
	He's got a relative (BETTY TAYLOR) who is one sharp
	manager.

	I'm sure BOSTON's RED SOX look forward to meeting
        him on the field.

	See NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC April 1991 article
	"A SEASON IN THE MINORS" on page 40, if you're
	wondering what it's like to be in Baseball's
	Minor Leagues and play Baseball's 2nd cities.

	Other great books on baseball:

	HOW LIFE IMITATES THE WORLD SERIES
	by Thomas Boswell
	(Simon & Schuster; London; 1982)

	THE ANSWER IS BASEBALL
	by Luke Salisbury
	(Vintage Books; New York; 1989)

	Other magazines:
	OLYMPIAN May 1992 issue on page 17 has an article:
	"Baseball's Best - Olympic Coach Ron Fraser"

	to get a subscription write to:
	OLYMPIAN
	United States Olympic Committee
	U.S. Olympic Society
	Colorado Springs, CO  80977-1992

	If you live near BOSTON:
	the COOP in Harvard Square (and elsewhere)
	has PANORAMIC FRAMED pictures of the Boston Redsox
	in Fenway Park for $45 each.
	They look like they were taken with one of those
	powerful ITEK cameras.  The ones that were used
	in Outer Space on the Viking landers.


				     by SADE
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                                  DIAMOND LIFE
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                            BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
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       The Fashion business is booming in New York.
       And New York has some of the World's most famous
       modeling agencies (like the FORD modeling agency).

       And New York's Jewelers have some of the biggest and
       best selections anywhere.

       If you haven't been EXPOSED to American jewelry,
       here's a good book to begin from:

       AMERICAN JEWELRY
       glamour & tradition
       by Penny Proddow, Debra Healy, & photos by David Behl
       (Rizzoli; New York; 1987)

       This book takes you on an historical tour of MANY
       of the Famous Jewelry stores in New York
       using jewelry pieces.

       If you're looking into the Cosmetics business, be sure to see:
       CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO COSMETICS
       (Anchor Books; Garden City; New York; 1980)

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			    WOULDN'T IT BE LOVERLY
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				COMPUTER BLUE
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       "Where is my Love Life?
	where can it be?

	there must be something wrong with the machinery

	where is my love life?
	tell me, tell me
	where has it gone?

	somebody please please tell me what
	    the HELL is wrong

	until I find that righteous 1
	COMPUTER BLUE

				   by PRINCE

				   writtem by John L. Nelson, Lisa,
					      Wendy and Prince

	American Heritage Invention & Technology WINTER 1990
        "WHEN IBM BET THE COMPANY" page 34

	Controversy music from PURPLE RAIN 
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                                     MoMA
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      New York City's MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) has one of the
      most amazing exhibits of World-wide industrial design
      of any museum that I've ever been in.

      I wonder if MoMA will ever publish a magazine that
      would inform us of NEW or OLD designs or ART that
      it has found interesting?  I know alot of companies
      would bend over backwards to see their product blessed
      by MoMA.

      Here's two products that I would vote in as well designed
      modern products:

      1.  An acrylic Ice Bucket designed & produced
	  by Majestic in Taiwan (1986).

	  This is a sharp looking acrylic piece with rings
	  around base and around top.  It looks almost like
	  a FANCY cookie jar.  The funny thing about this
	  product is that I believe MAJESTIC marketed it wrong.
	  Originally it was sold as an Ice Bucket for $25 each.
	  Not too many people bought them so at the end of the
	  season they were marked down to $9 each at Jordan Marsh.
	  I think MAJESTIC should have marketed them as Cookie Jars
	  or as what I use them for... FLOUR & SUGAR containers.
	  Acrylic is a strong material and it won't break like
	  glass.  Imagine a kid reaching their hand up over a counter
	  to pull at a GLASS cookie jar.  Guess what happens. SMASH!
	  No such problem with acrylic, if its made right (thick).

