Word: bs
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...lodgings to choose from when they take a vacation: high-rise hotels, rustic resorts, motels by the bay. Yet more and more people are flocking to bed-and-breakfast inns, the most old-fashioned homes away from home. Just 20 years ago, there were only 1,000 B and Bs, as they are nicknamed, scattered throughout the country. Today there are more than 28,000 serving more than 50 million guests each year...
...Maybe it'll all be redundant. I met a record company executive who claims that what the music industry has planned for the future of recorded music will blow MP3 out of the water. (Although my BS meter was wavering between TRUTH and MORE HOT AIR THAN A RICHARD BRANSON BALLOON...
...feel asleep during two exams. I didn't know the subject matter for BS 1 and Math 121, so it was kind of a conscious decision. I said, 'I have three hours and I don't know this. I might as well just fall asleep...
...finally decided to put our log-cabin Web dreams on hold and search the old-fashioned way--at a bookstore. I bought a paperback called America's Favorite Inns, B&Bs, and Small Hotels (St. Martin's; $22). I was relieved to see that each city was neatly pinpointed on a detailed map, and most had good descriptions to help me figure out where in Maine we should go in the first place. Even better, I could read the book in bed or on the subway. It was so civilized...
When I saw that the guide listed most B&Bs' websites at the top of each review, I almost cried. I knew I couldn't resist taking a peek, even though it meant dragging out my search that much longer as I dutifully read the printed reviews, then waited for each site to pop up onscreen...