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Likenesses of Buddha are these days so commonplace - the casual adornment of fashionable spas, fusion restaurants and Parisian nightclubs - that it is strange to think that artists once hesitated, out of reverence, to portray the Buddha in corporeal form. In 2nd century India, judging by a 2nd century sandstone carving excavated from Mathura, it was sufficient to simply depict an empty throne - the implication that the Buddha was a spiritual king being very clearly understood by anyone...
...dance in every lap! - into a permanent installation of insanity. If we decide that we don't need a resort town that's roughly the same size as Washington, D.C. (which Las Vegas is) - that we can't continue to devote as many resources to gambling, tasting menus, spas, strip joints and nightclubs as we do to our national government - then we finally revert from being a nation of optimistic materialism to one of Puritan thrift. The one that not even Cotton Mather could get Americans to buy. (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas...
...nonessential travel to Mexico. Now, a month since the height of concern over the swine-flu outbreak, the country's resorts are on a mission to coax back skittish tourists. Twenty Mexican hotel chains - including Zoëtry Wellness and Spa Resorts, Secrets and Dreams Resorts and Spas, Azul Hotels, El Dorado Spa Resorts and Hotels and Real Resorts - have instituted a "flu-free guarantee" that promises guests an H1N1-free vacation. If you do contract the virus, you'll get your next three yearly vacations free. (Almost makes catching swine flu seem worth it.) The guarantee is valid...
...like codfish cakes, German potato pancakes, and cinnamon-raisin bread pudding. With its old-fashioned sitting room, complete with fireplace and comfy reading chairs (and no TVs blaring to disrupt your reverie), the hotel is famous for the surrounding hiking trails, but it also has more modern pursuits like spas and golf. In honor of its century-plus in service, the hotel is discounting rates to $189.90 per person per night, including all meals (usually the rate runs $320 to $530, so that's a pretty good deal). Hop to it, though; the deal is good only until the limited...
...Organic Pharmacy (dbp) Health and beauty expert Margo Marrone reveals the secrets of the all-natural remedies, detox regimes and skin-care products that keep celebrities flocking to her London and Los Angeles spas...