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Mexico’s Tahí Farm Enshrines Mystery and Wonder of the Orchid

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For some, they are the very essence of feminine sensuality, their delicate petals unfolding like a vibrant display of female genitalia (think Georgia O’Keeffe’s famous flower paintings that resemble a vagina). For others, they symbolize death and the morose beauty of unobtainable passion. In 1894, H.G. Wells wrote a short story about them, describing their bulbs as

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A Passion for Romance

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Enrique Volopapilio is an incurable romantic. (Then again, aren’t we all, even if we don’t admit it publicly?) Volopapilio’s passion for romance may have started back when he was studying business administration in college and let himself be distracted from the tedious writings of Jay Heizer’s “Principals of Operations Management” to snatch of bit of amorous ardor

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Peña Nieto and the Seagull

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Six years ago, then-recently instated Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto had a double honeymoon. One, of course, was as president, and the other was with his newly acquired sweetheart, soap opera star, Angelica Rivera, famous back then for her role in telenovela “Distilling Love.” Rivera played the role of a well-pedicured ,barefoot farm girl with big, false

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Trending Beauty (What’s New, What Works)

Fabulous February By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS   It’s the unofficial month of love (thank you St. Valentine for giving us an entire day dedicated to romance), Global Wedding Month (a natural byproduct of all the amorous behavior on the 14th), and International Pie Month (who can’t appreciate the fêting of sweet fruit and savory fillings tenderly wrapped in a flaky-light pastry dough?).

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