Word: holidaying
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...leased properties. A good ratio is 4 to 1. Anything less and the club may be on shaky financial footing. Ask about occupancy rates. A good one is 70% or less, meaning that at any given time you'll have options for last-minute travel. And ask about holiday booking. Most clubs have a lottery or rotation system. Make sure new members are treated equitably and that hot properties have not been booked for years to come. A few questions now may spare you a lot of pain later...
...Tony, the endearingly mouthy Cockney, rode horses, got married, drove a London taxi (as did his wife Debbie), did some TV bits as an actor, survived a marital crisis (due to his "regretful behavior") and made enough money to buy a holiday home in Spain for his wife, their children and three grandchildren. Tony's one regret is that the East End "changed"; it went brown. "Other cultures," he says, in one of the few overtly political comments on what has become a very domesticated series, "are buying all my old traditions...
LOGAN AIRPORT—Among the obligatory Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell, and John Grisham offerings, I discovered these holiday in-flight gems...
...your holiday shopping done early at the Boston Public Library holiday sale. Doors open at 10 a.m., and while there’s likely no Filene’s-wedding-dress-sale style rush, get there early for cards, prints, T-shirts, and photographs. Much of the proceeds (though curiously not all) go to the library...
CORRECTION: The above editorial, mistakenly indicated that Princeton gives undergraduates a full week off for Thanksgiving break. In fact, Princeton, like Harvard, only had Thursday (11/24) and Friday (11/25) off for the holiday. Princeton does, however, have an annual week-long fall break, which this year was from October 28 to November 6. The Crimson regrets this error...