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That night the Callaway craftsmen get busy. Based on the data generated during the day's testing, they create an entire set of clubs tailored to each player's specifications. The following morning the golfers are met at the nearby Aviara golf course with a monogrammed bag and their new set of custom-fit clubs, all ready for 18 holes of green-grass testing under the watchful eye of Peterson. After lunch, the club technicians get back to work, tackling any lie, loft or shaft adjustments that the round reveals...
...love of the archipelago. There was just one snag: hopping between Indonesia's 17,500 or so islands usually involved taking rickety local boats or squeezing onto impossibly crowded ferries. So she came up with Silolona, www.silolona.com-a two-masted ship of ironwood that she commissioned from the Konjo craftsmen of Sulawesi. Taking two years to build, the vessel is a replica of a phinisi, the type of sturdy cargo boat that plied Southeast Asian trade routes for centuries...
...snag: hopping between Indonesia's 17,500 or so islands usually involved taking rickety local boats or squeezing onto impossibly crowded ferries. So she came up[an error occurred while processing this directive] with Silolona, www.silolona.com - a two-masted ship of ironwood that she commissioned from the Konjo craftsmen of Sulawesi. Taking two years to build, the vessel is a replica of a phinisi, the type of sturdy cargo boat that plied Southeast Asian trade routes for centuries...
...sure about these hats at the Peabody,” said Victor-Howe, also a Peabody associate, who attended the lecture. Victor-Howe said it is possible that the hats may have reached Lewis and Clark through Native American traders or local craftsmen rather than Hill. Hill probably acquired the hats while rescuing an American held captive by a Nootka tribe, known for their basketry hats, Malloy said. The Howells director of the Peabody Museum, William L. Fash, said that objects in the Lewis and Clark exhibit had passed through Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia’s Peale Museum...
Once a haven for hippies, Marrakech has outgrown that phase along with its visitors. Today, it's a showcase of high design, mixing Euro cool with the medina's rich colors. The "new Marrakech" look is keeping local craftsmen busy: if you spy a piece[an error occurred while processing this directive] of furniture you like during your stay, most places will sell it to you and ship it back home...