However, the weather department is still carefully monitoring the sea surface temperatures over the Pacific and Indian oceans, said L.S. Rathore, director general of the India Meteorological Department.

WSJ: India to Get Normal Monsoon Rains

Recommendations: crab cakes, sea bass, lobster salad, the sashimi and sushi combination, and the shad and shad roe.l Agora-1586 First Ave.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Arriving at L'Albitru (the Arbousier), one of three houses with a view of the sea, you realize that Canarelli's idea of living like a noble savage is in fact pretty plush.

FORBES: Lifestyle Feature

The splendid early essays from the books "Noces" ("Nuptials") and "L'Envers et l'endroit" ("Betwixt and Between") celebrate the pact between sun and sea and the physical and spiritual freedoms it fosters.

WSJ: Book Review: Algerian Chronicles