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Reality TV's new stars: Small businessesBy JOSEPH PISANI
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Cameraman Mark Matusiak shoots a scene between Chumlee, second from left, Corey Harrison, and customer Gene McCauliff of Las Vegas, for the reality television series Pawn Stars, Wednesday in Las Vegas. Pawn sales at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop bring in about $20 million a year, up from the $4 million a year it made before the show aired.NEW YORK — There's no business like small business.
Mix the high stakes of running a small business with a dash of family drama and throw in a camera crew and you get hit reality television shows such as "Pawn Stars," "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" and "Duck Dynasty."
Turning small business owners into stars has become a winning formula for television producers, but some businesses featured in them are cashing in, too. Sales explode after just a few episodes air, transforming these nearly unknown small businesses into household names. In addition to earning a salary from starring in the shows, some small business owners are benefiting financially from opening gift shops that sell souvenirs or getting involved in other ventures that spawn from their new-found fame.
Sales at Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas are five times higher than they were before "Pawn Stars" first aired in 2009. More people are pouring into the St. Louis restaurant featured in "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" to eat its jumbo-sized fried chicken wings and six-cheese macaroni and cheese. And Duck Commander, seen in "Duck Dynasty," is having trouble controlling the crowds in front of its headquarters in the small city of West Monroe, La.
"Sometimes it's hard getting from the truck to the front door," says Willie Robertson, who owns Duck Commander with his father and stars in the A&E series with his extended family.
It's a big change for a company that sells duck calls out of a part-brick, part-cinder block warehouse on a dry, dead-end country road. Duck hunters use the whistles, which mimic duck sounds, to attract their prey.
Since "Duck Dynasty" began airing in March 2012, Robertson finds at least 70 people waiting in front of the warehouse every morning asking for autographs and photos. Neighbors have complained about the mobs and the police have been called.
Despite the trouble, the show has been good for the family business. Sales of the company's duck calls, which range from $20 to $175, have skyrocketed. In 2011, the company sold 60,000 duck calls. In 2012, the year the show began airing, the company sold 300,000. "We saw a big difference as the Nielsen ratings went up," says Robertson.
Their income from doing the show may be going up along with the ratings. "Duck Dynasty" is the most watched documentary-style reality series on TV right now, according to Nielsen, which provides information and insight into what consumers watch and buy. April's one-hour season three finale was watched by 9.6 million people, making it the most watched program in A&E's 29-year history. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the cast of the show is demanding a raise to $200,000 an episode to do a fourth season. Both the network and Robertson had no comment on the report.
Cameras follow Robertson and his family as they make duck calls, hunt or go camping. One episode showed Robertson trying to prove to his dad, brother and uncle that he could spend a night in a tent during a camping trip. (Robertson ends up bringing a big recreational vehicle and is ridiculed for it. "Once you bring something with wheels that's enclosed, you're no longer camping. You're parking," says Robertson's brother, Jace Robertson, in the episode.)
Duck Commander hired five more people to keep up with rising sales. Every duck call has to be put together by hand. "It's like a musical instrument," says Robertson. "Each one needs to be blown into it to make sure it works."
To stop the crowds from disrupting business, and to make extra cash, Robertson opened a gift shop inside the Duck Commander warehouse. "It keeps the people out of my lobby," says Robertson. The shop sells duck calls, Duck Commander T-shirts and bobblehead dolls that look like Robertson, his dad, uncle and brother, complete with their long beards.
Rick Harrison, the star of "Pawn Stars," opened a gift shop, too. He sells mugs, T-shirts, bobbleheads and refrigerator magnets, in the back of his Las Vegas pawn store.
Harrison says the souvenirs bring in about $5 million in revenue a year. The pawn business brings in about $20 million a year, up from the $4 million before "Pawn Stars" aired.
The show, which follows people as try to sell or pawn items ranging from gold coins to classic cars, also stars Harrison's son, his father and an employee named Austin "Chumlee" Russell.
People have been lining up outside the pawn shop since the reality show began airing on History in 2009. The store installed misters above the line to keep fans cool under the hot, Las Vegas sun.
Fame has disadvantages. Harrison says he wears a hat and sunglasses to disguise himself, even on visits to IHOP for pancakes with his kids. During an overseas vacation, he was swarmed by fans at the Tower of London
"It amazes me," says Harrison. "I'm just a fat middle-aged bald guy, but people still want to meet me."
