Checklist: Japan’s wacky museums
SINGAPORE — With the exchange rate increasingly in our favour, there’s never a better time to head for the Land of the Rising Sun. As you load up on shopping and sushi, don’t...
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Even hair salons get a (design) makeover
SINGAPORE — These days it’s not enough to be a straight-up barber. Not with the likes of luxurious hair spas, blow bars serving martinis, and salons with hanging chandeliers,...
Checklist: Gatsby-esque spots
SINGAPORE — The Great Gatsby rolls into cinemas today. It’s a visually sumptuous film — enough to inspire flights of fancy to live it up decadently a la Daisy Buchanan or Jay...
Globetrot like Gwyneth
Not content to induce mass loathing and envy with her lifestyle, her rock star husband and her perfect gluten-free fish finger recipe, the world’s most beautiful woman (at least...
Jetsetting with ... KLM’s Edith Kraaijeveld
SINGAPORE — It’s certainly a busy period for Dutch airlines KLM. Not only is it celebrating its 80th year in Singapore with Tulipmania, a stunning month-long display of 48,000...
Checklist: Summer pleasures in Crete
SINGAPORE — With as many islands as there are fish in the sea (they’re said to number anything from 1,200 to 6,000), you’ll have the happy problem of picking which gorgeous, sun...
Single in summer
As every singleton corporate slave in need of a summer holiday knows, it’s pretty hard wrangling some vacation time in June when there are always the married colleagues with...
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