Word: galleys
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...Airlines in February 2004 and Thai Airways in 2005. Staying power is not all that the new aircraft have to recommend them. An array of design and service innovations accompany their unveiling, including fully enclosed, flat-bed, first-class suites and "room service" (passengers phone orders through to the galley). Those with a low boredom threshold or restless children can find diversion in 500-plus entertainment channels, while a novel lighting system will coax your body clock into a rhythm that minimizes jet lag. And on trips this long, there will be plenty of that to contend with...
...week in June aboard the schooner Zodiac. The hearty crew of 11 grandparents and 11 kids learned about the inner workings of the boat while sailing in the azure waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington. "Cameron and I polished brass, swabbed the decks, worked in the galley and helped raise sails," says Hermann, who has been taking Cameron on intergenerational programs for the past five years. "It was a wonderful way to spend time together...
...from a man he believed to be a member of the Russian mob. He then boarded a train to Mongolia, followed by a 35-hour bus ride through the Gobi desert to Beijing. In this bus, which Kieran describes as the “modern equivalent of a slave galley,” the passengers lay in four-level bunks. They slept with their hands shielding their faces to keep their noses from slamming against the higher bunk when the bus hit a bump. From Beijing, Kieran had hoped to take a boat to Japan, but a monsoon foiled that...
...shop has expanded over the years to include four presses, which inky-handed undergraduates can use on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. One is a galley press used for printing quick proofs. Two are larger, standard presses. A fourth is a clamshell platen press used for creating small items such as cards and invitations...
Given its mission creep, the kitchen had to grow--so it ate the living room, walls and all. The 3-ft. by 10-ft. galley is now a massive 20 ft. by 20 ft., with a breakfast bar or dining nook. "If you have a party, everybody ends up hanging out in the kitchen. That's where you spend so much of your time, whether you're cooking, eating or sitting around and yakking," says Martha Stewart (no, not that one) of Ames, Iowa, who is finishing a major overhaul. "I want it to be a comfortable place where other...