Harrison is cashing in on his celebrity. He was hired as a spokesman for Procter & Gamble Inc.'s Swiffer cleaning wipes and he wrote a book, called "License to Pawn," about his life and business. (Harrison declined to say how much he made on those deals.) He also rents out a 1,300-square-foot area in the back of the pawn shop's building for private parties. The fee can range anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000, depending on the number of people invited and whether Harrison or one of the shows stars to drops by.
Despite his fame, and busy 40-week-a-year filming schedule, Harrison says that his pawn business comes first.
"I do realize that television shows end," he says, even though the show is coming back for a new season May 30. "I want to make sure I have a business when people are saying, 'Hey, do you remember that show about four fat guys in a pawn shop'"
A show may end, but it's not quickly forgotten. Hair stylist Elgin Charles, whose salon was featured on VH1's "Beverly Hills Fabulous," says he is still benefiting from the show even though it hasn't been on the air for nearly two years.
Fans of the show still stop into Elgin Charles Beverly Hills to get their hair done, some from as far away as Australia and Nigeria. "The phone didn't stop ringing for eight months after the show aired," says Charles, who has owned the salon for 15 years.
Charles was recently cornered by fans at a Dallas nightclub trying to get a picture of him on their smartphones. "I can't even walk the streets of New York without being approached," he says. (Charles is hard to miss. He often wears shiny, dark, straight shoulder-length hair.) He has been paid to make appearances at hair shows and conventions. "Many doors have opened," says Charles.
"The whole reason I did it was to make Elgin Charles Beverly Hills a household name," says Charles. He's says he's putting his name on a school, called the Elgin Charles Universal Beauty College, which is expected to open this summer in downtown Los Angeles.
Reality TV has been good to Duff Goldman, too. Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" filmed Goldman and his employees at Charm City Cakes bakery as they made lavish cakes. (In one episode, they made a cake for a "Harry Potter" movie premiere party that looked like Hogwarts Castle, the boy wizard's school.) "Ace of Cakes" ended in 2011, but Goldman and his bakery are still in high demand.
His name is on a line of cake mixes, kits and pans sold at Michaels, the arts and crafts store. His face is on cartons of Blue Bunny ice cream that have pieces of cakes mixed in. He teamed up with Godiva, the chocolate maker, to create limited edition cake truffles. In January, Goldman designed a nine-tiered cake for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Last year he opened a bakery in Los Angeles, called Charm City Cakes West. He says he is "strongly" considering a return to reality TV.
The publicity is hard to give up. The shows are essentially a free weekly national commercial for a small business. "There's no better way to increase exposure," says Jai Manselle, the founder of Manselle Media, a brand development and public relations company that has clients in the entertainment industry.
Manselle says that entrepreneurs considering reality TV should make sure the show will portray the business in a positive light. "If the show makes you look unprofessional, that may not be good," he says. Manselle turned down an offer to turn his marketing business into a reality show last year because it didn't feel right, but he is still open to the idea.
"If it's not going to benefit the brand, don't do it," says Manselle. "The whole reason you're doing this is to make money."
Lynnae Schneller is hoping her family-run pickle business gets the green light. Schneller was approached by a production company to film a five-minute pilot that is being pitched to networks.
"I've never had a desire to be on reality TV, but from a business standpoint I can't turn it down," says Schneller, who started Lynnae's Gourmet Pickles in Tacoma, Wash. in 2011. "We could never afford that kind of exposure."
But reality-TV fame has a price. Charles says that he had to close his salon for two months while filming "Beverly Hills Fabulous." He only had Sundays and one other weekday to style hair for clients. "They came in like a storm and took over," says Charles. The producers set up storyboards that mapped out the episodes. "I didn't have much control," he says.
Editing can create misconceptions about the business. "Ace of Cakes" never showed the bakers washing their hands. Many viewers assumed that they didn't. Goldman still gets emails and letters from viewers saying that they should be washing their hands. They did, it just never made it on the screen. "A show about people washing their hands would be a boring show," Goldman says.
Another downside: Being bossed around. "I'm 47 and I've never worked for anybody in my life," says Harrison of "Pawn Stars." "Now you have somebody else telling you what to do." Producers tell him what time to come to work and he has to make appearances to promote the show. He has to take direction while filming. "They'll say, 'Rick, raise your voice you're not talking loud enough,' and it's a 27-year-old director telling me these things," says Harrison.
