It's a cozy, unpretentious place that looks a lot like many other small bistros in France, with two crucial distinctions: its wine selection and its proprietor, Laurent Brelin, aka "Lolo, " who looks like a taller, more-handsome Jack Black.
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In a successful attempt to cheer myself up, I went to an unpretentious campus that is a techie nirvana just outside Cambridge, to talk to Warren East, the chief executive of a British company, ARM, that is an acknowledged world leader.
The man who reigns over centuries of elitism and grandeur at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House in London wears a plain, unpretentious pair of cuff links that belonged to his grandfather a hard-working Liverpool docker who went off to war in 1914 as a humble private.
About an hour south of Recife, Tamandare is an unpretentious beach town with a shore you can wander for miles and explore nearby wetlands.
He is charming and unpretentious, though he has a penchant for moony gyrations and emotive expressions that tend to appall his critics.
Unpretentious island of serenity, with a casual Downtown feel.
Funky Fish Club is a fun, friendly and unpretentious little club that plays soul, funk, jazz, Motown and old-school breaks, but draws the line at cheesy disco.
But, according to local consensus, one in particular is a must-visit: an unpretentious stall called Tian Tian, in the very workingclass Maxwell Road Hawker Centre on the outskirts of Chinatown.
Slide into a leather booth or sidle up to a lunch counter to enjoy an unpretentious meal while you can, because the classic diner may not be around for much longer.
The aim is clearly to create a typical family-style place serving unpretentious Italian fare.
Even better, Lundqvist has a legendary foil across the ice: Martin Brodeur, the 40-year-old certain Hall of Famer and another unpretentious hockey star whose greatness has been swamped in a distracted sports metropolis.
While I would have chosen A Long Long Way for its affecting, unpretentious style, The Sea shares many of that book's qualities.
If all of this is a turnoff, if you prefer your celebratory toasts unpretentious and filled right to the brim, don't worry.
When it was over, a downcast Griffin arrived at the postgame podium wearing an unpretentious Redskins polo jersey and bluejeans.
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Grabbing the leadership role would vindicate the do-it-yourself strategy of McKillop, an unpretentious 58-year-old Scotsman who showed up for an interview at a hotel bar with no handlers, ordered a cheeseburger and chatted up the waitress.
Bindler's 1997 film documentary of the same name, "Hands on a Hardbody" never makes the mistake of sneering at its characters and their unpretentious hopes and dreams.
"We were 50 companies just independently attached by a group of similar shareholders, " he explains, sitting in his spacious yet unpretentious office at Empresas Polar headquarters in Caracas.
Unpretentious, matter-of-fact, thoughtful and completely honest and dependable, I found him to be a true prince of a person and wise about the frailties of Wall Street and the proper course of leadership in crisis.
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