Word: englands
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Hotels are coming up with new ways--from babysitting pets to personally delivering handmade soaps--to show how extra-hospitable they can be. New England's Taj Boston, for example, not only has fireplaces in many of its rooms but also has a fireplace butler who helps guests customize the aroma and effects of their fire with woods that they choose from a menu. "It is a sign of the times," says Sara-ann Kasner, founder of the National Concierge Association. "Everyone wants to be pampered. What used to be a fun amenity for the wealthy has become a trend...
...digital progress--advances in 3-D, smaller HD cameras and bolder audio. "You get all that intimacy, but you get a big sound to it, and suddenly you have something completely immersive," says Stephen Walker, the director of Young @ Heart, a quirky (2-D) documentary about a New England senior citizens' chorus that covers songs by the Clash and James Brown. Walker shot 81-year-old Fred Knittle singing Coldplay's Fix You with five small cameras at a Massachusetts theater. Because it was both unobtrusive and ubiquitous, Walker's crew was able to capture Knittle's spare, moving performance...
...could go anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would you go and why? -R.D. McClenagan, Greenville, S.C.I'd find a little green corner of England with a river running through it and a tree to sit under, and I'd just sit there for the afternoon with a book and a pillow...
McGregor's dance background was multifaceted. Growing up in the north of England, he was a fan of John Travolta films, and took classes in disco and ballroom. At 15, he shifted to contemporary dance, studying in Leeds and New York City. Tall but fast, and endowed with a bonelessly flexible physique, he was a performer you didn't forget, and when he founded Random at the age of 22, he passed on his distinctive style to his dancers...
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TEAM RACE...