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Holiday Helper. Boston-area Hotel Indigo's special "Escape the In-Laws" package needs no explanation. You get a room, breakfast and a "Family Decompression Kit," complete with aspirin, aromatherapy oil and a bottle of wine, starting at $129 per night. Through Jan. 14, 2009. 399 Grove Street, Newton...
...after a scuffle, Valentina delivers the line (in cavewoman monosyllables), “You fight good. But you tie bad.” She solidifies her hold over his heart in a lengthy monologue about food and a thinly veiled analogy of herself as a glass of chilled wine. For a guy who doesn’t open his soul to anyone, Martin is remarkably easy to win over. The plot is fuzzily sketched out, with side trips that contribute nothing to the storyline except to set the scene for another fight. To cover up this lack of substance, there?...
...bizarre sleepwalking incidents, including air rage. In a high-profile case in London in 2002, REM guitarist Peter Buck was cleared of assault and drunkenness charges stemming from his destructive rampage aboard a British Airways flight, after successfully claiming that his Ambien pill - combined with several glasses of wine - caused "non-insane automatism," which rendered him unable to control his actions...
...celebrity-drenched dinner hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow, Dom Prignon Champagne has been a symbol of success. When the young monk Pierre Prignon assumed the role of cellar master at the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvilliers in 1668, his goal, he said, was to "make the best wine in the world." Through extensive experimentation, he developed the mthode champenoise, a series of techniques to produce a clear, effervescent wine. On tasting his creation, Prignon reportedly exclaimed, "I'm drinking stars." His contemporaries must have agreed. Before long, Prignon's Champagne was the toast of Louis...
...students riffed on transubstantiation, the historical roots of incense and why it's not O.K. to pour Communion wine down the drain ("You're not going to flush Jesus," noted Rhonda VanDyke Colby); other weeks, the conversation runs the gamut from politics to premarital sex. "The first task is deconstructing what people think they know," she says. "A rigorous faith is going to serve them well. A rigid one is going to break when the first strong wind comes along." Several past participants have joined new churches; others say they've come to a deeper understanding of God. In some...