Not every small business makes good TV. Producers say they are most interested in family-run companies. "That's the Holy Grail," says Darryl Silver, the owner of The Idea Factory, the production company pitching Schneller's pickle-business reality show. They do well because viewers are able to relate to the characters.
That's true for the stars of "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's." Owner Robbie Montgomery says fans come to her restaurants featured in the show and liken her to their own grandmothers.
The show, which airs on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, follows Montgomery as she and her son run two restaurants in St. Louis and struggle to open a third. Montgomery has been filmed scolding her nephew when he shows up late for work. In another episode, she pushes her grandson to get better grades in school.
The show has brought more people to her restaurants. "There was a line around the block after the third or fourth episode," says Montgomery. Sales have jumped 70 percent at the restaurants, which serve Southern dishes such as pork steak smothered in gravy and candied yams. It debuted in 2011. A fourth season began filming in March.
Montgomery began selling $20 T-shirts in the restaurants after the show started. The shirts feature Montgomery's quotes from the show.
One of the quotes could serve as advice for small businesses wanting to get into reality TV.
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He was up on the concourse level with his family and friends later in the game, and near the exit talking with players and families after the game, taking pics. His attitude seemed great. Nice to see him at the game. Heard on post-game that he might be at tomorrow's game.
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Feds who retire with special skills and top-secret clearances often move into top jobs on Wall Street, with credit card companies or even back in government, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But for those stripped of their clearances, life after Uncle Sam may mean a security guard job at a box store ...
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The Spokane company does a variety of work for lawyers and prosecutors across the country. Its researchers know how to find information contained on computer hard drives; they also know how to determine when and how some files ended up on the drive in the first place.
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With potatoes, carrots, peas and onions, this meat loaf is just like a pot roast. Using ground beef instead of another cut of meat, makes it an economical meal-Marsha Ransom, South Haven, Michigan.
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours YIELD:8 servings
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 teaspoon steak sauce
- 8 medium carrots, halved
- 8 small red potatoes
- 16 pearl onions
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into a loaf in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Brush with steak sauce. Arrange carrots, potatoes and onions around loaf.
- 2. Cover and bake at 375° for 40 minutes. Add peas. Cover and bake 30 minutes longer. Uncover; baste with pan juices. Bake 5 minutes more or until the meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160°. Yield: 8 servings.
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Sinkhole victim may never be foundBy TAMARA LUSH
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Hillsborough County, Fla., firefighters keep a safe distance from a home where a sinkhole opened up underneath a bedroom late Thursday evening and swallowed a 37-year-old man along with an entire bedroom in Seffner, Fla.SEFFNER, Fla. Engineers worked gingerly Saturday to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the entire house could eventually succumb to the unstable ground.
It could be days before officials decide whether they will attempt to recover Jeff Bushs body, and they were still trying Saturday to determine the extent of the sinkhole network and what kind of work might be safe. As the sinkhole grows, it may pose further risk to the subdivision and its homes.
Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night in Seffner a suburb of 8,000 people 15 miles east of downtown Tampa when the earth opened and took him and everything else in his room. Five others in the house escape unharmed.
Because of Floridas unique geography, experts say sinkholes are common across the state, with thousands erupting each year. Most are small, though, and deaths rarely occur.
Theres hardly a place in Florida thats immune to sinkholes, said Sandy Nettles, a geologist. Theres no way of ever predicting where a sinkhole is going to occur.
Florida is prone because it sits on limestone, a porous rock that easily dissolves in water. A layer of clay is on top of the limestone. The clay is thicker in some locations including the area where Bush became a victim making them even more prone to sinkholes.
Most are small, like one that was found Saturday morning in Largo, some 35 miles away from the Seffner sinkhole. The Largo sinkhole, about 10 feet long and several feet wide, was discovered in a mall parking lot. Such discoveries are common throughout the year in Florida, though some factors such as drought and development can exacerbate the development, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Still, its unclear what, if anything, caused the Seffner sinkhole.
The condition that caused that sinkhole could have started a million years ago, Nettles said.
On Saturday, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ronnie Rivera said one of the homes next door to the Bush house also was compromised by the sinkhole, as determined through testing. The family, which had evacuated Friday, was allowed to go inside for about a half-hour to gather belongings, Rivera said. The family was outside, crying and organizing boxes.
