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A Spanish specialty is added to Caf Patios signature blend of wicker and potted palms, attracting both finicky eaters and chic shoppers.

Tourists ambling into the back streets of Pragues Star Msto quarter are confronted with a scene thats more Kabul than central Europe. There is, in Hatalsk nmst, the anticipated mix of spires and art-nouveau facades. But then, theres also a big mess. An enormous gash of brick and dirt, where once was cobble stoned street, remains, more than a year after the floods of 2002, constantly operated on by truckloads of pot-bellied workmen in coveralls. So much the worse, then, for the latest edition of Caf Le Patio, Resto Caf Le Patio, which sits on a lonely corner amid the chaos. This is a pity, because this caf/restaurant, opened last April, offers a unique product with seemingly strong potential. Tarted up in deep amber and plum hues, the interior is a largely informal space, airy and pleasant enough for casual upscale dining. Michaela Polkov, the restaurants manager, says that business has been rather slow, due in large part to the street work going on daily outside its doors. But more than enough tourists have managed to find their way here, and Polkov also boasts of a diminutive but regular local clientele. What these people get is essentially a calmer, more secluded atmosphere than what they would find at the other Caf Le Patio, located on the relatively bustling thoroughfare of Nrodn street. Le Patio, a veritable Prague institution of home furnishings stores and caf-cum-restaurants, has cultivated a signature aesthetic. Its sort of like an antiseptic casbah, with enough visual flair to qualify as having been inspired by the Levant, yet also with enough cold austerity to remind you that youre still in Europe. This style, or lifestyle as Le Patio likes to call it (which is applied to their restaurant interiors as well as the home furnishings in their shops), is not unlike what you might find in an above-average timeshare condo, or perhaps your grandmothers apartment. Different, but just sedate enough to give the wary a knowing wink; youre really not in unfamiliar territory here.

The menu at Resto Caf Le Patio, while small, is rich, heavy, and calibrated for those that tend to think in terms of hard currency. That is, foreigners and local businesspeople. Polkov describes the philosophy behind the establishment as an emphasis on caf, together with a mixture of French cuisine. The French element is composed mainly of a filet mignon served with veggies and couscous, a tri-color salad with diced salmon and French dressing, an undeniably evil chocolate mousse, and a range of galettes with goat cheese, chicken, and bacon and eggs. There is also lighter fare on offer, including fresh salmon sashimi with wasabi, bruschetta, grilled tofu with tamari sauce, and a vegetable antipasta. But the main attraction is Spanish cuisine, served in the style of La Plancha; extremely hot saucepans are used for flash-frying, without oils, a variety of vegetables and meats. Polkov says that the owners of Le Patio were eager to be the first in town to present this particular style of Spanish culinary flair. Different La Plancha patrons are offered varieties of this cuisine that range from salmon mixed with tuna and trout, to calamari on a bed of saffron risotto, and (in a nod to Iberian-Czech relations) pork medallions tossed with quail and chicken. Polkov says they plan to eventually add outside seating, thus substantially augmenting the rather small interior capacity of 45. But she allows that wont be possible any time soon, as work crews plan to continue kicking up dirt outside at least until January. It just wouldnt do to have latte-sipping guests glared at by soiled workmen slugging 10 crown beers on their lunch break.

Resto Caf Le Patio Hatalsk 18 Tel. 224 819 767 resto@patium.com Open daily 11 23 CC: Amex, MC, Visa

PRAGUE has never been renowned for its Asian restaurants, but venues like Lemon Leaf may be thanked for setting a new standard of Eastern cuisine in the city. The owners imported Thai chefs to train their local staff, and the authenticity comes through in every dish from the sticky rice and creamy carrot soup with ginger to the kang fet kai (red curry chicken with coconut milk) and signature noodle dish pad thai. The menu also features more occidental recipes, with salads and light fare to please every palate. Whats more, staff is friendly, and the atmosphere is airy and relaxed.

Lemon Leaf, Na Zderaze 14, Praha 2

FARTHER AFIELD: Barabizna

Five years ago, the Gmuzdeks opened the Mexican restaurant Barabizna at Zbraslav. Last year they opened again, 10 weeks after the floods rushed through the popular venue. Fortunately nothing changed -the stylish interior, great service, even their famous specialities stayed the same. These include Piri piri chicken with jalapeos peppers and cheddar cheese, fried hyena steaks, numerous side dishes and desserts like fried ice-cream with caramel and nuts or delicious tiramisu with hot raspberries. Barabizna has its stable clientele from the neighborhood, while most visitors and newcomers gladly return. The rosy and rustic interior seats about 90, and in the summer you can sit outside, day or night.

