Word: merriment
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...entries put a damper on the pride we take in our 21st century revelry. Abbot, a former resident of Hollis, writes that on the night of March 17, 1857 he returned home from the Class of 1859 Dinner at 4:00 a.m. after a night of drinks and merriment...
...work does not dim the general merriment; it simply colors it with a touch of heartfelt reality. But enough of Curtis' other lovably crazed characters do succeed in finding love in all the unlikely places that you leave the theater with your heart humming happily. He has his dark--well, darkish--side under control. Which is to say that he is an Englishman, well practiced in masking pain and absurdity and descents into sheer goofiness with mannerly behavior, sly irony and stiff upper lips. Don't get me wrong: Love Actually is not a black or even a particularly bleak...
...city-center nightclub, called Platinum, aimed specifically at Nepal's high society, is also due to open this month. "A lot of people still believe the risk is not real," says Bhandari, the media mogul. "There's a degree of denial. History tells us there are always parties and merriment just before regimes fall...
...places you’ll go. And, the stuff you’ll say and the things you’ll occasionally leave behind in tiny chunks on the floor...when you’re drunk. But, while you’re out making merriment, there is a crew of hardworking ladies and gents around town who put in the late shift so you can enjoy the late night. They pour the next drink, they satisfy that slightly odd drunken craving for mozzarella sticks and ranch dressing and they’ll even help you find the door when...
...publishing. She landed at Town & Country, where she accidentally set a fire in a pail. She moved on to the literary journal discovery. He found a job at Simon & Schuster. Through work, the two met, and sparks flew. "Annie had a core of sweetness, shrewdness and merriment," writes Kaplan. She was "immensely attractive, a proto-feminist, self-assured, easily amused, wary of anything pretentious, street-smart, privileged without ostentation or snobbery, comfortable with luxury but unspoiled by it, and professional minded." Bernays was equally attracted. She writes, "He was adorable--sweet, a little sad, greatly humorous, generous, and blessed with...