Engineers had been testing since 7 a.m. Saturday. By 10 a.m., officials moved media crews farther away from the Bush house so experts could perform tests on the home across the street.
Experts spent the previous day on the property, taking soil samples and running tests while acknowledging that the entire lot where Bush lay entombed was dangerous. On Saturday, officials were still not allowing anyone in the Bush home.
Jeremy Bush, who tried to rescue his brother when the earth opened, lay flowers and a stuffed lamb near the house Saturday morning and wept.
He said someone came to his home in the Tampa suburb of about 8,000 people a couple of months ago to check for sinkholes and other issues, apparently for insurance purposes, but found nothing wrong. State law requires home insurers to provide coverage against sinkholes.
And a couple of months later, my brother dies. In a sinkhole, Bush said Friday.
The sinkhole, estimated at 20 feet across and 20 feet deep, caused the homes concrete floor to cave in around 11 p.m. Thursday as everyone in the Tampa-area house was turning in for the night. It gave way with a loud crash that sounded like a car hitting the house and brought Jeremy Bush running.
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A dog and a cat died in the mobile home fire reported around 2 p.m. yesterday in the 7200 block of East Second and another dog is missing. No one was injured in the fire, though, so that's good news. Neighbors spotted smoke and called it in. According to a press release from fire marshal Kevin Miller, the middle section of the mobile home was fully involved in fire when crews arrived. The cause of the fire hasn't been determined yet. More information may be available later in the week.
A mobile home is on fire in the 7200 block of East Second. Responding Spokane Valley Fire Department crews report seeing a "decent column of smoke" and the mobile home is "well involved." The neighbor who called it in said the windows had been blown out. The Fire Department is now calling for police to respond because there is an "irrational homeowner" on the scene.
This Spokane Valley mobile home was destroyed by fire early in the morning of July 13, 2011. Photo courtesy the Spokane Valley Fire Department.
Several people called 911 this morning shortly after 4 a.m. to report a mobile home on fire in the 4900 block of East Fourth Ave. One of the calls was from the 79-year-old resident, who was sleeping on his couch and awoke because of the heat of the fire, said Spokane Valley Fire Department assistant fire marshal Bill Clifford. He tried to put out the fire without success and went to a neighbor's to call for help.
About 25 firefighters responded, but the mobile home was in flames and couldn't be saved. The damage is so extensive that the cause of the fire is undetermined, Clifford said. The mobile home was insured and the man is being assisted by Red Cross. He suffered minor smoke inhalation but was otherwise uninjured.
Spokane Valley Fire Department crews have responded to a mobile home fire in the 800 block of North Bowman near the Sprague and I-90 interchange. The first crews to arrive said there was heavy smoke on all sides. The residents have reportedly evacuated safely.


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Hi John,
It looks rather like "inflight" but with the eye makeup changed and the reflections on the lower lip gone.
OK if i'm looking for reasons not to choose it as a comp winner - and i'm being over picky here as you work is one of those i aspire too.
The reflection on the top lip is very dominant and almost square, her left eye (as we view it here) is black but the other is blue.
maybe light pink nail polish similiar to her lips would add impact? the light on her left forarm seems to transition from white to grey with quite a hard line - could the grey be lightened just a tad? this may also help keep her arm seperate from the background on that side.
Some other crazy ideas - could the hair be made more blond to match the dress - more like that odd blond curl on top of her head?
Could you clone in more mesh over her left arm to make it seem joined to the dress, the hair is so dominant - could it be blurred just a tad on the far LHS to lessen its impact?
Feel free to ignore all the above as i'm still quite amatuer and have no ide what judges may like.
Best wishes anyway,
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I like the angle, pose, expression, clarity - all important dynamics, but I feel the skin colour is too flat (it's almost neutral with the background) Its greyness drags the other aspects down. Also the background clean patch behind the right arm (to the left as we look at it) makes it look a bit like a bad cut out. I would clone that area over with a textured portion.Last Modified By Pete at 3 Jan 2012 - 2:35 PM
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Looking at this I was imagining the name velvet referred to her skin. I really like it and do think it works.
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Donald Trump, the new owner of the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, is barreling ahead with his $250 million remake of the once-troubled facility, but is he also ready to pave the way for casinos in Florida?
