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...irresistible formula for concocting the most popular Olympic event of the first week. Start with an unroofed pool venue, which became a giant, boisterous tanning bed during the scorching morning races. Add the lure of an athlete who might be undone by his own hubris, and you have an Athens experience that's hard to match. In the end, American teenager Michael Phelps did not reach the prize he was aiming for - the most gold medals won in a single Games - but it would be churlish to suggest that his haul of six gold and two bronze was anything less...
...outside world deliberately at bay: there are no phones in the 12 bedrooms, and no TV sets. Upon arriving, the visitor is greeted by a lobby whose walls have been fashioned from giant old-fashioned olive vats, and which leads into open courtyards, scented gardens and a swimming pool overlooking the dramatic hills of southern Spain. The rooms have a rustic feel - if you're there in the summer, they are light and airy; in the winter they are warm with blazing fireplaces. That's because the Trasierra is a hotel of balances. It strikes an important one between intimacy...
SPLASH 'N' CASH Upscale homeowners jump into the $30K-plus pool...
...Sexy pool waterfalls, illuminated by a rainbow of colors, separate the new super pools from the Clark Kent variety. Some of these waterfalls and glitzy fountains rise out of elaborate deck sculptures. They are lit by multicolored lights run by wireless remote...
...STILL SWIM? I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program. I have a pool at my home that is 12.5 m long, so that if I swim eight laps, I can look at the time and say, that's my time for 100 m. So in my mind I own a lot of house records still...