Barabizna Pod pitlem 363, Praha 5 Zbraslav tel.: 257 921 362 Open daily 11:30-23:00 No cards accepted

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One of the companies responsible for the state Highway 26 reconstruction, Mashuda Contractors, will be starting its work on the third stage of the highway project on Monday.

Mashuda Contractors is responsible for Highway 26 work at the Highway 60 intersection and east to Hustisford to County Highway J. All Highway 26 work south of Highway J is being conducted by Zignago Contractors.

According to Mashuda Contractors grade foreman, Kip Gutke, the stage consists of bidirectional traffic on the newly constructed southeast ramp and northbound lanes of Highway 26 between the newly constructed Highway 60 bridge and County Highway J. The southbound lanes south of the Highway 60 bridge will be closed and houses along this route will use newly constructed frontage road Kreuziger Way. Southbound traffic will use the existing crossover located between County Highways J and CJ to merge back onto the newly constructed southbound lanes.

Gutke said to his knowledge, the work of Zignago Contractors on Highway 26 is for the most part completed for 2014. He said Zignago will be doing some painting and sign work next week but won't do much more until sometime in 2015.

According to Gutke, once next week's switch occurs, the work of Mashuda on Highway 26 will be shut down until spring of 2015. The start of that work will be reliant on the ground thawing and drying.

Once Mashuda is able to begin work again, Gutke said the company will work on the Highway 26 bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad, which is located just north of the Highway 60 bridge. Once that phase is wrapped up, Mashuda will move to its fourth and final phase which involves removal of all temporary roads and crossovers. Gutke said that phase, and the project as a whole, is likely to be completed in the fall of 2015.

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If you can cut precisely fitting dresses, you can sew anything, even circus tents. Its all in the cutting, opines Grard M. Wilson (40), an Englishman with eastern European roots, a fashion creator, and an interior designer.

HE CAN DRESS a person in most anything, from perfectly fitted suits through paper cards to well-cut wooden dresses. And for a change he dresses furniture of all types with the nonchalance of a first-rate tailor. When he was just seventeen, this restless Londoner opened a shop on Carnaby Street featuring crazy outfits (Boy George was one of his customers). It was in this shop that he gained practical experience, cutting and sewing tailor-made clothes. However, he was not very satisfied with his studies at the renowned St. Martin School of design, preferring to gain experience in various design fields. In France, he served an internship in the manufacture of equestrian saddles and tack, learning new upholstering techniques. Upon his return to England, wild latex items became the craze, so he glued colorful T-shirts and pants made of rubber latex together. Seven years ago he moved to Prague and established Rogue Designs, a fashion and interior studio. He currently designs costumes for advertisements, films, and fashion shows, but he also tailors for private clients. Wilsons witty and unconventional designs adorn interiors of well-known Prague clubs and restaurants like Radost FX. He speaks most highly of the interior of the Blind Eye club in ikov, which is to open at the end of February. There will be a huge, articulated, wavy couch that can seat up to 50. This is probably my finest creation to date, he says. Wilsons creations are often a symbiosis of fashion and design. I like furnishing my clients with everything from clothes to furniture. If they let me, I like to go wild, but I have no personal style of my own. True, Im not very proud of this, but I can make near-perfect copies, he confides. On the other hand, he is able to create original wares of which not even fashion designer John Galliano would be ashamed. He enjoys designing haute couture style items, but simple, comfortable, fully functional fashion is his real challenge. An evening gown (materials included) sells for CZK 3,000 and up at Rogue Designs, suits go for around CZK 9,000, and you can have your favorite sofa reupholstered for as little as CZK 4,000-5,000.

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A home in Northwest Fresno is vandalized when bad guys write racial slurs all over the walls. However, this is not the first time hateful words have been tagged at the home.

While walking through the McGee home you can see racial slurs written all over the walls and kitchen cabinets.

"I'm angry, very angry that someone would do something like that because we don't have any enemies that we know of," says Mary McGee, whose home was vandalized.

McGee says the thieves broke into the house early Saturday morning. The bad guys also knocked over furniture and stole most of the McGee's electronics.

"This happened once before, but not this bad," says McGee.

She says back in 2003 the family's cars were vandalized and a racial slur was written on the garage.

However, this time not only was the whole house damaged, there was also a fire.

"When we got home my husband looked and said, 'Hey is that smoke,' says McGee, "We got out of the car and ran up to the house and saw that the attic was inflamed."

Investigators say the fire and vandalism happening at the same time is coincidental. Fire inspectors say the fire was caused by wiring and it started in the attic. As for who vandalized the home, that's a mystery.

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