The Donald this month hired Tallahassee uber-lobbyist Brian Ballard to represent him in the Capital City and, he told the Herald/Times, Florida would be foolish to not let Miami compete with Las Vegas.
"If Miami doesn't do casinos, that would be a terrible mistake," Trump said in an interview on Friday. "Taxes would be able to be reduced substantially and Miami is the only place that Las Vegas is really concerned about -- in the United States."
Florida legislators are expected to piece together some sort of gambling bill when the legislature begins its session next March but the scope of it, and whether it will include destination resorts that expand casino gambling in South Florida, remains to be seen. Lawmakers postponed plans to do a series of hearings around the state this summer and are awaiting an information-gathering report from the Spectrum Gaming group to be completed this fall.
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Huskies spreading holiday cheer
The UConn basketball team will participate in Kevin Ollie's Christmas for Hartford's Children in the city's Blue Hills Neighborhood on Saturday.
The entire UConn men's basketball team spent some quality time with 150 children at the Newtown Youth Academy on Thursday afternoon. Retired Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun also made the trip.
The Huskies signed autographs, played games and just hung out with the children for 90 minutes. Newtown officials requested that no media attend the event.
"It was a good experience," sophomore Ryan Boatright said Friday after practice in Storrs. "It was something to bring happiness to that town and put smiles on the kids' faces. I know they've been through a lot."
Coach Kevin Ollie had talked about doing something for the Newtown community since the tragedy happened.
"It was something special...," Ollie said. "Kids were smiling. Parents were smiling. We got an opportunity to interact with the kids and just play basketball and just have fun. We're all kids at heart. I like to try to tell myself I'm still a kid because that's what it is all about."
"… They're all big, huge fans and sometimes they just want to spend time with you. … We just sat in the background and watched the kids play Knockout. Our players were great with them and it was just a great time overall."
Ollie strongly believes the Huskies have an obligation to help out in any way that they can.
"It's just a responsibility that we have as human beings to give back," Ollie said. "That's the only thing I look at. … This is our jobs. This is why God created us – to help other people in need. Hopefully, on the other end, somebody is helping you."
While at the Newtown Youth Academy, Ollie and Boatright, who share a birthday on Dec. 27, were presented with a cake.
"It was a good (40th) birthday," Ollie said. "I shared it with Ryan, which is always good."
Former UConn team manager Kyle Lyddy, who lives in Newtown, attended the event.
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The UConn basketball team will participate in Kevin Ollie's Christmas for Hartford's Children in the city's Blue Hills Neighborhood on Saturday.
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Nobody likes to get hit below the belt, but we sure like to watch it happen to other people. Theoretically, a low blow should stop a match, but wrestlers can do it during no DQ rules, or if the ref can't see them. Fortunately for us, we can always see them. Without anything more to say on the matter...
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Wow, WWE was a very different place in 2012. That's Zack Ryder at Wrestlemania:
Everything looks 141 2/3% better when Brock Lesnar is the one doing it:
Well, at least now we know why Seth Rollins hates Dean Ambrose:
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What Was the Best Network Drama of 2010-2011?by Matt Richenthal at . Comments
Welcome to the first annual TV Fanatic Awards.
With the 2010-2011 season behind us, we're here to stop and reflect. Which series had the most dramatic effect on you over the last few months? Which made you laugh the hardest? Which new series has earned a spot on your DVR for the foreseeable future?
Over the next few days, we'll ask readers for their takes on various shows and stars. We'll then post the results.
Remember: these polls only reflect programs that aired throughout 2010-2011. So, with apologies to Dexter, Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy, it's time to kick off these awards below:
What was the year's best drama?
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THE GOOD wife rules all! Vampire diarys can't compare... either people need to open up their eyes or 13 year old girls are the ones who r voting..
I am just so glad that this poll has nothing to do with the Emmy's. The Good Wife is an excellent show and should have been on top of this poll. Vampire Diaries...really????
