Word: rusticated
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thinking you've stumbled upon yet another reconstructed temple. The elaborate teak and brick reception hall is built in the ancient architectural style. Wedged between the major sites of old Pagan and the banks of the Irrawaddy River, the resort is a shady oasis of fragrant flowering trees and rustic guesthouses, which blend with their sacred surroundings. Built in the wake of the government's 1996 Visit Myanmar Year campaign, the resort is run by the enigmatic Juergen Dieter Voss, who, with 17 other successful international hotels under his belt, has chosen to settle in the remote backwaters of Pagan...
...main course, we sampled two of the rustic pasta dishes. The gnocchi ($20) was doughy and chewy, but not excessively heavy—a fine feat for gnocchi. It was served with a bouquet of mushrooms. In fact, the dish seemed to be more mushrooms than gnocchi, a clever formula that prevented the pasta from seeming overbearing. But the fettucelle ($14) stole the show. We weren’t surprised when we learned that this delicate pasta was made fresh in the kitchen by clearly skilled hands...
...playful informality, with whites and reds divided by personality rather than type or terrain. Bottles of Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay turn up in the “Mid Weight, Refined But Lively” section, which could easily double for an appealing personal ad, while “Rustic, Spicy and Earthy” (too PSLM for me) houses Shiraz and Carmignano. Though leaning heavily on Italy, the cute categories are a veritable United Nations, with Argentina, Turkey and even Massachusetts fielding delegations...
...second movement ländler was appropriately rustic, while the rondo-burlesque, taken at an exciting but never hurried tempo, culminated in an electrifying outburst at its conclusion. In between the faster fugato sections were heavenly trumpet solos. While the third movement showcased the brass, the strings came through in the last movement, sustaining the intensity of the long phrases until the very end. Bernstein described the final page of the symphony as “the closest we have ever come, in any work of art, to experiencing the very act of dying. The slowness of this page...
...This fascinating stockroom of imports from The Motherland is a browser?s joy. Baskets and bins filled with delightfully rustic wood and metal sculpture; jewelry; and cloth book jackets and bags are less than $30. Other ?art? is priced in hundreds of dollars...