Word: gourmets
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While these places are known as specialty hospitals, most do not resemble acute-care, all-purpose community health-care institutions. For one thing, they tend to sell themselves on the promise of comfort, if not luxury, with at least a few offering wine with gourmet meals and on-campus hotels for friends and family. More importantly, about half don't have any kind of emergency department and of those that do, more than half have only one bed available, according to a 2008 report from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services. Even more troubling...
...Crimson ranged from indifference to dismay. Some shop owners, such as Harvard Book Store Manager Mark C. Lamphier, said that they were unconcerned about the effect of the impending hike on their business, since the increase will be distributed uniformly across the state. Others, such as Cardullo's Gourmet Shop owner Francesca Cardullo, said that the increase was a nuisance for customers but that a 1.25 percent tax hike would have a negligible impact on sales...
...White Castle, sushi from Popeye's or quiche from Burger King. Of course, chains don't actually serve those delicacies, but a new website offers the next best thing: teaching budget foodies how to take standard drive-thru fare and slice, strip, mix and otherwise recreate it to look gourmet. Fancy Fast Food offers meticulously detailed, elegantly photographed recipes that can transform, say, a Big Mac Extra Value Meal into "McSteak & Potatoes" (the "potatoes" being the hamburger bun and french fries pureed in a food processor.) The large Coke, of course, gets served in a wine glass. (Read "Fast Food...
...nearby waterfall, climbing a volcano, horseback riding and touring the sea aboard the hotel's boat. The rooms may be on the small side, but the well-appointed lounge, with contemporary art, a fireplace and views of the bay more than make up for it. The restaurant has a gourmet tasting meal that, given the favorable exchange rate, isn't out of reach. Room rates start at $188 per night; the tasting menu starts at $64. IS-365 Snaefellsnes, Iceland; +354-435-6700 (See pictures of luxury private islands...
Chetek, Wisconsin. Canoe Bay, two hours from Minneapolis and six hours from Chicago, is set on 280 wooded Wisconsin acres with three spring-fed lakes. It's a Relais & Châteaux property, so it's guaranteed to be luxurious - with breakfast delivered to your room, gourmet set menus ($75 per person) in the lakeside dining room, a full spa, and use of canoes, kayaks and hiking trails - and not cheap. But there's currently a 25% off package, which offers rooms at $500 per night for two, including a complimentary cottage upgrade, breakfast in bed, dinner...