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JULY 2012
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HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM
THEWORLD AT A GLANCE
DESTINATIONS ADVENTURES FOOD&DRINK
TOTTORI, JAPAN
In honor of the London 2012 Olympic
Games, artists at the world’s only sand
museum construct detailed replicas
of British buildings, sculptures and
paraphernalia for its inaugural
exhibit, which runs
through January.
SHANGHAI
Brooklyn artist Duke
Riley stages a “rematch” of the race
that, legend says, determined the order
of the animals in the Chinese zodiac.
In the original go-round, the rat (who
cheated) was victorious; this year, the
horse wins fair and square.
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CHICAGO
At Union Sushi and
Barbeque Bar, executive chef
Worachai Thapthimkuna is serving
up rice pudding with coconut milk,
sesame seeds and an exotic twist:
It’s made with black rice, a grain
once so prized in China that
it was reserved for the
emperor’s table.
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GERMANY
McDonald’s menus
include the first of five crowd-
sourced burgers, the Pretzelnator,
as a part of the chain’s “Mein
Burger” campaign. It’s topped with
ham and American and Italian
cheeses and, yes, served on
a pretzel-like bun.
MUCHWENLOCK, U.K.
The British birthplace of the
modern Olympic movement
hosts the 126th Wenlock
Olympian Games, some 150
miles northwest of London (a city
where, rumor has it, another
sporting event will be taking
place this month).
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BOSTON/
NEWYORK
Hackers at MIT
transform the façade
of a campus building
into a giant playable
game of Tetris, while
a New York creative
director turns Fifth
Avenue into a game
of Frogger using
a hacked arcade
console and a live
traffic feed.