Matt Richenthal: Sorry for my 12 day delay response. Thank you for taking my suggestion into consideration. :D
hello where is gossip girl ?????? !!!!! it was pretty dramatic this season if you ask me ? why isn't it on this list ?!
my vote went for NCIS....though, i feel that NCIS:LA should have been included as well....i agree, there SHOULD have been more shows listed in the poll. alisa
I like NCIS and Good Wife I think a lot of Teens are voting for this Gossip Girls isn't that great but they like it.
but we all have different opinion that's what makes this great
By your own argument, Kirkpatrick, you say that the bulk of these shows don't get to the carpet as best Drama. The other, more dramatic, shows do. Yet they weren't included. So, to extrapolate, the poll was just pandering to the audience and not based on the merit of the show. So again, for THE best Drama, the poll is not complete, or representative of the quality of the shows out there, and therefore is a bad poll.
Yes, Matt, it's true...Just like Pop encapsulates any sound that isn't Rock or Folk, but there are refinements there, isn't there? You've given a handful of shows, seemingly studiously avoiding anything that focuses on actual drama over the subsets. The two exceptions are Grey's Anatomy and The Good Wife. You've decided to EXCLUDE dramas where the actual drama is the important part. Breaking Bad, Brothers and Sisters, 90210, Gossip Girl, Private Practice, or One Tree Hill, for instance. (Only one of the preceding shows do I watch, and I find the others odious, but others think differently) All of these are far more deserving of the actual title drama as they derive their "drama" from personal interaction over, say, being a vampire or a clever writer who solves crimes. Those would be examples of genres pieces and procedurals. Your poll says THE best DRAMA of 2010, 2011. Yet you decide to limit the scope to this handful. You don't include every drama, and have decided, apparently arbitrarily, that only these will be in contention. The poll is incomplete, and arbitrary, allowing no "Other" and asks for THE best of the season. Therefore, the poll sucks. That's my explanation.
@Piecar: Where are you getting your definition of "Drama" from? An hour-long series is considered a drama by any television standard.


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They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.8 Room cleanliness
4.5 Service & staff
4.6 Room comfort
4.6 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
We double-checked.
We double-checked.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Gainesville, Va . USA
Excellent, should be a five stars hotel.Posted Nov 8, 2014
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing
Location: Near the train station and close to the square.
We stayed at Best Western Hotel Firenze in Verona before in April and recently in November. We love this place, away from the noise and close enough to walk to enjoy the beautiful Verona. Room is very beautiful, clean and very comfortable. The staff is very nice, very caring, friendly and professional, we reserved the hotel for 3 nights but decided to stay one extra night. One of the staff member, Mr. Damith is very kind and helpful both times we stayed at the hotel. Wonderful experience.
for Familiesby A verified travelerfrom London
fantastic family hotelPosted Nov 7, 2014
Pros: friendly and good location
Cons: nothing, really
Location: central Verona and near the station
excellent from beginning to end. took an apartment room in the annexe. great selection for breakfast including gluten free. cracking cocktail bar with head barman from a London hotel. staff could not be more helpful on all fronts. well done
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom hampshire and west sussex
Great hotel near to centrePosted Nov 6, 2014
We had a great room with an east facing balcony which we sat out on every morning to soak up the sun. The breakfast was excellent and the staff helpful. The cocktails from the barman Simeone were gorgeous and he made individual drinks depending on the flavours you liked!!
for Couplesby A verified travelerfrom UK
Great ValuePosted Nov 1, 2014
Pros: Location ideal. English speaking staff. No hassle, just helpfulness.
Location: Location is easy walking distance of both the historic centre and the railway station.
Five Nights - very enjoyable and comfortable. For the price, great room, great shower, great breakfast.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Adelaide Australea
short stop over in VeronaPosted Oct 31, 2014
Pros: the hotel was very clean, staff friendly, and our room was light and bright, and quiet. all of which is of extreme importance to me.
our first time visit to Verona we loved the city andthe great western hotel good room no complaints what so ever. Just a ten minute walk to and from the local station which suited us this trip as we were training this holiday not driving. the hotel itself just ten minutes or so to downtown, to great restaurants cafes shopping. this is not the first time we have stayed in Best Western in Italy they are all quite similar. We enjoyed a great breakfast and sampled a local wine in the quite pleasant bar / reception area. would certainly recommend this hotel to all.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom lago Maggiore, Piemonte
Bello e comodoPosted Oct 20, 2014
Abbiamo pernottato in un piccolo appartamento comodo e pulitissimo, per una famiglia di quattro persone è stato l'ideale. Vicino al centro con i servizi e le comodità di un hotel 4 stelle. Niente moquette,tutto parquet! Lo consiglio vivamente.
