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...Nordic Inn Medieval Brew & Bed in Crosby, Minnesota, opened five years ago and prides itself on immersing guests in a 10th century experience. The rooms are decorated with shields and armor; some beds are shaped like longships. Instead of the usual complimentary robe and cloth slippers, guests at the Nordic receive handmade Viking outfits with horned helmets and leather slippers. Entertainment includes a rowdy candlelit dinner with a floor show based on Nordic mythology. Owner Richard Edward Schmidthuber, who got the idea after people cheered the Viking costume he wore to a football game, says he intentionally made the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels of Whim and Vigor | 12/1/2002 | See Source »

...Nordic Inn Medieval Brew & Bed in Crosby, Minn., opened five years ago and prides itself on immersing guests in a 10th century experience. The rooms are decorated with shields and armor; some beds are shaped like longships. Instead of the usual complimentary robe and cloth slippers, guests at the Nordic receive handmade Viking outfits with horned helmets and leather slippers. Entertainment includes a rowdy candlelit dinner with a floor show based on Nordic mythology. Owner Richard Edward Schmidthuber, who got the idea after people cheered the Viking costume he wore to a football game, says he intentionally made the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels Of Whim And Vigor | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

Back in the van, on the way to the hospital, Knoxville asks for his robe. "I'm freezing," Knoxville says, shivering. "Did we get the shot?" At the hospital Knoxville is questioned by a nurse, and spouts his well-memorized insurance information. Director of photography Dimitry Elyashkevich tapes all of this. But after the doctor tells Knoxville that he can't film the procedure, Elyashkevich says, "We're taking our gash elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Art Of Jackass | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...noted, in the midst of news stories, that Bush struggles through stately European dinners because they begin at his normal bedtime. Apparently no one remembers that Bush peppers many of his speeches with Spanish or that on his trip to China a year ago he donned a blue silk robe, similar to the one worn by Chinese President Jiang Zemin. In these moments, Bush’s latent cosmopolitanism comes to the surface...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel, | Title: Books and Barbarians | 10/16/2002 | See Source »

...Wednesday the law minister in the Muslim majority state, Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, and his three bodyguards were gunned down at an election rally. Indian security officials said that an Islamic militant, disguised as a woman and seated in a segregated area, took an AK-47 from under his robe and opened fire as Lone rose to speak. Several groups claimed to be behind the attack. One of them, Al-Arifeen, a new group, said: "We will continue such attacks on all who are participating in the polls." MEANWHILE Hairy Monsters U.S. special forces got a dressing down from their commanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 9/15/2002 | See Source »

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