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...Royal Livingstone on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls sets itself a tough task by attempting to be hotel enough to rival Africa's most famous spectacle. It succeeds in cherry-picking the best bits (Victorian exploring parasols, butlers and leather luggage) and cutting out the worst (sweat, danger, warm drinks). Each of the 173 rooms has a balcony with an uninterrupted view of the Zambezi River and the tumbling mist beyond; the main building is a series of serene, thatched atria, more reminiscent of Bali than the bush; and there are friendly zebras in the gardens. The food...
...others, the hotel's serene spa offers a Jet Lag Recovery Massage with essential oils ($100 for an hour), or a Jet Lag Body Boost ($115), comprising a stimulating body brush-down and moisturizing mask. Finish with a hot soak or a cold plunge in the InterContinental's famous infinity pools...
Like millions of other brides, Amsale Aberra wanted to find the perfect wedding dress. Her preference was something simple yet sophisticated, but that wasn't so easy to come by in 1985, when the billowing ball-gown style made famous by Princess Diana was still the rage. "I looked through all those wedding magazines, and at that time you could not possibly find something simple," she recalls. So Aberra, an assistant designer at a sportswear label, made her own dress. It had clean lines, a simple chiffon skirt and illusion sleeves...
Hollywood isn't supposed to be a meritocracy. It's for the good-looking and the born-to-famous-parents and those brave enough to make out sloppily on reality shows. At the very least, the merely talented are supposed to spend years struggling until they're discovered. But Seth Rogen--a fat, awkwardly old-man-ish 16-year-old kid in Vancouver--went to his first local audition and got hired on NBC's Freaks and Geeks. And now, having just turned 25, he is the lead in one of this summer's biggest romantic movies...
Hosseini is almost certainly the most famous Afghan in the world. Even though The Kite Runner is about a complex Middle Eastern culture, in which Americans are supposed to be uninterested, the book has sold over 4 million copies in three years. A movie version will be released this fall. But there's an irony to Hosseini's success: he became famous as the face and voice of a country he hadn't seen since he was a kid, and whose sufferings under the Taliban he completely escaped. "It's sheer luck," he says, "blind, dumb luck that...