Word: casuarina
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...first trip to Samoa and the South Seas was in 1916 and he kept exploring - visiting French Polynesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Peking, Singapore and what was then Malaya - with absolute fascination until the early 1920s. His finest short-story collections, The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), The Casuarina Tree (1926) and Ah King (1933), were inspired by these wanderings. They were all undertaken in the company of the colorful Gerald Haxton, the man who was his lover, secretary and companion for 30 years. His other significant homosexual relationship, with Alan Searle, a working-class boy 30 years his junior...
...UNESCO World Heritage Site, and only 1,500 human visitors are allowed per year. But be warned: there's still crime. Frigate birds, the pirates of the skies, steal their fish from red-footed boobies. Catch this high-flying action from the shade of a casuarina tree, relaxed in the knowledge that when you reboard the ship, a tasty five-course meal awaits you. www.noble-caledonia.co.uk
...UNESCO World Heritage Site, and only 1,500 human visitors are allowed per year. But be warned: there's still crime. Frigate birds, the pirates of the skies, steal their fish from red-footed boobies. Catch this high-flying action from the shade of a casuarina tree, relaxed in the knowledge that when you reboard the ship, a tasty five-course meal awaits you. noble-caledonia.co.uk
...Equinox gym in the new Time Warner Center in New York City inaugurated E, a posh $24,000-a-year facility for 200 invitation-only guests; Casa Casuarina--formerly Gianni Versace's home in South Beach--is set to become a members-only club; the British concierge service Quintessentially is opening an outpost in Miami following its recent launches in South Africa and Beijing; and in Tokyo individuals with assets of more than $920,000 can hire celebrity sushi chefs and geishas for private parties through Club Concierge. In a competitive social and economic environment, trading up--whether...
...sunburned bodies seem to stretch on forever. With only 50 rooms, the hotel is a labor of love for its owners - and therein lies much of its charm. The two-story buildings, with their louvered shutters and wide verandas, are set amid wide lawns and behind a screen of casuarina trees that block out the sprawling modern resorts lining much of the rest of the beach. The staff treat guests with a slightly absent-minded graciousness that's distinct from the sometimes forced politeness that seems to be the norm elsewhere. Rooms range from $100 for a standard to about...