Word: wined
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There's no shortage of trendy hang-outs in Barcelona. The city is bursting with quirky cafés, tucked-away wine bars and hip hotels, all promising to be the place to be. But true cool is feeling totally relaxed and welcomed, yet still one of the beautiful people. To find this, head for the Hotel Pulitzer, just a few minutes walk from the hurly-burly of Las Ramblas...
...rich red leather, the ceiling is gilded, and the walls are covered with oak panels salvaged from an old cathedral. The Secret Garden annex, meanwhile, is full of brass candlesticks and stone statues, and displays a series of painted doors that tell the story of Edinburgh's wine trade with France...
...dwellers of Widener: one day, those hundred-plus pages will be worth it. At least they were for Ceridwen Dovey ’03. Dovey’s senior thesis included a short film documentary, “Aftertaste,” about laborers on South African wine farms. Her global work brought her back to Cambridge on Tuesday for a new English department program, “Writers in the Parlor.” The series, new this year, brings two to three creative writers to Harvard each semester. The program, still young, is relatively small...
...Costco Wholesale Corp: Wholesale clubs are doing well in this tough economy because their very existence is synonymous with penny pinching. Costco, the nation's largest warehouse club, is considered the best deal in town and, as the biggest wine retailer in the U.S., it attracts a more affluent customer than Sam's Club or BJ's. Robust sales and cost cutting increased the company's quarterly profit 31%, with February sales up 7% over last year. "They have a treasure hunt atmosphere in their stores," says Davidowitz. "They offer constant newness and incredible value...
...they need a cautionary nightmare, they can walk by the peach-colored house. Just beyond the front door, a toilet has exploded into the foyer and a thick sludge of feces seeps across the tiles and into the living room. Beer bottles, wine boxes, cigarette cartons, condom wrappers, dirty clothes and dog chow pile up on the soggy carpeting. Gang tags and drug-addled poetry splash the walls in red, gold and black spray paint. The decimated kitchen counters sag beneath jugs of curdled milk and rot-encrusted dishes. Scratched in the entrance hall is a fitting salutation: "Welcome...