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Full of Hot Air, Baby Jamuna Toni Has Hugs For Everyone

Collective aww. Only two days old here and Jamuna Toni already knows how to show his love!

Collective aww. Only two days old here and Jamuna Toni already knows how to show his love! The lil elephant busted onto the scene last week with a series of hilarious shots — like trying to snag the keeper's keys with his snout and blowing air at the camera — and I'm sensing a future star here.

After all, it was the cutie elephant named Luk Chai who captured this year's biggest zoo ham title (in our Best of 2009 poll), and it looks like Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo has a posing handful on their .... errr, hands?

See more pictures of Jamuna Toni and his nosy nose when you read more

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Nice and New: Nymphenburg Porcelain at Rose and Radish

The folks at Rose and Radish recently took a trip to Munich to visit the Royal Bavarian Porcelain Manufactory Nymphenburg, which has been one of the world's finest producers of porcelain for 250 years.


The folks at Rose and Radish recently took a trip to Munich to visit the Royal Bavarian Porcelain Manufactory Nymphenburg, which has been one of the world's finest producers of porcelain for 250 years. In the shop's journal, they wrote, "One of the greatest parts of the Munich trip was being able to use the porcelain during the entire visit. Our favorite snack was gummi bears on the Ted Muehling Bird's Wing Dish." While the thought of them eating candy off of such a delicate dish is a nice one, it doesn't do me much good! That's why I'm delighted to see that Rose and Radish has brought the German porcelain back to the shop for us to enjoy stateside. Although the prices on this porcelain tend to run high (one coffee cup is $519), they're truly magnificent sights, and definitely what I'd consider to be works of art. Take a look at the images below to see a few, and check out the shop's site to see more.

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