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...eateries such restaurants as Shibuya, Nobhill and a pair from French maestro Joel Robuchon - notes that visitors have become more careful with their dollars. "They're still going out to eat; they're just not spending as much money," McIntyre says. "They might not have that second glass of wine." (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas...
Philip Shalala, head of marketing at the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, says his hotel is having its best December yet - up 6%, year over year. Some of that may be due to creative marketing: the hotel had a holiday party for the city, offering two hours of free wine and beer. "It keeps up the energy of the place," says Shalala, "and it's good for employee morale." People who came in for drinks stayed to eat and gamble; that night the hotel beat its forecast take...
Vintage Connecticut. Mystic has more than just pizza. The Marriott Mystic Hotel & Spa is offering a "Connecticut Wine Experience" package, which includes a VIP tasting and complimentary bottle of wine at Jonathan Edwards Winery; a tasting and complimentary bottle at Stonington Vineyards; a $100 credit at Elizabeth Arden Red Door spa; plus breakfast and a four-course dinner for two at the hotel's steakhouse, Octagon, paired with local wines. The Mystic Aquarium and the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos are also nearby. Rates start at $575 for two, through September 2009. 625 North Road, Groton, Conn...
...years adding notes to the text, and his efforts, in part, have saved the book from oblivion. But for all his investment in Bristed's work, he still can't stomach the author's egotism and occasional haughtiness. "He's someone I would have enjoyed having a glass of wine with," Stray says, "but over a few months he would have grown tiresome." Fortunately, An American in Victorian Cambridge, like Bristed himself, can be enjoyed in moderation...
...phone call came for Nancy in mid-December when she was in Napa wine country with four friends. They were on their way to have dinner at the famous restaurant the French Laundry. "My father called my cell," she said. "He said, 'We've lost everything.' I went into a kind of surreal shock...