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Pillowy Pad Soft as your sleeping bag may be, truly cushy camping calls for an extra layer of cushion underneath to support your back. The Therm-a-Rest Women's Trail Comfort mattress, $70, is designed specifically for those whose feet get cold at night: it has extra insulation at the lower...
...most common mistakes was to buy a mattress cover to protect against dust mites for a child whose asthma was exacerbated instead by plant pollen. Many of those parents then neglected to do what would have helped a lot more: shut the windows to keep pollen out. Another was using a humidifier for a child who was allergic to dust mites; a humidifier tends to be a place where dust mites like to breed. With those allergies, a dehumidifier works better...
...people in New Orleans about their hurricane plans, and they will give you a sad smile. These are people who saw the dead floating in the street, heard gunshots down the block and had to paddle their way to safety on a dinghy or a mattress. Dr. Dwayne Thomas, CEO of Charity Hospital System--the little left of it, that is--went through five hellish days after Katrina waiting for someone to rescue 367 patients at the flooded facility. He was siphoning gas from National Guard trucks to run generators to sustain the critically ill; eight patients died. "Our experience...
...said. Averell’s roommate, Jon Eirich, said in an e-mail that friends and fans of Averell should expect the unexpected. “What he should do, is not spend any of [the money],” Eirich said, “find the old air mattress he had been sleeping on, and then stuff it with all 500,000 singles. He could hoard it and become a Howard Hughes-esque recluse, though with his hair and beard, I’m not sure we’d really notice the change...
...Festival veterans of a certain age (and we are) remember when Cannes moved at a more leisurely pace. After a couple of morning movies, one took a salade nicoise lunch at a beach restaurant, then rented a mattress and sunbathed for an indolent hour. The films then were part of a comprehensive Riviera experience: visiting the medieval town of St. Paul de Vence, seeing the Miro and Matisse works at the Maeght Museum, roller-coastering on Provence's precarious cornices. No time for that any more. Our schedules are busier than a big city mayor's. We are slaves...