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...benevolence of their heart. It’s something that took a lot of pressure from us, the community at large.” Paul, who is 55 years old and has five children, also works part-time as a housekeeper in Boston’s Eliot Suite Hotel, but was unable to find a second job after being fired by Harvard. Despite a growing number of unpaid bills that escalated throughout the summer, Paul “was just praying that they would give him the job back,” he said, speaking in Haitian Creole...
...income families that have little money for extras after illness has depleted whatever savings they had. When approved, a case gets assigned to one of 75 volunteer "dream captains," who organize the project and coax companies into donating products and services. Foundation staff members purchase services such as hotel stays when needed to fulfill a dream...
...construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided he wanted a bit of Sleeping Beauty's magic for his own domain. So he commissioned Messel to design a suite, a penthouse, a pavilion and a roof terrace with fountain for his luxury London hotel the Dorchester. The result, which opened in 1953 and has been restored but never altered, is truly fit for a princess...
...utterly romantic and theatrical, if a little over the top?No?l Coward commented on its "somewhat excessive luxe," but found it "terribly exotic." And no end of actors, from Marlene Dietrich to Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Cruise, have stayed there. It's surely the most fantastical hotel suite in London?and the most evocative of an enchanted night's sleep. tel: (44-20) 7629 8888; thedorchester.com
...sellers of model houses and real estate agents in North Carolina to make prospective buyers feel at home the instant they walk in. Upscale ice cream chain Emack & Bolio's recently adopted a waffle-cone smell to attract patrons to the scoop shop within the Orlando, Fla., Hard Rock Hotel, where sales had been flagging. The effect? Ice cream sales shot up more than a third. To stave off olfactory fatigue--customers typically stop noticing a smell after a minute or two--some retailers use a timed sequence of targeted smells to "decorate" an environment...