However loudly you protest, you still have to check your gun at the restaurant’s door. (Customers take valet tickets in return.) Guards in tight jeans and tighter shirts patrol the entrance, toting that ubiquitous paraphernalia of authority here: a walkie-talkie. Even cavalier guests cast leery glances down the road for a car that could be [...]

Neckties. They’re not only handy as last-minute Father’s Day gifts. They also provide a multitude of materials and designs for sewing projects.
“Anything you can sew you can make with neckties,” says Nancy Gamon of Cincinnati. “You just have this (necktie) line that becomes part of the design element.”
Peruse the Internet for ideas, and be astounded. [...]