Lush, warm and foreign (but not (Hawaii hotel) too foreign)

Lush, warm and foreign (but not too foreign)
Pioneer Press - Nobody looks their best in the dead of night, not even a tropical island. So I tried to cut Barbados some slack when I arrived around midnight, my eyeballs like red spiders, the capillaries blown by nine hours of sucking dead air on flights from Los

Hotel contract talks due soon
Pacific Business News - The clock is ticking this week toward contract negotiations in the Waikiki hotel district that may have consequences on the Mainland as well as here. Local 5 of the Unite-Here union has 60 to 90 days from April 1 to seek contract talks. A request for

A Prescott sampler
Arizona Daily Star - The museum, at 415 W. Gurley St., was founded by poet and historian Hall in 1928 to preserve the territorial governor's mansion and artifacts from frontier days. Elks Opera House The building, at 113 E. Gurley St., dates to 1905 and still serves

Thinking outside the office
Seattle Times - Kristen Havens, who markets books online from her Los Angeles apartment, e-mails frequently with her employer, but said that "socially, it is more isolating" than being in an office. But she said the perks offset the challenges. Bill Rocco, a mutual

April 2006
AccessAtlanta - Near the end of her set at the Tabernacle on Saturday, comic Wanda Sykes looked up and noticed three spotlights virtually blinding her. It s like a [expletive] Buick coming at me! she said in mock horror. The packed crowd lit up with laughter

One-tank trip: Honolulu House in Marshall, Mich.
NWITimes.com - With more than a touch of whimsy and a big dose of tropical fever, Judge Abner Pratt was determined to bring back more than just a few trinkets from the Sandwich Islands (now called Hawaii) where he had served as an ambassador in the early 1860s

Kamehameha Schools buys Keauhou hotel
KPUA.net - KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) _ K-B-H Incorporated has acquired the Keauhou Beach Hotel on the Big Island from San Diego-based Southwest Value Partners. K-B-H is a subsidiary of Bishop Holdings Incorporated -- the for-profit development arm of Kamehameha

The spring and summer of our discontent
USA Today - Airline traffic this spring and summer is expected to be at an all-time high. Big Six carriers continue to trim domestic capacity and downsize the aircraft they fly. On-time performance is skidding. Load factors are at record highs

Bad hair days and other work disasters
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