Opening night was marred when a klieg light became lodged in Mr. Hasselhoff's chest hair, causing a small fire.
Just jaw-dropping scenery: pine-covered islands, an expanse of water dappled with milky sheets of light, tasteful lodges that blend into the forested lakefront with an Adirondack palette of greens and browns.
This lean-to had everything: wool blankets and mattresses, a curtain to pull across the front, a fire built and lighted by lodge attendants and a spectacular lake in front.
Beyond the gateway, they saw the lights of the lodge, and Agni itself, the former maharaja's residence, a baronial mansion, and in the bamboo grove the spa buildings, the pool, the palm trees, the yoga pavilion, glowing in spotlights, the whole place crowning the summit of the hill.
They will have to decide how to heat, light and furnish the lodge as well.
We take shelter in an abandoned lodge and light a fire.
After freshening up and having a drink from the honor bar in the room, which also offered herbal candles and bath balms, we explored the Northwest coast native paintings and sculptures that were placed throughout the lodge; the lighting, screens and pale-blond wood also reflect an Oriental aesthetic.
The northern lights experience takes guests by gondola to the top of Narvik Mountain where they can watch for the lights indoors in a lodge or from a viewing platform outside.
They are talking about the planning of dinners/charity events and making votes on how to keep the lights on at the lodge, collecting dues and supplying napkins and food for these events.
Reclaimed barbering implements and blades hung on hidden magnetic pads beneath salvage yard beams; faux "hunting lodge" panelling was lit by wireless mood lighting; customers sat on "re-engineered" 1920s barbering chairs; hidden state-of-the-art speakers played tech-house from what appeared to be a vintage iPhone dock.
