Word: aesop
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Find out what other fantasies Adams residents realized—including an Aesop-inspired race, a faux Bar Mitzvah, and the chance to hate on The Crimson—after the jump...
...English style without succumbing to cliché. For the Olde Bell, a newly refurbished inn in the English village of Hurley, in Berkshire, she combined classic materials like tweed, oak and felt with sleeker touches like Bestlite bedside lamps and modern dining chairs. Guests will find discreet luxuries such as Aesop bath products, retro-style Roberts radios and Windsor rocking chairs. But the real focus at the Olde Bell is the common spaces. "It's all based around the table," says Crawford of the inn's public rooms. So the dining room has long, rustic tables ("with room for a roast...
...with a copy of a book called The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Professor Dumbledore left her in his will. (Yes, he's dead. Sorry. Spoiler alert.) Because Hermione, like Harry, grew up in a Muggle family, she's never heard of the Tales, which are decribed as Aesop-like children's stories to be read to little wizarding kids. "Oh come on!" Ron says - he can't quite believe it. "All the old kids' stories are supposed to be Beedle's, aren't they? 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune'...'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot'...'Babbitty Rabbitty...
...matter of letting him go. I couldn't get him if I wanted to. He's a lot smarter than I am. There's a reason since Aesop we've had the phrase, sly as a fox. And when you're close to them, you understand...
...monotony of chain hotels - by going overboard on design. But Naumi, Singapore's latest boutique hotel, thankfully emphasizes the fundamentals - and very decent they are too. Located in the city center, just across from the Raffles Hotel, Naumi provides 40 good-sized rooms kitted out with quality amenities (think Aesop toiletries and organic teas), as well as stylish technology (wi-fi, portable IP-enabled phones and an iPod dock...