      2.  My second nomination are the greeting cards made by
	  HALLMARK from their PREMIERE colllection with
	  the inside message:  "SNOWFLAKES drifting gently down..."
	  (Hallmark; designed by Jim Pushkan; PX 917-6)
	  They have a Cool Blue face with nifty white tracings
	  across the top.  These look like cards that SKIERS
	  would send.    Remember when HALLMARK had those
	  great TV shows?  I think some of them were filmed in N.Y.


      MoMA also has a gift shop & a mail order catalog.
      Not all the items in their museum gift store are in
      their catalog, so if you see something you like
      when you visit it in New York, buy it then.

      For a catalog write to:
      THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
      Mail Order Department
      11 West 53 Street
      New York, NY 10019-5401
      1-800-447-6662

      And  here's a magazine for Product Designers:
      DESIGN NEWS
      Cahners Publishing Company
      Cahners Building
      275 Washington Street
      Newton, MA 02158-1630

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                                    BEST BET
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   Psst...     Rumor on the street is that BET Holdings
	       is a good stock to buy.  Reason is that it
	       had its Initial Public Offering (IPO)
	       not that long ago and its products look great.

	       It's definitely worth a look see.
	       I'd buy this stock but I do NOT have any
	       money to live on, let alone invest.
	       And all the stocks that I picked and invested
	       in (back when I had money) all did well.
	       I bought them not long after their IPOs
	       because I liked their products and their management.

	       BET Holdings is listed on the
	       New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

	       A good book about a HIGHLY successful investor:
	       THE MIDAS TOUCH
	       the strategies that made WARREN BUFFET
	       "America's Pre-eminent Investor*"
	       by JOHN TRAIN
	       (Harper & Row; New York; 1987)
 
	       * Business Week

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                                 THE DRIFTERS
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                                  ON BROADWAY
		      -------------------------------------
				 GEORGE BENSON

     New York City has amazing theater,
     both ON & off Broadway.  You can get CHEAP SEATS
     if you go to a special Ticket Agency there.
     You are buying for THAT DAY's performance.

     I've seen more OFF-Broadway than ON.
     Last play I saw on Broadway was "CABARET".

     One of my favorite Broadway plays that was
     made into a gorgeous movie was "MY FAIR LADY".
     The opening scene with FLOWERS in London's
     Covent Gardens is fabulous.
     I've never figured out where New York's
     Flower Markets are.

     Audiotape:
     MY FAIR LADY
     original BROADWAY cast, 20th anniversary production
     (Columbia; KST 34197)

     But if you want to see FLOWERS in New York,
     their RHODODENDRONs are in BLOOM at the
     BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDENS.

     Here's a pamphlet from there:
     RHODODENDRONS & THEIR RELATIVES
     Vol 27 No 2  #66
     BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, INC
     1000 Washington Ave
     Brooklyn, NY 11225
     You can get this in Harvard Sq in Cambridge, MA
     at BARILLARI BOOKS where they have LIVE MUSIC.

     The West Side Story PLAY was also fantastic.
     Luckily, Leonard Bernstein did an orchestral CD
     of West Side Story before he passed on.
     WEST SIDE STORY
     Leonard Bernstein
     (Deutsche Grammophon; 415 253-2)

     another good audiotape with the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC:
     BERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
     Leonard Bernstein, conductor
     (Columbia; MT 31843)

     NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
     -------------------
     "BROADWAY, Street of Dreams" - page 57 September 1990

     Delat Air SKY magazine November 1987 page 40:
     "THE SHOW BEHIND THE SHOW
      backstage at several Broadway Plays"

      AND a handy book to get you around town:
      FLASHMAPS INSTANT GUIDE TO NEW YORK
      Flashmaps, Inc
      Box 13
      Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514

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				  METROPOLITAN
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    The METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART is an incredible place.

    Your first time there don't miss the
    FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT room.

