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Experience Eat, Pray, Love With The Real Balinese Medicine Man

"Eat, Pray, Love" is the new "Sex and the City" at least when it comes to hotel packages. But the Four Seasons has one advantage that others don't, contact with the actual medicine man who inspired Elizabeth Gilbert in the book and also appears in the movie. Available now through December 2011, the Bali, Pray, Love package features a consultation by the Balinese medicine man who inspired it all: Ketut Liyer. Guests will enjoy several days in Bali at both Four Seasons Resorts and receive an incentive to continue their travels: one-day of complimentary, personal concierge service in Florence, Milan, or Mumbai.

The package for two includes two nights by the ocean at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay and two nights in the green valley of Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan, a personal consultation with Ketut Liyer and a visit to his home, a private Balinese cooking class at the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay Cooking School, a 90-minute couple's Balinese massage to relax and rejuvenate the body and a special welcome amenity featuring the Love Compendium, a guide to the top ten most romantic on-island experiences prepared by the resorts' dedicated "Love Concierge."

Should you be ready to continue on with your journey, Four Seasons will connect you with a "guru" in either Milan, Florence or Mumbai who will provide one day of personal concierge service with services that can include visiting some of Milan's famous churches, tasting Florence's gastronomic delights including a scoop of gelato in Piazzale Michelangelo or wandering through the Chor Bazaar (Mumbai's Thieves Market) with an in-the-know local. Rates start at $3,000 for the package for accommodations including a one-bedroom, ocean-view villa based on double occupancy. Package is available until December 20, 2011 subject to availability. To book, contact the Resorts directly at +62 (361) 701010 or visit: www.fourseasons.com.

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Eat, Pray, Love--The Perfumes

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Cosmetics and Fragrance

The bestselling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" is now a movie starring Julia Roberts which will open August 13 (movie trailer after the jump). In advance of the movie Fresh is releasing a trio of fragrances branded with the three themes. "Eat" captures the scents of Italy and is food focused with notes of Italian lemon, basil and bergamot, plum, caramel, meringue and vanilla. Pray goes for the spiritual with notes of incense, rose,patchouli, amber and musk. Love which showcases the writer's time in Indonesia includes notes of jasmine, sandalwood and mango blossom. The outer packaging using a similar design to the book cover. The perfumes will retail for $32 for a 1-oz. eau de parfum spray and trio of candles will be also available for $45. They will debut next month.

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Where the Execs Eat

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining

BusinessWeek has an interesting look at where the business elite - executives at some of the country's most successful companies - go to eat. You might think that their favorite spots would be restaurants like Per Se, Alinea or any number of Vegas hotspots, and while they do eat (and enjoy) some meals there, it turns out that they like just about any place that has good food and a friendly atmosphere. For some, it's a neighborhood diner or an unpretentious steakhouse, while others do prefer more upscale eats, but the staff always plays just a big a role as the food. So, you don't have to be an executive to eat like one - and chances are good you've already had a $3 diner breakfast - you just have to recognize and appreciate some of the finer things in life, wherever they are.

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Chocolate Rooms by Prudence Emma Staite

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Filed under: Decor, Dining

If Hansel and Gretel was your favorite fairy tale because you never made it past the bit where they find an edible house, Prudence Emma Staite has created the perfect room for you. She has designed a room made entirely of chocolate. The chocolate rooms have a solid chocolate fireplace and hearth, skirting boards, chocolate paintings, lickable chocolate walls, lickable chocolate sugar paper, a chocolate chandelier and chocolate vases and logs. The rooms can feed up to 500 people and prices start at £2,500.