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Oct 29, 2014 by hotel Firenze, Hotel Management
Gentile Signora Patrizia, la ringraziamo molto per averci lasciato il suo commento positivo dopo il suo soggiorno presso di noi. Siamo lieti che le stanze della nostra dependance siano state di suo gusto, e che abbiate potuto godere del tempo passato qui. Cordiali Saluti Hotel Firenze Management
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Good locationPosted Oct 19, 2014
The hotel is well located between the railway station (airport bus terminal) and the Arena area. Generally a pleasant hotel with comfortable rooms.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom 東京
駅近と言うけれどPosted Oct 15, 2014
駅近というけれど、歩いて15分くらいはかかると思います。スーツケースをひいての旅だったので無理でした。 結構歩きます。 部屋はかわいらしい部屋でした。 ヴェローナの中心地からは15分くらいかな。ゆっくり歩いてです。 どうせタクシーを使うんだったら旧市街の中心地でも良かったのかなとも思いました。
Comment from Hotel Management
Oct 22, 2014 by hotel Firenze, Hotel Management
Dear Guest, thank you for your review! Hotel is 700mt far from the historical centre and 500 mt from the train station. We hope that you could enjoyed your stay anyway. Best Regards, Hotel Firenze Management
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Great hotel within walking distance of sights.Posted Oct 14, 2014
Lovely hotel to stay in. Bedrooms were fab with crisp sheets on the bed and fluffy towels in the bathroom. Everything was spotlessly clean. Hotel was like a comfort blanket to come home to after a busy day sightseeing. Really nice breakfast too Hotel was easy 10 min walk from station, and about the same distance in the other direction to the town. Am already planning to return and will be booking this hotel again. If you have the time visit Lake Garda, only 15 mins away by train- we had a great day there too, go to Sirmione and take a boat trip.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom FL USA
Nice hotel awesome cityPosted Oct 14, 2014
We had lost our wallet leaving us stranded, they helped with getting new card and delivery of it from usa.
Comment from Hotel Management
Oct 21, 2014 by hotel Firenze, Hotel Management
Dear Guests, thank you for leaving such a nice review about our hotel. We hope you solved the trouble with your wallet, and we hope to see you again in Verona. Best Regards Hotel Firenze


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Having traveled the world as a military serviceman and endured a period of homelessness, DMV up-and-comer Muggsy Malone has seen more hardship than some could imagine, and, understandably, he's emerged from these life experiences with a profound appreciation for things most take for granted—as evidenced by the title of his forthcoming street album, the Booth newcomer is happy to have survived with his Two Legs and Ten Toes intact. On his first Booth feature (a mixtape inclusion originally released to the 'net in late '08), The Parkway Kid expands upon the positive-minded philosophy that's sustained him through the toughest of times. Flowing over Timeless Beats' Chipmunk-soul instrumental (sampled from Johnny Gill's There You Go), the rapper reassures a special someone that, as long as he's alive and able to express himself through music, he'll Be Alright. The deceptively dense blend of braggadocio, wordplay, and autobiographical detail Malone brings to this cut requires repeat listens to fully appreciate, but the undeniably catchy presentation is sure to keep heads coming back for more. If Be Alright's sunny vibe and thoughtful rhymes have you hooked, be sure to pick up a copy of the up-and-comer's new mixtape when it drops in August.
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Let's say you're tired of your body, your face, your entire 'body package'. In Richard Morgan's future, a human is able to store one's consciousness in a tiny tube and download it in another body (a 'sleeve') if you have the dough. (Perhaps Cher will be around to witness this?) So, in Morgan's world, a person's relationship with death and life has been forever altered. By (almost) eliminating death from a human's reality, Morgan is able to pose profound philosophical questions Should one's existence be bought and sold? Has science reduced our humanity rather than enhancing it? and answer them while taking readers stunning ride.
With moody and elegant prose that evokes both Phillip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler, Altered Carbon introduces readers to Takeshi Kovacs. He's an ex-U.N. envoy who has just had his chest aerated by a Kalashnikov. He awakes with a new sleeve and a mission to find the perp responsible for the attempted murder of a 900-year-old man. If he doesn't find the gunman, he's dead for good.
In this issue of Bold Type, Morgan writes a crackling essay on what inspired Altered Carbon. You'll also get a sample of life in the 26th century in our book excerpt.
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