Men in Shanghai spend an average of 17. 1 minutes looking at themselves in the mirror every day, according to a survey published Tuesday. Although men in Beijing don't gaze at their reflections for quite as long as Shanghai men do, they spend more money on cosmetics - an average of $10 dollars a month, with 46 percent of Beijing respondents saying they spend $15. According to experts, in the past it was only Chinese women who invested in cosmetics and beauty treatments. They believe Chinese men are becoming more appearance-conscious due to economic and social development.

The actor, Andy Griffith, who played the sheriff of the fictional town of Mayberry, N. C. , has filed a case against a Wisconsin man that legally changing his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith in a failed attempt for a Grant County, Wisconsin post. The lawsuit claims that William Harold Fenrick, 42, broke trademark and copyright laws, in addition to the actor Andy Samuel Griffith's privacy. Fenrick used his new name - Andy Griffith - to run for sheriff in southwestern Wisconsin.

The Travel Trade Gazette recently released a collection of confused hotel notices and menus that tourists have spotted while traveling. The list includes a restaurant in Latvia which offers "Pigeon's Milk" for dessert and for the main course, a "Grilled Surgeon. " In Poland, one of the diners offer "Roasted Duck Let Loose," and "Beer Rashers Beaten In The Country People's Fashion. "

During the 1970s, when South Korea was governed by hardline authoritarian decree, government agents armed with rulers prowled the streets measuring skirt lengths in search of violators of the country's indecency laws. Police could even arrest women for their choice of fashion if it were deemed to risqué. That same indecency law exists today, if only on the books, as police have long surrendered their pursuits of arresting women in miniskirts and daisy-dukes short-shorts. Nevertheless, the South Korean government is in the process of revising the law to match the fashion motifs of the day.

To mark the centennial celebration of Filipino migration to the United States, San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez said a limited set of 12 lanterns will be designed with gems and unveiled at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California on October 21. The lanterns will be designed by renowned Filipino fashion designer Marisse "Marigonz" Gonzales.