Apparently the FA is going to fight back against the power of the media magnet using the counter attraction of its sleek new epicentre of excellence at St George's Park.
Now we were ready for the main attraction: the Formula One cars, sleek, beautiful machines with massive engines and wheels -- "beasts," as they're called, hungry for speed.
Like D.C., the next few months can offer attractive bargains throughout Philly; the sleek, four-star Sofitel Philadelphia, located in the beautiful Rittenhouse neighborhood and close to historic attractions like Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, is seeing overnight rates as low as $159 for travel through April.
Its assorted masterpieces not by Léger include the 1924 painting "Razor" by a close friend, the American expatriate Gerald Murphy, with whom he shared an attraction to modern advertising exemplified here by sleek posters of A. M. Cassandre.
Those guests take turns sitting in next week (Mr. Midón on Thursday and May 4, Ms. Wilson on May 5 and 6), but the prime attraction should be Mr. Maret and his sleek band, with Frederico Gonzalez Peña on piano, Ben Williams on bass and Clarence Penn on drums.
· Dylan Thomas Square, The Marina; 01792 473238; www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk National Waterfront Museum This £30m attraction, housed in a former warehouse with a sleek, glass extension in the once run-down docks area, tells the story of Wales' industry and innovation.
The juxtaposition of sleek gold bling and gloopy pink insides mimics Hasler's masterful meshing of attraction and repulsion.
He had swollen cheeks and eyes as small as BBs, with none of the obvious attractions of Édgar Ramírez, the pretty Venezuelan actor who, as the years pass, first plays him sleek as a panther and later lumbering with fat.
Sleek, squished-capsule shape.
