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THE MOST AND THE LESS. Part 5        By maximillien de lafayette. Contributors:  peggy north, ruth sielberg, fabiola rossi.

THE MOST AND THE LESS. PEOPLE AND PLACES OF THE YEAR

This is what, this year, people looked at, selected as the best and the worst, read most, remembered, cared less and completely forgot about...

THE WORLD 25 BEST HOTELS:

1-La Villa Maillot Hotel Paris, 143 avenue Malakoff 75116 Paris, France. 2-Concorde Saint-Lazare Hotel Paris Opera, 108 rue Saint-Lazare 75008 Paris, France.

Photo, left: Hotel de Crillon, Paris, France. The World's best hotel, ranked #1 by the American Hospitality Institute.

3-Le Vendome Hotel Paris, 1 Place Vendome 75001 Paris, France. 4-Beaumarchais Villa Paris, 5, Rue des Arquebusiers 75003 Paris, France. 5-Westminster Hotel Paris, 13, rue de la Paix 75002 Paris, France. 6-Baron Island, Murcia, Spain. 7-Château Les Crayères,  64, boulevard Henry Vasnier, 51100 Reims, France. 8-Hotel de Paris, Monaco, Monte Carlo. 9-Peninsula, 9882 S. Santa Monica Blvd.Beverly Hills, California, USA. 10-The Ritz-Carlton, Bali, Jalan Karang Mas Sejahtera, Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia. 11-The Ritz-Carlton, 300 Town Center Dr., Dearborn, Michigan, USA. 12-Four Seasons at Bali. 13-Four Seasons in Paris, France. 14-Trump International, One Central Park West, NY, NY 10023, USA. 15-La Bastide de Moustiers, Chemin de Quinson 04360 Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France. 16-Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, CA 93920 , USA.  17-The Point, Saranac Lake, NY 12983, USA. 18-Inn at Little Washington, Middle and Main Streets, Washington 22747, USA. 19-Amanbagh Resort, Amanbagh, Ajabgarh, Alwar, India. 20-Salish Lodge & Spa, 6501 Railroad Avenue SE, Snoqualmie, Washington, USA. 21-Le Mélézin,  Rue de Bellecôte, 73120 Courchevel 1850, France. 22- Hotel Diplomat Åregården, Åre, Sweden. 23-Plaza Athénée, Paris, France. 24-Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 25- Hotel de Crillon, 10, Place de La Concorde, Paris, 75008, France. (Ranked by World Hospitality Magazine and the American Hospitality Institute: #1 in the world).

NEW YORK'S 5 BEST HOTELS:

1-The Carlyle, Madison Avenue at 76th Street. 2-The Lowell, 28 East Sixty-Third Street. 3-The Peninsula New York , 700 Fifth Ave. at 55th Street. 4-The Sagamore, 110 Sagamore Road,  Bolton Landing. 5-The Point, Saranac Lake.

Photo: The Sagamore.

 

NEW YORK'S 10 BEST ENTERTAINMENT VENUES:

Photo: Birdland.

1-DON'T TELL MAMA .343 W 46th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues. 2-FEINSTEIN'S AT THE REGENCY. 540 Park Avenue, The Regency Hotel. 3-OAK ROOM AT THE ALGONQUIN. 59 W 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues. 4--DANNY'S SKYLIGHT ROOM. 346 W 46th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues. 5-FIREBIRD CAFE. 363 W 46th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues. 6-CAFE CARLYLE. 35 E 76th Street. 7-CAROLINE'S COMEDY CLUB ON BROADWAY. 1626 Broadway. 8-COMEDY CELLAR, 117 MacDougal Street. 9-BIRDLAND. 315 W. 44th Street. 10-METROPOLITAN OPERA,  30 Lincoln Center Plaza.

NEW YORK'S BEST AND WORST RESTAURANTS: La Mirabelle: Best.  Aboccado: Worst.

 

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ODD PEOPLE OF THE YEAR: LISTEN TO THEM BUT DON'T LOOK AT THEM, OR JUST DO THE OPPOSITE, OR SIMPLY DON'T LOOK AND DON'T LISTEN AT ALL:

1-Bin Ladden. 2-Dr. Ruth Westheimer. 3-Donald Rumsfeld. 4-Donald Trump. 5-George Bush. 6-Condoleezza Rice. 7-Weathermen/Weatherwomen anywhere. 8-USA pollsters. 9-Argentina's President Hugo Chavez. 10-Your mother-in-law when she agrees with you after 3 or 4 martinis on an empty stomach.

WORLD BEST SITE ON FRANCE: http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html  Absolutely, one of the world's most intelligent, informative, entertaining and essential websites on the Internet. Created by an American Professor Emeritus, Jim Becker from University of Northern Iowa.

THE 5 WORST NIGHTMARES AND CATASTROPHES OF THE YEAR OR PREVIOUS ONES THAT AFFECTED US IN 2005:

1-The tragedy of 7/11, the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. 2-Hurricane Katrina. 3-Invasion of Iraq. 4-Asia Tsunami. 5-Reelection of George Bush.

THE 3 PRETTIEST ROYALTIES SELECTED AND REVISITED BY READERS WORLDWIDE:

 

 

Photos: Former Iranian Empress, the stunning  Soraya  Esfandiari Bakhtiari.

1-Monaco's Princess Grace Kelly. 2-UK's Princess DI. 3-Iran's former Empress Soraya.

GOLD-DIGGER OF THE YEAR: Anna Nicole Smith.

REVISITED VILLAINESSES OF THE YEAR:

1-Tonya Harding.     2-Sandy Murphy.

Photo: Convicted murderess, Sandy Murphy who killed her lover, casino mogul, Ted Binion.

2 FUNNIEST WOMEN OF THE YEAR: 1-USA's Joan Rivers. 2- UK's Dame Edna.

Photos from L to R: Dame Edna. #2. Joan Rivers.

WORLD 5 BEST CABARET SINGERS  REVISITED THIS YEAR:

Photo: Anna Bergman.

1-Italy's Gabriella Ferri. 2-Germany's Ute Lemper. 3-UK's Barb Jungr. 4-France's Caroline Nin. 5-USA's Anna Bergman.

Photos from L to R: #1. Gabriella Ferri. #2. Ute Lemper

Photos from L to R: #1. Barb Jungr. #2. Caroline Nin.