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Uptown Palace $498.77 Connected to the airport, Uptown Palace is located in Milan’s Duomo neighborhood and close to Torre Velasca, Milan City Hall, and Milan Convention Centre. Nearby points of interest also include Cathedral of Milan and Basilica di S. Eustorgio. Hotel Features. Dining options at Uptown Palace include a restaurant, a coffee shop/caf?, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is open for drinks. Room service is available 24 hours a day. Recreational amenities include a steam room. This 4 star property offers secretarial services, technology support staff, and limo/town car service. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. Wedding services, tour/ticket assistance, and translation services are available. Additional property amenities include a concierge desk, multilingual staff, and currency exchange. Guestrooms. 158 guestrooms at Uptown Palace feature laptop compatible safes and complimentary newspapers. Accommodations offer city or courtyard views. Beds come with premium bedding. These individually furnished rooms include desks. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, double sinks, bidets, and makeup/shaving mirrors. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. 32 inch LCD televisions have premium satellite channels, first run movies, and pay movies. Rooms also include bathrobes and slippers. Notifications and Fees:All guests staying in hotel guestrooms must be registered with the hotel. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Some properties have extra fees for amenities or services that may apply even if you do not use them. Government fees or taxes also may be charged to you when you check in or check out. This property told us they will charge you for the following: All citizens of Italy will be charged the national value added tax We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check in, or check out. Fee for wireless Internet in business center: EUR 10 per day (rates may vary)Fee for wireless Internet in all public areas: EUR 10 per day (rates may vary)Fee for in room wireless Internet: EUR 10 per day (rates may vary) The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change. Notifications and Fees:All guests staying in hotel guestrooms must be registered with the hotel. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Some properties have extra fees for amenities or services that may apply even if you do not use them. Government fees or taxes also may be charged to you when you check in or check out. This property told us they will charge you for the following: All citizens of

Coffee Shop $129.99 Ayline Olukman Coffee Shop – Framed Art Print

Hyatt Place Albuquerque/Uptown $99 Hyatt Place Albuquerque/Uptown is located in Albuquerque, close to Coronado Center, Winrock Shopping Center, and Expo New Mexico. Additional area points of interest include Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and National Hispanic Cultural Center. Hotel Features. Hyatt Place Albuquerque/Uptown features a coffee shop/caf? and a bar/lounge. The hotel serves a complimentary breakfast. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool and a fitness facility. This 3 star property offers small meeting rooms, audio visual equipment, and business services. High speed Internet access is available in public areas. Concierge services and tour assistance are available. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include express check in. This is a smoke free property. Guestrooms. Air conditioned guestrooms at Hyatt Place Albuquerque/Uptown feature coffee/tea makers and windows that open. Beds come with signature bedding, triple sheeting, and down comforters. All rooms include separate sitting areas along with desks and sofa beds. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, designer toiletries, and hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is available. Guestrooms offer multi line phones with voice mail. 42 inch high definition televisions have DVD players and pay movies. Rooms also include blackout drapes/curtains and electronic check out. Guests may request extra towels/bedding and wake up calls. Housekeeping is available daily. Guestrooms are all non smoking. Notifications:There are no room charges for children 18 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding. The photos in this description reflect the brand standard and are provided for illustrative purposes only. Notifications:There are no room charges for children 18 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding. The photos in this description reflect the brand standard and are provided for illustrative purposes only.

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Hotel Indigo Fishers – Indy’s Uptown $91.2 Hotel Indigo Fishers – Indy’s Uptown > IND > 9791 N By Northeast Blvd > Fishers > IN > 46038>Location. This Indianapolis hotel is close to Climb Time Indy. Features. Hotel Indigo Fishers Indy’s Uptown has an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness facility. Business amenities at this 3.0 star property include a business center, wireless Internet access, meeting rooms for small groups, and business services. Hotel Indigo Fishers Indy’s Uptown has a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. Room service is available during limited hours. Event facilities include conference rooms. The staff can arrange concierge services and dry cleaning/laundry services. Additional amenities include laundry facilities, multilingual staff, and air conditioning in public areas. This is a smoke free property (fines may apply for violations). Guestrooms. Hotel Indigo Fishers Indy’s Uptown features 115 guestrooms in a 3 story property. Guestrooms have cable television with premium TV channels and pay movies. Business friendly amenities include multi line phones, desks, and direct dial phones. All guestrooms provide coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms provide hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Amenities featured in guestrooms include air conditioning, free local calls, and clock radios. Additional amenities offered include electronic/magnetic keys, irons/ironing boards, and climate control. Guestroom services include housekeeping and wake up calls. All guestrooms at Hotel Indigo Fishers Indy’s Uptown are non smoking. >The preferred airport for Hotel Indigo Fishers Indy’s Uptown is Indianapolis, IN (IND Indianapolis Intl.) 32.8 km / 20.4 mi. Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

