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Toast to Fashion's Night Out in New York
In New York, we love TWO-E, the eau de nil lounge at The Pierre. Its barman Jess Torres has created a cucumber Gin-Gin to celebrate Fashion's Night Out. The event is September 10th, 2009, but try Gin-Gin, any time, www.tajhotels.com.
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Cruise on the Road To Mandalay
In Myanmar, Orient-Express' Road To Mandalay is once again cruising the Irrawaddy between Bagan and Mandalay. Now redesigned by architect François Greck, and designers Ali Kennedy, it carries 82 passengers on three- to seven-night itineraries.
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Vettriano promotes "Jack Vettriano: Studio Life"
We have always loved former-miner Jack Vettriano's evocative paintings - he is standing, here at One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow, in front of Dancer In Emerald. He was promoting just-published Jack Vettriano: Studio Life, by Tom Rawstorne.
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Visit the monumental Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
In Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, on the border of Arizona and Utah, the 90-room The View offers traditional Navajo cuisine, following recipes from the grandmother of Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef MacNeal Crank.
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Experience the beauty of Abhisheka
Abhisheka is a ballet created in 2004 by Adrian Burnett for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in honor of the Sanskrit ritualistic and sacrificial cleansing of 'the chosen one'. At Taj Nadesar Palace in Varanasi, the rite of passage is celebrated with an Abhisheka spa treatment using water from the adjacent Ganges.
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Watch Flower Drum Song in Dallas
It is Flower Drum Song time in Dallas - the Rodgers and Hammerstein show, on until September 14th, 2009, is presented by Dallas Summer Musicals, DSM. The Fairmont Dallas now has a permanent DSM Broadway Suite, suitably decorated with memorabilia. A contribution supports the Dallas Summer Musicals Academy of Performing Arts.
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Try Thai boxing at Anantara Koh Samui Resort & Spa
Thai boxing could be useful, and it is certainly fun. Anantara Koh Samui Resort & Spa, Thailand, offers the traditional Muay Thai form, a self-defense technique entwined with the history of Thailand itself. Teacher is professional Chueng Pinijnart, from the nearby Muay Thai school in Surat Thani.
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Indulge at Le Canard in Johannesburg
Our favorite freestanding restaurant in Johannesburg, Le Canard, is owned by Robbie Appelbaum, right (next to his sister). On the left, conservation guru Colin Bell - see this month's Insider HYPERLINK - has his arm round Freda Appelbaum, the brilliant 73-year chef of Le Canard.
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Going to Tel Aviv? Go on the VIP Business Pub Crawl
Heading for Tel Aviv? To enjoy what they say is a fun Israeli twist, try the VIP Business Pub Crawl. You start with dinner at Aubergine, in the David InterContinental Hotel, followed by a digestif in the Inca Cigar Bar, and then an open bus takes you round the city's nightspots, www.intercontinental.com.
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WOW.travel dines at Stoke Park
Stoke Park, half an hour from London's Heathrow airport, is a wedding-cake of a hotel with amazing facilities, including fabulous food. We went to dine with Giammario Ragnoli - read more here.
Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
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Astoria 7 is San Sebastian's hottest hotel
Yuki and Nina co-director Hippolyte Girardot (right) will be in San Sebastian for the 56th movie festival September 18-26, 2009. San Sebastian's hottest new hotel, Astoria 7, by the way, is a former movie theater.
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Tree Houses aren't just for kids anymore!
At the 35-cabana Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, a 45-minute boat trip from Puerto Maldonado, Peru, we long to stay overnight in the two-person Canopy Tree House, set 90 feet above the forest floor. Yes, it is ensuite - and your butler is on a nearby deck to bring that oh-so-suitable Pisco Sour.
Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, Madre de Dios, Peru
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Coming Up Next Month...
And so to next month, when you will see me learning about the perfect steak burger (not, NOT hamburger!) at source, in Scotland, and you will have Seven Sensational Hotels for Kids and much much more.
Meanwhile, this month, Around The World takes us to Athens, Greece: Chile; Jaipur, India; Powerscourt, Ireland; Provence, France; St Lucia; Serengeti, Tanzania. Enjoy...
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