Charles was the only streetcar line that survived when New Orleans ripped up all the other tracks around town and switched to buses.
Slim in a pair of jeans and a fitted hip-length tunic with a sweatshirt on top, she says her neighbors often gossip about her and tell her parents that she "talks to boys all the time and runs around town"--all part of her job.
When a Florida developer cut down all the trees around what used to be a baseball field and started putting up condos, the town said, Enough.
Mining reached its apex in the 1890s when around 700 people lived at Corinna, but by 1919 the town was all but abandoned, leaving what Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service describes as " the only remote area historic mining settlement" in the state.
In 2011, average wages in Sedgemoor, the district around the town, fell by 9.4%, according to the official analysis of all jobs, including part-time work.
"Each one has a conceit that takes you into a whole different stylized world, " said Casey Childs, executive producer of Primary Stages, who also originally produced "All in the Timing, " after it was rejected around town.
From the drivers of the complimentary SUVs who are always happy to chauffeur guests around town to the front desk, it is all about being helpful.
Huge cliffs loom all around, looking like they might lurch forward at any moment and push the tiny town into the sea.
There is the best land based whale watching anywhere, and plenty of opportunities to get out on the water, including diving with Great White sharks, something people come from all around the world to do and can easily be done as a day activity in Cape Town (though cage diving remains controversial).
It's as if we've all spent years on the town with a bon vivant uncle buying us steaks and cigars and driving around in a Rolls-Royce Phantom, and suddenly the bon vivant uncle pulls over to the side of the road, starts freaking about gas prices, and hands you fare for the bus.
WSJ: Jason Gay: Letting Jeremy Lin Walk May Be Sane, But It's Not Fun
I've been wanting to read Don DeLillo's Underworld all year - but not enough to tempt me into trudging around town to find it and then pay through the nose.
Ms. WEBSTER: I moved to Detroit in 1999, and it's hard to believe, but in that year, all the workers got 8, 000 dollars bonuses at Ford, and they actually had planes flying around town thanking workers for their great contribution.
应用推荐