Quality Inn and Suites Albuquerque Uptown $59.95 Quality Inn and Suites Albuquerque Uptown > ABQ > 25 Hotel Circle > Albuquerque > NM > 87123>Location. This Albuquerque hotel is close to Winrock Shopping Center and Expo New Mexico. Features. Quality Inn and Suites Albuquerque Uptown has an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Business amenities at this 2.0 star property include wireless Internet access, meeting rooms for small groups, and business services. Quality Inn and Suites Albuquerque Uptown has a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. Guests are served a complimentary breakfast each morning. Room service is available during limited hours. Business amenities at this 2.0 star property consist of conference rooms and banquet facilities. The staff can arrange event catering and dry cleaning/laundry services. Additional amenities include laundry facilities, multilingual staff, and air conditioning in public areas. Guestrooms. Quality Inn and Suites Albuquerque Uptown has 102 guestrooms. Televisions are equipped with cable television channels . Guestrooms provide free local calls. Guestrooms feature microwaves, refrigerators, and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Additional amenities include air conditioning, desks, and irons/ironing boards. In addition, amenities available on request include wake up calls and housekeeping is offered. Cribs (infant beds) and rollaway beds are available. >The preferred airport for Quality Inn and Suites Albuquerque Uptown is Albuquerque, NM (ABQ Albuquerque Intl.Sunport) 8.6 km / 5.3 mi. Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property’s location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre.

Sequoia Coffee Shop, California $14.99 Sequoia Coffee Shop, California – Premium Poster

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Cute Guys: What do you prefer…..?

All of these in a girl you’ve never met… say you were hanging out uptown, at the local coffee shop or other hangout or mall or whatever

A girl who comes up to you and talks to you and flirts (Her making the first move)

A girl who smiles and shows a slight interest in you, but doesn’t openly go over and talk to you first

A girl who pretends not to notice you, but occasionally you catch her looking your way??

“A girl who smiles and shows a slight interest in you, but doesn’t openly go over and talk to you first”

Depends on the guy. Out going guys sometimes like shy girls so they can make the first move. But if he was shy sometimes he wont out of shyness.

Barney’s Uptown Amsterdam with Ganja Tours “She rolls them bigger than the American girls”

Nowhere to Go but Upscale

It was a perfect spring day—presidential blue sky, congenial 10-knot breeze straight out of the heart of Dixie, temperature comfortably in the porch-rocker 70s. In fact, it had all of the ingredients you would throw into your January daydreams to produce the ideal first cruise of the year. Of course, it had taken its sweet time getting that way. Dense fog had kept us—my cruising buddy Hal, ship’s dog Skippy and me—cooling our heels since early morning, first at the mouth of the Yeocomico and then at the mouth of the Potomac, waiting for visibility to improve before poking our nose out into the Bay. But our patience had been rewarded at last, and here we were in the middle of the Chesapeake—with Point Lookout aft and Smith Island fore—on our way to Crisfield for the very first time. 

Now, among Chesapeake Bay boaters, having never been to Crisfield is like a French person never having been to Paris. No, that’s not right. Annapolis has got to be Paris for a Chesapeake boater, so that would make Crisfield more like Marseille. Crisfield, like Marseille, was built on maritime trade and it is on the southern end—of Maryland, in this case, instead of France. Okay, and it’s not on the Mediterranean, either. Look, forget I brought it up.

Crisfield, which is known everywhere on the Bay as “the town that used to be known as the Seafood Capital of the World,” was built on the triumvirate of oysters, terrapins and crabs. Only crabs, that Julius Caesar of seafood, have survived in any useful numbers. But Crisfield, too, has survived, though it has long since been demoted from seafood capital to quaint former seafood capital. But that in no way has diminished its appeal to boaters on the Bay. In fact, quaint, plus easy access to town, a truly great marina, down-home people with some quirky yet charming habits, and plenty of places to satisfy the inner boater have made Crisfield one of the Bay’s favorite destinations. 

So Skippy, Hal and I were fairly humming in anticipation. (Actually, Skippy is fairly humming to be on his way anywhere, so he doesn’t count.) There was only one issue that threw a shadow over our happy project. Were we too late? Had Crisfield already gone from quaint to wall-to-wall condo? That was certainly the talk I’d heard from Solomons to Salisbury: It’s all over, they said, they’re building condominiums in Crisfield! Or, alternately: They’re building all these condominiums in Crisfield, but I wonder who’s going to live there? If you can’t find blue cheese or a good dry cleaner anywhere in town you may not be able to sell condominiums.

