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Luxe and beyond, in Singapore, in Sentosa
Shakespeare mused ‘why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?’ (As You Like It) and John Gay declared ‘whether we can afford it or no, we must have superfluities’ … and so it is on Sentosa; visit and discover your nirvana.
Shakespeare mused ‘why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?’ (As You Like It) and John Gay declared ‘whether we can afford it or no, we must have superfluities’ … and so it is on Sentosa; visit and discover your nirvana. Room with a view Capella, ah Capella ! Give us the luxuries of life and we will dispense with its necessities, goes the well-quoted quote and after a weekend (or more) at the Capella Singapore (www.capellasingapore.com, +65 6377 8888), you begin to...
Paris of the Axe Historique and the Hammam
Paris perspectives, Paris then and now; history laid out in a straight geographic line … and yet another kind of Paris indulgence.
Paris perspectives, Paris then and now; history laid out in a straight geographic line … and yet another kind of Paris indulgence. Paris The Axe Historique On a recent visit to Paris, Senator Yves Dauge, Sénateur d'Indre-et-Loire, extended an invitation to visit the Upper House of the French Senate in the Palais du Luxembourg. It was a fascinating couple of hours, the tracing of the past into the now in this resplendent, sumptuous aggregation of architecture and art; originally a royal...
Chinese New Year Perspectives
In a world that is getting increasingly smaller and increasingly diverse, what are the ties that bind people with peripatetic lifestyles?
In a world that is getting increasingly smaller and increasingly diverse, what are the ties that bind people with peripatetic lifestyles? Chinese New Year We are all itinerants at various times in our lives, some more than others, wandering the world and countries, following jobs, education, partners, spouses. We set up home and settle down, make friends and forge friendships and then we -- or they -- have to go, to move on. But the ties last, they last across years and continents, an ever...
Singapore Fairs, Bazaars & Markets
This is where bargains mingle with new ideas, products and unusual folk and people with the interest and the time can browse and cherry pick ...
This is where bargains mingle with new ideas, products and unusual folk and people with the interest and the time can browse and cherry pick ... Freshly pressed olive oil The bazaar, the flea market, the fair … stall upon stall of treasures to be discovered; the unusual, the exciting, the novel, the new, the foreign -- crystal jewelry from Canada, honed, polished and faceted, vegetable-dyed threaded bracelets from the villages of Chiang Mai, gemstones and silver accessories from India,...
January in Singapore
America the Gift Shop, the Business of Green and Mechanised Car Parks … this has been a month of serendipitous discoveries.
America the Gift Shop, the Business of Green and Mechanised Car Parks … this has been a month of serendipitous discoveries. Choc & Awe As part of the Singapore Fringe Festival (13th - 24th January, www.singaporefringe.com) the installation America the Gift Shop by Phillip Toledano envisions a frivolous ‘War on Terror’ gift shop spawned by the thought: if George Bush’s foreign policy had a gift shop, what would it sell ? A tongue-in-cheek, acerbic commentary on the ‘vernacular...
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