Boulevard's

Hollywood has always been ageist, and it still shocks me to look at All About Eve and realise Margo Channing is a has-been at 40, that Sunset Boulevard's Norma Desmond is a crazy old bat at 50, and that Davis and Crawford were only in their fifties when they went full-on grotesque for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Spotted: an older woman on screen Anne Billson 2010

The opening receptions for new exhibitions at Sunset Boulevard's galleries.

Bettina Korek: PLAN ForYourArt: May 19-25 Bettina Korek 2011

A tidbit of history: Las Ramblas Boulevard's alias is Ramla de Flors, and during the 19th century, it was the only location in Barcelona where flowers were sold.

Susan Fogwell: Barcelona's Bustling La Boqueria Market Susan Fogwell 2010

A tidbit of history: Las Ramblas Boulevard's alias is Ramla de Flors, and during the 19th century, it was the only location in Barcelona where flowers were sold.

Susan Fogwell: Barcelona's Bustling La Boqueria Market Susan Fogwell 2010

A tidbit of history: Las Ramblas Boulevard's alias is Ramla de Flors, and during the 19th century, it was the only location in Barcelona where flowers were sold.

Susan Fogwell: Barcelona's Bustling La Boqueria Market Susan Fogwell 2010

A tidbit of history: Las Ramblas Boulevard's alias is Ramla de Flors, and during the 19th century, it was the only location in Barcelona where flowers were sold.

Susan Fogwell: Barcelona's Bustling La Boqueria Market Susan Fogwell 2010

Most companies probably don't have the budget for expensive lunches, says Kate Meade, Boulevard's manager, so the restaurant has tried to adjust.

Restaurants Cater Ben Worthen 2010

The expense-account types who are Boulevard's clientele have largely stopped drinking wine and cocktails at lunch, ordering iced tea and lemonade instead.

Restaurants Cater Ben Worthen 2010

Erin Kunkel for The Wall Street Journal Boulevard's lunch menu has an eye toward trendiness and cost.

Boulevard 2010

A tidbit of history: Las Ramblas Boulevard's alias is Ramla de Flors, and during the 19th century, it was the only location in Barcelona where flowers were sold.

Susan Fogwell: Barcelona's Bustling La Boqueria Market Susan Fogwell 2010