That last comment came in a round-about way from Whitey Schmidt, a 10-year Crisfield come-here and cookbook author with a title of his own, the Blue Crab Guru. I had called him when I decided to make Crisfield my first landing site of the season. “They have started building a few highrises wherever there’s waterfront and a view,” he confirmed. “So, it’s beginning. New life is coming to Crisfield.” Crisfield is a quiet town now, he continued, but once there were a hundred or more oyster-shucking houses at the dock; now there is one. Terrapin soup was found in every restaurant in America; now we don’t eat terrapin. The trains are gone, and a lot of the fishing industry has left. So, all things considered, Schmidt says, the condos may be a move in the right direction. “Besides, someday you might even be able to buy blue cheese in Crisfield.”

But were recreational boaters and other tourists going to be happy about the Crisfield come-heres, or at least with their outward and visible sign: condominiums? I threw off that shadow as Solomons Lump light passed to starboard and I started listening for the bell at green “5″. Pretty soon we would turn to head south in Hal’s 17-foot cutty until we reached the entrance of the Little Annemesex channel to Crisfield and Somers Cove Marina. 

Somers Cove is definitely one of the big attractions for boaters visiting Crisfield. With more than 400 slips and famously easy to maneuver around, there is nearly always plenty of room for everyone. The marina was built in the late 1950s, while Crisfield’s favorite son, J. Millard Tawes was governor of Maryland. The state still owns and maintains it and, over the years, has expanded its slips and facilities. The marina is now also the site of the J. Millard Tawes Museum and Visitors Center. And it was here that Hal and I made our first stop, after tying up at a transient slip and arranging for the ship’s dog to cool his heels with a big bowl of water and a bully stick in the shade of the nearby picnic pavilion. 

The museum is a great place to get a handle on Crisfield’s history. If you can do it, be sure to take Crisfield Heritage Foundation curator Tim Howard’s walking tour, which leaves the museum every morning at 10. Thanks to the fog, we didn’t manage to make it, but it’s going to be a prime motivation for my next visit to Crisfield. Howard, a Crisfield native, has an enthusiasm for the town and for history with a capital H running deep in this veins. Like so many men in Crisfield, his beginnings are inseparable from the water and the seafood industry, but like so many men in Crisfield he has been forced to look elsewhere for a living. In Howard’s case, he went back to school and discovered history. He returned to Crisfield and began volunteering at the museum. When the opportunity for a paying job turned up, he jumped at it. Now he leads tours, works on the foundation’s new Cedar Marsh Wildlife Preserve—which will soon have a new kayak trail—and changes lightbulbs, as needed. He also works with legions of school groups that come through, the dozen Elderhostel programs the foundation hosts each year and now cruise ships. 
    
“Cruise ships?” I exclaimed.
 
“Two years ago there were none,” Howard explained, “last year there were a couple, and this summer there will be eight to ten cruise boats stopping at Crisfield.” He left to take a call from the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Va., as foundation director Chris Tyler came in. “They are calling to confirm arrangements for an Elderhostel cruise that will leave from there and will stop here,” she said, before also leaving to field a call.

“Many of these cruises ships are Americana Cruise Line ships and were built right next door in Salisbury,” Tim Howard said when he returned. The foundation, he explained, arranges programs for the cruise passengers, including trips to nearby Smith and Tangier islands. Some cruises are birding excursions and some geared toward history. 

After perusing the museum and its exhibits, which range from arrowheads to all manner of maritime artifacts (including some decoys by Crisfield’s world famous artists in wood, the Ward brothers), Hal and I retrieved the ship’s dog and strolled into town. Meandering through the residential areas, we saw relic after elegant relic of oyster prosperity: many dozens of Victorian homes in varying states of both decay and restoration. “They represent the oyster money of the 1920s and thirties,” Howard had told us. The brick ranchers on the fringes of town, he said, were built by crab money in the 1950s and ’60s.

Howard’s voice continued to echo in our ears as we made our first stop downtown, slipping into Goodsell Alley near the city dock for ice cream and a hands-on approach to history. “If you actually put your hand on the old oyster house, you can feel the rough [cinder] blocks it was built with,” Howard had said as he told us about the tour we were not going to get. “Then you can put your hands on the next building, where the ice-cream shop is, and feel the smooth blocks. You can feel the difference in time.” So Hal and I did that, while Skipper did something else I don’t want to get too specific about. Then we docked the ship’s dog at a post outside and went in to get some ice cream. The purveyor of ice cream came back out with us, carrying a bowl of water for the dog. With all hands happy, we decided to get a better look at the old oyster house. MeTompkins is one of only a few seafood houses still operating in Crisfield. We walked between its two buildings, the larger of which lies in the shadow of a block of condominiums. To the left, out on the old dock, sat a wrecked car, with an oyster boat tied up next to it. I would have asked, but saw no one to tell me the story. 