    The museum sells a book:
    "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
    at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
    by Edagr Kaufmann, JR
    (MET Museum of Art; 1985)

    Another book on Frank Lloyd Wright:
    "DRAWINGS & PLANS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
     the early period (1893-1909)"
     by Frank Lloyd Wright
     (Dover; New York; 1983)

    Here's a compact book on U.S. art:
    A HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART
    by George M. Cohen
    (Dell; New York; 1971)

    NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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    AMERICA'S FOLK ART MASTERS - page 74 January 1991

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				   cRaZy HORSE
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    audiotape:
    SMALL WONDERS
    classic american acoustic guitar solos
    by JOHN ROTH
    (RWR C-1001; 1982)
    recorded at SOUND 80 studios, RADIO M (Minnesota Public Radio)
    and Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center.

    ROSEWOOD RECORDS & TAPES
    P.O. Box 24291
    Minneapolis, MN 55424

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			      MANHATTAN TRANSFER
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    Did you know that the Waldorf Hotel in New York city
    invented the WALDORF SALAD?

    Did you know that the Hitchcock movie
    "NORTH BY NORTHWEST" started in a New York city hotel?
    Did you also know that the premise of this movie
    is based on a TRUE STORY?   And that's NO macguffin.

    Here's a few simple recipes:

    HOT CRAB SPREAD
    ---------------
    8 oz cream cheese
    1 tbsp milk
    1 can (6 oz) flaked crab meat
    2 tbsp finely chopped onion (Georgia VIDALIA onion when in season)
  1/2 tsp horseradish (cream style)
  1/4 tsp salt
 DASH of pepper
  1/3 cup or more SLICED almonds

  COMBINE and blend the softened cream cheese and the milk.
  ADD crabmeat once you've picked over & cleaned it.
  ADD onion, horseradish, salt & pepper.
  BLEND well in a blender.
  SPOON into an ovenproof dish.
  SPRINKLE with sliced almonds and BAKE at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes.
  SERVE hot with crackers or party rye bread.
  This may be made a day ahead & heated just before serving.
  NOTE:  MADAM's Crabmeat from Malaysia or
	 3 Diamonds Crabmeat also from Malayasia are both good.


    BROILED STUFFED MUSHROOMS
    -------------------------
    1 can (6 oz) broiled mushroom crowns    1/2 tsp grated onion
    1 can (3 oz) deviled ham                1/2 tsp finely chopped parsley
  1/2 tsp prepared mustard                    1 tbsp mayonnaise

    DRAIN mushrooms.  (SAVE broth for soup or other uses.)
    SCOOP out stem ends of crowns with a paring knife
    and CHOP innards up fine.
    MIX innards with ham, mustard, onion, parsley & mayonnaise.
    START broiler at MODERATE (350 degrees F).
    STUFF mixture into each mushroom crown.
    PLACE crowns on a greased shallow baking sheet or pan.
    BROIL 4 inches from heating element for 5 minutes OR until
    thoroughly HOT.  Makes 4 servings.


    COLD LEMON PIE
    --------------
    2 cans CARNATION condensed milk
    3 lemons
    1 Pie shell
  1/2 pint whipped cream

  GRATE lemon into large bowl.
  ADD squeezed juice.
  ADD milk.
  WHIP with electric beater.
  POUR lemon mixture into Pie Shell
  and cover with cream.
  CHILL overnight.


    STRAWBERRY BANANA PIE
    ---------------------
	1 regular (cooked) pie shell
	2 bananas, cut in circles
	1 can (1 pound) frozen strawberries
    2 1/2 tbsp tapioca

    COOK juice from defrosted Strawberries with tapioca
    until thickened.
    PUT cut-up BANANAs in pie shell with strawberries.
    COVER with the thickened juice.
    TOP artistically with sliced FRESH strawberries.
    CHILL overnight.  TOP with your favorite ice cream.
    RUMOR has it that MINUTE TAPIOCA has more recipes:

    MINUTE TAPIOCA
    Box 8021
    Kankakee, ILL 60901

    RASPBERRY PIE
    -------------
	1 chocolate pie shell (ready-made)
        2 cans of frozen raspberries
    2 1/2 tbsp tapioca

    COOK juice from defrosted Raspberries with tapioca
    until thickened.
    PUT raspberries in pie shell and cover with the thickened juice.
    CHILL overnight.  TOP with your favorite ice cream.

