Advantages: Stylish, lots of functions
Disadvantages: Difficult to clean, clock controls clumsy

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Advantages: comfortable room, friendly staff, mezzanine
Disadvantages: none

...ROGER WILLIAMS HOTEL – 31st St. & Madison Ave. – NYC Imagine this --- Your car pulls up to an unpretentious building on a NYC street corner. You step out and experience a feeling akin to safety. (Yes, in NY). It is clean. It is busy, but it is quiet. You pull open a heavy glass door (feeling of security) and step inside. Immediately, your eyes widen to capture vastness, a grand piano and breathtaking pillars that seem to rise to the sky. Glistening sun and earth tones cause a feeling of warmth to seep to your very core. Instantly, a bellhop approaches and offers to take your bags. Your feet follow him, but your head keeps turning back to marvel. At the front desk, a very friendly clerk greets you in a very friendly manner. The check-in process is quick and handled with courtesy and respect --- no confusion... Read review

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Advantages: comfortable room, friendly staff, mezzanine
Disadvantages: none

...ROGER WILLIAMS HOTEL – 31st St. & Madison Ave. – NYC Imagine this --- Your car pulls up to an unpretentious building on a NYC street corner. You step out and experience a feeling akin to safety. (Yes, in NY). It is clean. It is busy, but it is quiet. You pull open a heavy glass door (feeling of security) and step inside. Immediately, your eyes widen to capture vastness, a grand piano and breathtaking pillars that seem to rise to the sky. Glistening sun and earth tones cause a feeling of warmth to seep to your very core. Instantly, a bellhop approaches and offers to take your bags. Your feet follow him, but your head keeps turning back to marvel. At the front desk, a very friendly clerk greets you in a very friendly manner. The check-in process is quick and handled with courtesy and respect --- no confusion... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful enamels collection. Central location.
Disadvantages: Industrialised.

...and the Birmingham Art Museum. Both are located in the West Midlands, about 1 ½ hour train ride from London. The Bantock has an absolutely outstanding collection. Enamel ware has retained its popularity to this day. Not only is it beautiful, but it also can be a good form of investment. Quality pieces can bring hundreds of pounds at auction. If you're interested in buying some pieces, the best places to find them are probably the auction houses. Try Christies at 8 King St. St James, London or Sothebys ,which is located at 34/35 New Bond St,London. Remember though these beautiful pieces were produced in places like Bilston and Wednesbury and if you are just interested in viewing them,go to Wolverhampton !... Read review

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Advantages: You may learn something new.
Disadvantages: You may not want to.

...-piri chicken when the Portuguese cook it. 10. Long Hair or Short Hair? I have long, I’d like to have short but have not got the guts to have it cut off. I’m a wimp when it comes to my hair. 11. Ray (Big Brother) or Scott (Big Brother)? Hmmmm sorry I’m lost, I don’t know, I can’t stand big brother. The 1st one was ok but now it has been dragged out for too long. Plus I got a big kiss for Craig the winner of the 1st in St James Palace. 12. Star Trek or Star Wars? Ah sorry did I fall asleep there? Not for me thank you. Not my taste. 13. Teletubbies or Tweenies? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???????????????? 14. Horse or Donkey? Erm… another tough one. It will have to be horse I think and my reason, well I don’t really have a reason. They look cuter. 15. Shark or Dolphin? Sharks are beautiful but so... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, small, robust, it does work
Disadvantages: Tacky looking, outdated

.... The Modes ~~~~~~~ As stated above, the use of the mode button allows you to scroll through the different modes and choose which one you want to work with... Hr ~ When the camera is switched on it defaults onto Hr or high res mode which can take 20 pictures. This cameras high res mode is 352 x 288 so of course it's not high at all, in fact it's positively low, and most 'proper' cameras wouldn't even have that lower resolution as the low res mode. Ct ~ the next you come to is Ct or continuous mode. To use this mode, you simply hold the shutter button down, and a continuous stream of piccies are taken at short intervals (20 shots in 4 seconds on Hr and 80 shots in 8 seconds on Lr) St ~ the St is the self timer mode. If you select this you have 10 seconds in which to get yourself (or whatever) in place for the shot to be taken. You get 10... Read review

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Advantages: Leaves skin silky and ready for self-tanning products
Disadvantages: Expensive

...For all of you who have read my explorations into the world of sunless tanning you will know that thorough exfoliation BEFORE applying any product is essential for a good result. This means that no matter how much you fork out for a fake tan, the result will almost always be dodgy and somewhat streaky. To help me get the elusive natural tan, without the streaks, I reached for a bottle of St Tropez Body Polish (which is Step 1 in the ST sequence; Step 2 is moisturising, 3 the actual application of the fakie) about 2 years ago when I first tried the ST (St Tropez) range. I got this a part of a set but individually the 240ml bottle retails at about £10 which may seem quite expensive (and certainly more than most high street brands) but this product does last for an extremely long time. Packaging ************ The packaging... Read review

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Advantages: plenty to do, relaxed, vibrant, great year round climate & friendly people.
Disadvantages: very remote

...and helps to cool the area. *** Getting There*** We had free QANTAS flights (or Quaint Arse as the Aussies call them) so we didn’t have to worry about cost. However, flights from the UK take around 19 hours and can be obtained for around £700 return from most major airlines such as BA/Qantas/Emirate/Singapore/Luthansa etc. ***Accomodation*** Perth Park Royal Hotel 54 Terrace Road Perth, WA 6004 Phone: +61 8 9325 3811 Fax: +61 8 9221 1564 Centrally located between the main business district of St Georges Terrace and the beautiful Swan River and foreshore parkland. Close to the business precinct, shopping and Northbridge eating and entertainment options. Rooms & Charges; 191 rooms in total. Singles From AUS$124/£54. Doubles From AUD$124/£54. Check In: 2pm. Check Out: 11am. Services & Facilities; Minibar, Restaurant... Read review

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Disadvantages: ~

...again. Strangely. Strangely familiar. It was just like a holiday. Camping. In the country. But then not going home afterwards. Most of the children had asked after a while, when they'd be going home. So a school was built, and they learnt that 'home' was a transferable concept. Or that maybe it didn't exist at all. It was a sad time among the very young…for they remembered the friends left behind. Jamie three floors down….and Alice from school….and the ginger tom on the corner of High St & St Leonards, and the piebald pony at the top of Church Lane… The grown-ups didn't seem to miss anyone. Liossa watched their haunted worried expressions: she saw the lines of long days and exhausted nights; she saw the fear when the droughts came and food was short; but she never saw amongst them the searching for a familiar face that each child... Read review

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Advantages: great food, good atmosphere
Disadvantages: can be a bit of a pain to get seated

...When I first arrived in this country, I despaired of ever being able to find a decent Chinese restuarant to go to. If you've ever met anyone from Hong Kong, you'll know that eating well is as much a part of the culture as going to the pub is innately English. For the most part of my first year, whenever I felt homesick, I went to Chinatown to try and cheer myself up. Needless to say, it didn't really work. Four years down the line and a lot more experienced when it comes to eating Chinese in this city, I can safely say there a few places I go to that serve up fare that could even be called pretty good if you compared it to places back home ( albeit at twice the price! ) One of these places is Royal China, in particular, the one on Bayswater. To put it into context, Royal China has, if I'm not mistaken, 3 branches : Baker St., St... Read review

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