Word: soaks
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...embracing its history as an after-party haven for young, hungry drunks (and, the company is quick to point out, sober people too). For years, countless 20-somethings across the country, after a night of carousing, have suddenly craved a Grand Slam - pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, the works - to soak up the alcoholic suds in their stomachs. It's 3 a.m., the bars are closed ... let's go to Denny's. (Not that I, for one, know any of this from personal experience.) "When all of us were 18 to 24, we'd give up a lot of things when...
...cars, and so on). Also, it's safe to assume that a portion of the Michigan State basketball fan base would have spent money in Detroit even if the team had not made the Final Four. The event is a huge draw for hoop-heads who just want to soak in the festivities. Many Lansing residents and other Michigan State basketball fans from outside of Detroit would have made the trip and maybe even gone to the game, regardless...
...builds through long, brooding scenes and stunningly detailed panoramas—from Blake’s lonely, rainy funeral to Veidt’s ancient Egyptian-style retreat in Antarctica. This attention to detail, however, inevitably makes the movie feel slow at times. The viewer must embrace it and soak in the film’s visual extravagance, or reject it and battle moments of boredom, which at 163 minutes the movie cannot avoid.The film’s saving quality is that when it seems to be losing momentum, Snyder injects humor to restore the tempo...
...current flows with the U.S. National Park Service, www.nps.gov/havo, and then book a flight out of nearby Hilo with Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, www.bluehawaiian.com. There's great accommodation at Hale Ohia, www.haleohia.com, a collection of antique cottages just outside the park. Go for a long hike, then soak in an outdoor Japanese furo tub under tsugi pines. You may have just seen volcanic hell, but you'll feel like you're in heaven...
This year, the 10-day Carnival kicks off on Feb. 14. To soak up the scene before the crowds descend, visit St. Mark's Square on the first morning. An outdoor table at the 18th century coffee-house Florian offers a ringside view of the counts, sultans and harlequins as they swan about the piazza...