Travel articles Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
C.M., Elbow: Bedbug Bites
C.M.'s Elbow: Pictures of bedbug bites by real people bitten by bedbugs. Bed Bug On Skin
Picture of a bed bug on human skin. Top Chefs Unite to End Hunger
On January 26, chef Bradford Thompson will kick off his Tasteful Pursuit dinner tour at New York's Lever House Restaurant. Along with chef Terrance Brennan and chocolatier Jacques Torres, Thompson will sear and sautée to help Share Our Strength end childhood hunger in America.
Disney's Beach Club
The white sandy beaches and large water slide complex of Disney's Beach Club are situated on a lake adjacent to the Epcot theme park. Disney's Beach Club has a more casual decor than its sister resort, Disney's Yacht Club.
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