Goodsell Alley itself could tell a few tales. Late in the 19th century, during the heyday of the oyster trade and when Crisfield was the second largest city in Maryland, Goodsell Alley was the home to bars and bawdy houses, not demure ice-cream parlors. To deal with the ramifications of this new rip-roaring lifestyle, Crisfield established its first police force in 1872. I mention this particularly so that I can share that the town’s second police chief was named John S. “Pigtail” Sterling. Its third: Isaac T. “Scapper” Powell. Things must have calmed down after that, because the nicknames seem to end there. (You can find the names of all the police chiefs as well as many other bits of information in Crisfield, Maryland, 1676–1976, an endlessly fascinating and thoroughly opinionated 1977 book by Woodrow T. Wilson—no relation. Wilson, a Crisfield native and retired career Army officer, wrote three books on his beloved hometown, this last to celebrate its bicentennial.) 

Hal, Skippy and I retraced our steps and turned right to the city dock, still very much the center of activity for Crisfield residents and visitors alike. This is where you go to find the boats headed for Tangier and Smith islands. This is also where you go to find people waiting for boats, watching boats,  catching up on news. And what was the center of attraction on this day? A cruise ship! Yes, tied up alongside of the dock was a three-deck passenger ship of about 200 feet. And it was creating a certain quiet stir among Crisfielders, who in any case keep a close eye on all things maritime. It was hard to tell which was greater—the cruise ship passengers’ curiosity for Crisfield, or Crisfield’s curiosity for them. I was pretty interested in both, myself. I stopped to chat with a woman sitting in a car parked just where the dock turns into the two-tiered city pier—or the sunset viewing stand, as Whitey Schmidt calls it. She told me she had sent her husband up the dock to find out what the ship was. In the time it took to confirm that she was a born Crisfielder and that she and her husband come down regularly to watch the boats, he returned with a brochure. American Canadian Caribbean Line. Two- and three-week tours up and down the Bay and the East Coast. He was ready to sign up, his wife was not. Getting on a boat to visit her sister on Tangier Island was more than enough seafaring for her, she said. What did she think of the condominiums, I asked her. “Crisfield is changing,” she replied. “We natives don’t see it yet, but it will be good in the end.” 

That Crisfield is changing seems to be accepted wisdom all around. Sterling & Son Hardware offers a good example. That business, which began in the 19th century as a tin shop, has already made plans to change with the times. It was Skippy’s idea that we stop in. We had just spent a few minutes admiring the wide blue beauty of Tangier Sound from the sunset pier and had started walking uptown when the store’s open door, the cool shade and the happy odor of hardware and marine supplies drew Skippy in. “He’s welcome to come in,” Susan Sterling and Karin Schneider called out, encouraging his trespass. I followed suit, while Hal wandered up the street. The store, actually two stores—one predominantly hardware and the other marine supplies—is planning some changes to meet what is expected to be a wider market in recreational boaters, Sterling told us. “We will be carrying more recreational boating supplies,” she said. “Perhaps the store will be divided into a part for watermen and part for recreational boaters.” (The urge to protect the watermen is a determined counterpoint to Crisfield’s acknowledgement of the need for change—or at least its inevitability.) At the hardware store, Sterling said, there are plans to add polo shirts and other leisure items, “kind of the softer side of hardware.” 

Skippy was ready to spend a lot more time with his new friends, but we still had something of a hike before we got up to Crifield’s main business section. When most of the town as it exists today was built, the oyster houses and other seafood plants crowded around the docks, many built on pilings over the marsh that separated the land from the water so that the boats could offload directly to the plants. In time, the plants’ tons of discarded oyster shells filled in the marsh to make dry land. That left the main part of town strung out at a diagonal to the highway—and, far more importantly at the time, the railroad, which ran right down to the docks. 

