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| P.S. You are off the hook since you gave the last party. But if you're waiting for me to win the lottery and book it, it's really likely to be the last party. At least, the last one not requiring handrails in the bathrooms and room for walkers. It isn't looking good. The woman who runs the neighborhood grocery has given me 18 tickets in a row where the first number is 13. If you can overcome that with good vibes, I swear, I'm booking. It'll be my very first expenditure. I made up my mind to that as soon as I thought of it. (And if I hit big, I won't be renting it. I hate to say it, but there's a part of me that regrets that choice at retirement to buy a herd of pianos and a house for cash when I was otherwise contemplating a yacht of similar vintage, though smaller, but nearly as nice.  It may be my playing after these six years that makes me think I should ought instead be boating.)
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| quote: Originally posted by OperaTenor:
Am I the only one who finds the light strings and mirrors on the stair risers to be out of place-looking, and a bit tacky?
Yes  But then I'm into totally over the top decor - I can't help it, I'm a dancer!
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"No-one would knowingly provide Franz Liszt with a mediocre piano." -E. M. Good
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| Yeah, but I'd put up with that bit of garishness in exchange for the marble turkish baths and suites where the bedrooms alone average 600 square feet. The thing is set up for about 35 guests but provides space usually given over to about 600 guests on commercial vessels. That's a lotta space. And as a charter, it's always nice to be in control of where you go and how long you stay instead of being at the mercy of some cruise director. So I can tolerate a little Christmas kitsch. (At least they didn't put in white pianos or those hideous lucite things.) (But then, I put "ground effects" neon lighting under the Chickering. So what do I know about taste. ) Having seen "The Cat's Meow", though, about that infamous W. J. Hearst yacht party where Hearst shot the movie producer while intending to kill Charlie Chaplin, I'm not sure we ought to booze and boat. TomK might end up slightly dead.
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| quote: Originally posted by lilylady: 
God, that's gorgeous!
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A cynic - knows the price of everything and the value of nothing - Oscar Wilde
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God, that's gorgeous!
And to think that now you get the option of SHINY BIG BLACK BOX or SEMI SHINY BIG BLACK BOX! Somewhere along the line, cabinetry went out the window.
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| Notice the extra music rakes on the sides? 
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