Basque dining clubs, which have generally been a haven away from female intrusion, are gradually opening their doors
It is not often women say they cannot keep their husbands out of the kitchen, but in Spain's food-mad northern Basque region the men often prefer to keep the cooking among themselves.

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Upscale stores selling everything from fluffy handcuffs to hardcore porn movies are establishing themselves in residential communities
In this little enclave of suburban idyll, the town green has tributes to veterans of wars past, and yellow ribbons are tied around old oak trees to honor those dressed in camouflage who are still far away. There are ice cream shops and hardware stores, beauty parlors and antique dealers. Church steeples dot the skyline.

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