Hablando un día Raúl López y yo, gran arquero y bellísima persona, sobre el amor, después de nuestra sesión de psicología deportiva, me dijo una frase que siempre le dice su padre: "Si no está para ti, no estará para ti aunque te pongas, y si está para ti, estará para ti aunque te quites". Cada persona interpreta esta frase en función de sus experiencias personales y escala de valores. La frase está relacionada con no forzar situaciones. Hay veces que la impaciencia y la prisa te llevan a forzar y...

  Barcelona's hotels are slowly catching on. There may still be no staff who speak decent English, but they've finally come around to opening up their fabulous terraces and rooftop bars to non-staying guests. We've picked one for each day and occasion, be it Club-sized (younger, party-ish), Queen-sized (stylish) or King-sized (ritzy). Mondays.   CLUB-SIZEDTerraza Bar 8 at Hotel Granados 83.Alright, not quite a party terrace, but the location just off Gayxample makes this tiny rooftop bar a nice, quieter alternative to Axel's Sky Bar.Enric Granados 83, Eixample Esquerra. Mon-Sun 18-01 (Fri-Sat 02). QUEEN-SIZEDLa Terraza de...

FOUNDER, PHILIP CRANGI; GILES AND BROTHER BY PHILIP CRANGI. NEW YORK You know you've made it when Miss Piggy is on the cover of a magazine wearing your jewels, so when we caught up with Philip Crangi, he was still riding the Muppet high. Crangi along with his sister/biz partner launched their two collections, Philip Crangi (a fine jewellery collection) and Giles & Brother-their costume line that continues to be the object of our affection-in 2001. Crangi graciously welcomed us into his N.Y.C. abode, which he shares with his equally talented...

  Xenophobia is defined as "an unreasonable Fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. It comes from the Greek words ξ?νος (xenos), meaning "stranger," "foreigner," and φ?βος (phobos), meaning "fear." Ruth: Life means adventure, change, things that not everybody has the courage to face and accept. When one sees someone who is unfamiliar, a subconscious fear springs up: "why dare he take two steps forward and run risks where nobody knows him? I wonder if he wants to infiltrate his ideas and destroy the world...

While the arrival of a retiring space shuttle to New York City was heralded with great fanfare, artist Tom Sachs was busy putting the finishing touches on his own version of a four-week mission to Mars. From a launch pad on Park Avenue, no less.It may not be on another planet, but the vast space that Sachs has chosen - the 55,000-square-foot Drill Hall within the Park Avenue Armory - serves as the perfect venue to host 'Space Program: Mars'. Jointly organised by Park Avenue Armory and arts organisation Creative Time, the exhibition runs until...

  Topacio Fresh pasó de ser corista de Fangoria a montar una de las galerías más rompedoras de Madrid, La Fresh Gallery. Su último gran éxito: la exposición de los collages de Juan Gatti, a la que Curro Cañete asistió antes que nadie para contarlo de maravilla aquí. Y aunque nació en Argentina, Topacio ha vivido en un buen puñado de lugares de los que amablemente nos recomienda lo que sigue: Un lugar en el mundoRosario de Santa Fe (Argentina), mi tierra querida, porque es la tierra donde nací, donde nacen las estrellas, a orillas del...