February 16, 2006

I’ve been trying to teach Caroline her name and age, working towards that day when she wanders off and finds the people who page errant parents in airports around the world. I figure any human with enough patience to spend three hours licking a lollipop down to the cardboard stick can learn her name and...  

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Last week I went to Prague with Ana Linda and Ilan. We left early Thursday morning and stayed until Sunday. It was a really great trip the city is really beautiful and so charming. It snowed most of the time we were there but it was good snow. I think the snow was an added effect to the city's beauty....  

Many Czech dishes leave you counting how many years you can lop off your life expectancy, and fried cheese is no exception. Basically a Czech version of eidam, fried in breadcrumbs, it's politically incorrect but just the job on a cold winter's day. And to complete the slow motion suicide it's usual to order...  

At the Andreas Luka boutique in Prague 1, surrounded by discount no-name jeans and sweaters, Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags sit in the display window.  

A Czech unit of global engineering firm Siemens has scored the country's first success in the Turin Winter Olympics. Following Siemens' win in a pre-Olympic tender last year, Prague Zlicin?based railway car manufacturer Siemens Kolejova vozidla won a contract to deliver 46 light-rail cars to Turin to boost...  

A bill that promises to modernize Czech bankruptcy legislation has overwhelmingly passed in the Chamber of Deputies, signaling broad political support for the often contentious reform measure as it heads to the Senate.  

The government, universities and companies are placing more and more emphasis on developing the country\'s education system.  

Why do Czechs eat more cookies than other nationalities? What is the difference between bottled beer and draft beer? Who will be sitting in the prime minister's chair after the general elections in June: Jiri Paroubek of the Social Democrats or Mirek Topolanek of the Civic Democrats? The search for answers...