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...Naked mimes! Nuff said. No? Then add that Cirque du Soleil?s sexy cabaret at the New York New York resort in Las Vegas has some seductive pas de deux and a lovely onanistic girl-on-a-rope act. As I reported in a November column, it?s erotic and transporting...
...Middle East, that forsaken corner of the world that seems doomed to endless war, terrorism and zealotry. The chauffeur of your Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph will collect you at Dubai's palm-studded airport, transport you past the shimmering skyscrapers and finally pull up to a resort that feels a lot more like Las Vegas than Arab sheikdom. Here, in an awesome, sail-shaped edifice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, obsequious staff will conduct you to one of the Burj Al Arab's sumptuous suites, featuring bedrooms with naughty mirrors on the ceilings, marble bathrooms with Jacuzzis, bars stocked...
...Dubai's attractions is simply being able to lounge around gorgeous hotels, getting the royal treatment as you soak up the year-round rays. Accommodations range from such superluxe joints as Al Maha Desert Resort to more conventional names, such as Sheraton, Sofitel and Best Western, whose rooms start at about $140 a night, plus a 20% tax. Arabs from around the region may frolic in the waves wearing traditional thobes (robes) and abas, but there's no frowning on string bikinis, if that's your taste in swimwear. And there is all manner of outdoor adventure, from scuba diving...
...rate Sheik Mohammed is building resorts, an ever increasing number of tourists will be able to join the fun. Up the coast a few miles from the Burj, Dubai is creating a massive complex of hotels and condos called the Palm on a man-made island in the shape of--no joking--a giant palm tree. Another ambitious resort named the World is being constructed on another man-made island in the form of--naturally--a map of the world. Recently Sheik Mohammed announced plans for Dubailand, a $4.9 billion megaproject that will include the Mall of Arabia, and theme...
...cranky quarter of the peace-seeking married contingent may find a sympathetic soul in David Schnarch, author of the book Passionate Marriage and creator of the Crucible Approach to marital therapy, which upends nearly all the conventional tenets of couples counseling. He says he is the therapist of last resort for many couples who go to his Marriage and Family Health Center in Evergreen, Colo., for an intensive four-day session: "The worse shape your marriage is in, the more this is the approach of choice." Nor does he recommend that a warring couple break up--that's just...