    NOTE:  Did you know that fresh raspberries now have TWO seasons
    (when grown local here in New England)?  They're here at the
    end of JULY and then magically at the end of September.
    These TWO seasons must be due to recent plant hybrid developments.


    Other useful cookbooks:

    THE PANTRY GOURMET
    by Jane Doerfer
    (Rodale Press; Emmaus, Pennsylvania; 1984)

    THE FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES COOKBOOK
    by Jean H. Shepard
    (Little, Brown & Co; Boston; 1975)

    CHICKEN & POULTRY
    step by step cooking
    (Barron's; Woodbury, New York; 1984)

    CONSUMER REPORTS BOOKS
    "A Chicken for every Occcasion"
    (1988; code 174)

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			         NEW YORK TIMES
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				  CAT STEVENS

    An artistic area of New York is SOHO.

    You'll see all types of galleries and stores in that area.

    I've got a great photograph hanging on my wall that
    is a bunch of Strawberries in a row that
    was done by N.Y. photographer RICK DAVIS,
    for Bruce McGaw Graphics, Inc.

    If you're wondering WHY New York City looks the way it
    does, don't miss the book:
    THE POWER BROKER
    Robert Moses & the fall of New York
    by Robert A. Caro
    (Vintage Books; New York; 1975)

    The New York Times newspaper is an informative read.
    SEE "My cRaZy Grandfather"
	 by Paul Delaney
    page 18 of The New York Times Sunday Magazine
	       June 7, 1992
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			       HARLEM RENAISSANCE	 
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   One of the MOST incredible things in NEW YORK CITY
   is its Public Library System.  I recently saw the video
   "SECRETS OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY" on Channel 44 BOSTON.
   It showed the immense main library as well as the branch libraries.
   The branch libraries in New York look like the Main Libraries here.

   HARLEM's branch of the N.Y. City Public library is the
   World Famous SHOMBURG LIBRARY.  This library houses the
   LARGEST collection of BLACK (African) AMERICAN historical materials
   in the World.

   "The artists are always a generation ahead of us."
	- a quote from the TV show

   One of the best thing about the SHOMBURG COLLECTION & LIBRARY
   is that it has dance videos on videotape.
   This way library patrons can view the dancers as they,
   the experts, reallly danced!

   It also has an extensive collection of BLACK MUSIC.

   Here's a book most likely in there:
   "A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
   a music hall review"
   by Peter Leslie
   Introduction by PEARL BAILEY
   (Paddington Press; London; 1978)

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	    "TEACH ME TONIGHT"
		   - Al Jarreau
		     from his BREAKIN' AWAY album
		     (Warner Bros; 1981; 3576-2)

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   If you don't have a New York Public Library near you,
   be sure to check out:
   MONARCH NOTES on CD-ROM with Pictures & Sound!
   Bureau of Electronic Publishing 1-800-828-4766
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   Some magazines and books of interest:

   MIDDLE EASTERN COOKING
   by Harry G. Nickles
   (Time-Life; New York; 1969)

   NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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   BUSHMAN ART COVERS A QUARTER OF AFRICA    - page 848 June 1963
   THE WORLD IN NEW YORK CITY                - page 52  July 1964
   AN AMERICAN MOSLEM EXPLORES THE ARAB PAST - page 3   July 1972

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		       "MYSTERY"
			- Anita Baker
			  from her RAPTURE album
			  (Elektra; 1986; 9 60444-2)
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