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...Blanket Bay Lodge...
...stunning interpretation of an Alpine resort, Blanket Bay faces Lake Wakatipu, 35 miles north of Queenstown on the South Island. The nearby Humboldt Mountains, snowcapped year round, are known as the Southern Alps and offer excellent heli-skiing in the winter (which corresponds to the U.S. summer). My wife and I took a helicopter tour of the mountains, jet-boated up the Dart River, ascended 6,000 ft. in a hot-air balloon and trekked undisturbed in a vast beech forest. We also toured one of New Zealand's most impressive wine regions, Central Otago...
Open two years, Blanket Bay is the dream project of Tom Tusher, 61, a former president of Levi Strauss. The lodge's nine spacious rooms and four secluded chalets offer spectacular views of the lake and the mountains. Each room and chalet features a private terrace, the finest linens and a huge bathroom with sauna. Blanket Bay's five-course dinners include such native specialties as venison medallions and scallops from the Tasman Sea. And the all- New Zealand wine list features delicious reds from Central Otago. Visit blanketbay. com for more information...
...works: "Reading with [Kelly] Ripa" --with beach-blanket picks like Kate White's If Looks Could Kill--dubs members Ripheads. Among its rules: "Any hint of a life-affirming message will lead to...disqualification from book club...
...CONTRITION [A little fishy] No contrition here, no comments to the press, not even a blanket denial. The only pleading Kozlowski has done so far is a terse "not guilty" in court last Tuesday...