Living: America's Best

A roving publicist's pick

Boston Publicist C. Paul Luongo likes to describe himself as a "person of infinite taste." Leaving aside whether such a claim itself shows infinite taste, Luongo set out six years ago to prove it by tracking down the best goods and services offered in the U.S. The entries in his list book, America's Best! 100 (Sterling; $9.95), range from airports (Tampa, of course) to zoos (San Diego, naturally). In between, he roves entertainingly, and often eruditely, through such recondite subjects as octopus-ink paintings, spumoni fudge and specialty cement. For the list mavin with less esoteric tastes, Luongo offers...

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