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Pleasure and Pain at a Russian Banya(2)
The spa is one part paradise to two parts kitsch nightmare, decorated in the faux lux style so beloved by Mafia kingpins and chain Italian restaurants: the main room, replete with large aqua pool and plastic patio furniture, is done in fake marble, its vaulted ceilings held up by fat Roman columns.
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Fed up with Freud? Give Philosophy a Try
By Mary Johnson
The woman came to Lou Marinoff with a dilemma. She was in her early 30s and had a lucrative career in finance, but her dream had always been to go to medical school. She had to decide whether becoming a doctor was worth disrupting a well-established life.
Marinoff, a pillar in a growing area [...]
Bollywood at the gym: ‘Slumdog’ dance is now a fitness craze
By Amy B Wang
“Balle! Balle!” Sarina Jain shouted during a packed session at a Crunch Fitness gym in Manhattan on a recent Tuesday night, calling out the rough equivalent of “Whoo!” in the Punjabi language. Nearly forty women and one man thrusted and stomped and jabbed the air in the exercise studio in sync to [...]