It was the railway that gave Crisfield its name—the one it has now—and assured its position as seafood capital of the world, because it was able to hustle fresh oysters, crabs and, for a brief time, terrapins to major markets from Baltimore to the nation beyond. John W. Crisfield, an officer with the Eastern Shore Railroad, had seen the importance of the project and had pushed for the extension of the line. The railhead was named Crisfield in his honor and, soon, so was the town. Its earliest European name had been Annemesex Neck, for the local Indian tribe, and was founded as an English town in 1666 by Benjamin Summers. Its port was called Somers Cove (spelling was an inexact science back then), and eventually, since nearly all its comings and goings were maritime, that became the town’s name—until Crisfield came along. Somers Cove lives on, of course, as the marina, and the Indian word survives in the Big and Little Anne-mesex rivers. The tribe, alas, does not. 

Downtown—or would it be uptown?—Crisfield is an energetic mix of historic architecture, empty storefronts, long-established businesses, discount stores and intriguing upstarts. It is also the home of one of the locals’ new favorite restaurants, Mi Pueblito Grill (“It’s not just Mexican. They really cook there,” Susan Sterling told me. “I’ve even been served quail.”) 

Mexican-style quail would have to wait; I had an appointment with the mayor. So Hal and Skippy went off on their own, and I headed for the village offices, which are near the top of Main Street. Two years ago, Mayor Percy Purnell rode into office on a wave of public indignation that brought a record number of voters to the poles, ousting the incumbent mayor and most of the council. Not surprisingly, it had to do with change. Purnell and his allies objected to a public/private revitilization project that would have been privately funded, but would also, Purnell said, have given the private interest too much control. And, yes, condominiums were an underlying element. It was four years ago that the first condominiums were built, Purnell continued, and before the election more than 400 new units had been approved. Not that the new mayor opposes condominiums. “Condos are not a bad thing,” he said, “they improve the tax base and allow the city to do things it wouldn’t otherwise be able to. Would I have done it? Perhaps a little differently.”

Purnell is one of Crisfield’s many been-here-befores. Twenty years ago, he was mayor. Then he moved away to work. Recently he returned and ran for council. “All of my best memories center on Crisfield. I feel it needs to be protected. Times are going to change, but it needs to be done so people here won’t,” Purnell said. With an average annual income of less than $18,000, Crisfield’s residents would soon be left behind, he said. The city is just completing a comprehensive plan and is seeking bids for the development of its own revitalization plan, aimed at finding that elusive balance between encouraging growth while preserving a way of life (fishing) that is becoming increasingly untenable. There are also plans for trying to help watermen with legislation. One of them is to make sure that the Small Boat Harbor stays in their hands. If passed, the ordinance would allow those recreational boaters who now own docks in the harbor to keep them, but when they do sell, it must be to someone in the marine industry.

Skippy and Hal were just coming back down Main Street when I stepped out of the mayor’s office. “Go scout out the perfect place for dinner, while I make one last stop,” I called out, ducking into Heart of the Home Fine Foods. Whitey Schmidt had suggested that I talk with its proprietor, Susan Linyear. “She’s part of the good change that’s coming,” Schmidt had said. The shop certainly looked like a change for Crisfield. Coffees, teas, specialty foods. Cheese. Hmmm, I thought, I think I see what’s coming. 

Linyear is definitely a Crisfield come-here. Before she saw an ad for retail space on the internet, she’d never even heard of the place. “I had been a personal chef and caterer for several years, and I was looking for some space in D.C. to open my own shop,” Linyear said. “I saw the Crisfield ad and came down to take a look. I loved the ambience of the town, and I absolutely loved the price.” She opened Heart of the Home this March. As the weather has warmed up, so has her business. “People are asking for specific things, like apple or vanilla tea, or a particular barbecue seasoning, and this gets my juices going, thinking of things.” And cruise ships. Earlier in the day, she and the owner of Debbi’s Chocolate and Gift Shop next door, and the owner of the Captain’s Galley had put on a demonstration for the passengers of the cruise ship I had seen earlier. Passengers learned to shuck oysters. The local businesses made some sales. Everyone was happy.
     “It is small business that is going to grow Crisfield,” Linyear said. “A new plant isn’t going to open up.” So she and other local business owners have formed a marketing group to make Crisfield and their businesses better known to recreational boaters and other potential tourists. 

And cheese? (I had to ask.) “I will be carrying a variety of new cheeses beginning next month, like feta, goat cheese, blue cheese.” Say no more, I said, and ran out to find Hal and Skippy. I felt a sudden urge to check out a few condominium prices before we settled down for dinner.

It only takes one building to alter a skyline, and in Crisfield that deed is already done. More than a dozen additional buildings are on the drawing board, but whether they will ever be completed depends on whether superb views, great fishing, a charming population . . . and blue cheese . . . will be enough to draw come-heres down there. So far the few dozen people who have come have made little impact on the town itself. Then how would I answer my question: Have condos spoiled Crisfield? You’ll just have to come on down and judge for yourself.