Old is gold when it comes to clothes (read more...)

A familiar face in the social pages, “Pie” isn’t just another “it” girl. Apart from being the director and PR manager at Gucci, she is the author of Feeling Good and Looking Good, a model and a TV host. As if she wasn’t busy enough, she just started “Thailand’s first interactive magazine”—Glitz & Glam. (read more...)

Thai traditional dancer Wanida Samlee (Fon) has been dancing at Erawan Shrine, in front of Grand Hyatt Erawan, for almost 10 years. At the same time, she is also currently studying at the Faculty of Political Science of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. People hire her to perform dances believed to have sacred powers. (read more...)

That story—a.k.a. “damage control”—about our former prime minister’s bag getting stolen in a Moscow McDonald’s as great for a Friday morning laugh, but his spin doctors aren’t fooling anybody. First, Dr. (read more...)

Dear Mr. KIA: Today, at the office, we were informed that one of our colleagues is leaving the company next month. He has always been the life of our company parties. He’s a real funny guy and totally into magic tricks. Well, he claims to have found his calling and has decided to leave us to join a circus! (read more...)

Oman’s capital, Muscat, has come a long way since 1970, when Sultan Qaboos deposed his dear old dad, sent him into exile in London’s Dorchester Hotel, and wrenched his homeland out of the dark ages. Back then, the country had just six miles of tarmac road. (read more...)

Vietnam is really a treasure trove of traveler’s delights: smiling people, cheap and good shopping and, of course, mouth-watering food. But outside the art galleries of Hanoi and the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh (HCM), there lies a country waiting to be discovered. (read more...)