Pictures of cute quadruplets with shaved heads have emerged on the Web, but that’s not the why viewers are fawning over these adorable boys.Although many mothers decide to differentiate their identical children with different clothes or different hairstyles, the mother of these boys from Shenzhen city in China’s Guangdong province decided to shave numbers onto their heads. As the children are starting school this week, their mom shaved their heads so their teachers can tell them apart. Now that

 NEW YORK (AP) _ Bikini season may be over, but this is no time to tone down the workout. Many of the styles on the runway at New York Fashion Week flash a bit of skin here or there: bare midriffs, cutout backs, keyhole necklines. The silhouettes in spring previews that entered a fourth day Sunday aren't necessarily skin tight, but it's not a season of full-on floaty frocks, either. ``We've

Alex Grosart is known among his work colleagues as a caring and personable teacher who knows how to relate to his students. This may be why he is counted as one of the most popular teachers at Seoul International Academy.It was by chance, however, that the 27-year-old math teacher settled in the job. Originally named Shin Young-nam, Grosart was adopted by a family in Marion, Massachusetts, when he was just 5 months old. He came back to Korea initially to search for his birth parents. The governm

NEW YORK (AP) ― A flurry of assistants rushed to protect racks of clothes at New York Fashion Week from Saturday’s sudden downpours ― perhaps as potent a reminder as any during these spring previews that seasons can be temperamental.Maybe that’s why leather is as common in these previews for spring and summer 2013 as the pops of color and chiffon you might expect.“You can wear those leather jackets all year long,” said stylist June Ambrose. “They’re sleek enough to go under a parka or a vest and

‘Fête de la Gastronomie’ attracts epicureans worldwide with its finest delicacies“A successful dish is a thing of beauty and balance, born of the spirit and hand of man,” said Michel Gurard, renowned French Michelin three-starred chef and a founder of Nouvelle cuisine, an innovative method of cooking to create food low in calories. Not only is he a world-famous chef, he is also the patron of an upcoming international food festival that will be held across France in late September. France is a ce

SARASOTA, Florida ― It is a still, hot day on Sarasota Bay as we slide our kayaks into the water. Too lazy to use our oars, we drift a little and watch the mullet jump while we wait for the last members of our tour to arrive. Suddenly a pelican swoops down and grabs a silvery fish, startling us.We set off a few minutes later, seven of us with little or no kayaking experience. Kelly, our guide, points his oar in the direction he wants us to go, then stays in the middle of our disorganized pack, s

The hotel offers a special package centered around special culinary work of Chef Pierre Gagnaire, a three Michelin-starred chef of the hotel’s restaurant Pierre Gagnaire Soul until Dec. 29. The Pierre Gagnaire Package will include “The Pastry Package,” which includes a one-night stay in a deluxe club room, club lounge privileges, flowers and cookies. “The Restaurant Package” provides a one-night stay in a Junior or Corner Suite Club Room, Club Lounge privileges for two, a bottle of wine, cake, a

Imperial Palace Seoul presents a Korean traditional royal cuisine cooking class conducted by buffet restaurant Familia’s senior chef, who has 25 years of experience in traditional royal cuisine. The dishes that will be introduced during the two-hour session will include traditional Korean savory milk porridge, beef ginseng balls in galbi sauce, asparagus and tofu skewers, traditional lotus porridge, sea food platters of nine delicacies and beef and vegetable rolls. After each class, a full cours

French restaurant Seasons presents the 68th Gourmet Circle Dinner on Sept. 21-22. The special event will hold a premium champagne reception at 7 p.m., followed by a seven-course meal, which will be paired with complementary wines. Inspired by autumn, the 68th Gourmet Circle Dinner will introduce rich and savory flavors to celebrate the harvest season. This celebratory dinner with wine is priced at 175,000 won, excluding tax and service charges. Marked by sophistication and beautifully-decorated

The hotel offers the “American Culinary Delight” steak and barbecue event with executive chef at Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, Matthew Morrison. American style dishes will be available at Oksan Buffet, Japanese restaurant Hanazono and Chinese restaurant Cheehong from Sept.7-Oct. 28. Lunch buffet, course menus and an la carte menu will feature a wide range of American meats such as rib eye and striploin steak, boiled ribeye carpaccio and ribeye bulgogi tart. The dinner course menu features six cour