Thoughts on Lance Armstrong’s Oprah interview

I confess. I was one of those people who was really looking forward to Lance Armstrong’s two-part interview with Oprah over the last couple of days. Some say why waste your time with that loser, but personally, I have been fascinated with the whole saga and wanted to see him squirm a little and be
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Tim Ho Wan: Ultra Cheap Michelin Star Restaurant!

Usually a Michelin Star means a restaurant has been given a free licence to charge prices through the roof because people are going to go anyway. Not Tim Ho Wan (which literally means “Add Good Luck” in Chinese), which is well known for being one of, if not the cheapest Michelin Star awarded restaurant in
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Defending Reggie Miller’s Hall of Fame credentials

This is an article first published on Pacers Pulse. I can’t believe I am doing this, and the fact I feel I need to infuriates the hell out of me. But here I am, defending Reggie Miller’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Last year, Miller didn’t just miss out on being a
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Patisserie La Douceur (Taipei)

We were walking around the Yong Kang Street area a couple of months ago on a rainy evening when we stumbled across a fine looking French patisserie called La Douceur. Even though we only just had dinner, the uber enticing cakes on display lured us in. Judging from the diplomas on the wall I assume
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