01 ka 09
Siyakwamukela ku-Umstead
Ukuthungatha imigwaqo ye-Umstead Hotel ne-Spa, eCary, NC, uzizwa sengathi uhambela igalari. Kukhona imisebenzi engamakhulu ayisithupha yokuqala yobuciko ezindaweni ezivamile. Bonke bakhethwa noma bamiswa ngu-Ann Goodnight, umthuthukisi wehhotela.
I-Umstead Hotel
100 Woodland Pond, Cary, NC 27513
866-877-4141Iningi lemisebenzi yesikhashana-imidwebo, i-ceramics nokudweba-yi-North Carolina abaculi, futhi omunye umculi wendawo ukhonjiswa ngenyanga ngayinye.
Iqoqo elibanzi lobuciko, elibandakanya ukudweba izithombe futhi lishintsha phansi izithameli phansi nasemakamelweni, isici esichazayo sendawo. Kodwa nakanjani akuyona kuphela ukudweba.
Amakamelo e-Umstead, indawo yokudlela eshisayo, indawo yokudlela ehamba phambili, izindawo zezehlakalo zomhlaba, kanye ne-spa class class zithwala isisindo sawo, futhi. Eminyakeni emibili emva kokuvulwa, ngo-2007, i-Umstead yaba yilezi zakhiwo ezingu-44 kuphela e-United States ukuthola izinkanyezi ezinhlanu kuMhlahlandlela Wokuhamba Nge- Mobil.
Le phrofayela ibhalwe nguJane Borden.
02 ka 09
Amakamelo Odwendwe eMstead
Zonke izitezi zezihambi (ngaphandle kwezinga le-spa) zidinga ukutholakala kwamakamelo-ukhiye. Nakuba le ndawo yayiseduze nomthamo ngesikhatsi ngihlala, amahholo ahlala enokuthula, isici esifanele ukuzindla ngemvelo yokuhlobisa izindonga.
Amakamelo angu-150-angu-27 angama-suites-aqokwa ngendawo yokugezela emabhulabhu ephethe i-tub deep soaking enkulu ngokwanele ukuze kusetshenziswe amanzi amabili nemvula.
Nakuba kwakumakhaza ngesikhathi ngivakashela, ngangihlala egumbini lami elincane lokubuka amanzi echibini esembathweni esiphezulu se-terry. "Ichibi" liyingcosana (amahektha angu-3) kanye nokuhlukahluka komthombo we-fountain-in-the-center; i-Umstead iyingxenye yepaki yezimboni zezimboni. Kodwa likwazi ukufeza umuzwa wokuphila; Ngangenza nje amabhasi amabili edonsa umjikelezo wamanzi kusuka ekhoneni lami lokuvolon.
Ngaphandle kwezinsiza ezijwayelekile, amakamelo omvakashi afakwe ama-TV ama-plasma angu-42 amasentimitha, i-wi-fi, ne-iPod docking iziteshi. Kodwa ngathola ukuthi indlu engcwele iyancipha, angizange ngifune ukuvula ama-electronics.
Inothi emibhangqweni ehlela umshado: Amakamelo anemibhede emibili ahlanganisa kabili, hhayi izindlovukazi.
03 ka 09
Ukudlela eMstead
Esigodini esincane somhlaba nje ngemuva kwehhotela kukhona imifino nemifino yemifino, lapho abapheki beba khona khona izitsha zabo. Eziningi zezinye izithako zivela emapulazini asendaweni akude kakhulu.
Nakuba ukudla okuwina imiklomelo eHerons yokudlela ngokuqinisekile kuyi-American yamanje, kubuye ngokucacile naseNingizimu. Ibhasikidi le-bacon ne-cheddar kanye nomqulu omnandi we-potato wajoyina ibhasikidi lezinkwa ezenziwe ngendlu (konke okwakumnandi, okufudumele, nokubhanqa ngokuphelele ngebhotela "elimnandi"); futhi i-grouper ehlanganisiwe yanikelwa phezu kwe-chow-chow, e-hot and sweet-slaw-slaw. Ngabuye ngazama izitsha zendabuko njenge-cioppolini yezinhlanzi zasolwandle, kanye namakhodi asezingeni eliphansi elalidotshwa njengezidakamizwa ezinjengezinhlanzi ezikhishwa ngamatshe kanye nama-grits: ama-prawn amakhulu amakhulu phezu kwekhekhe le-grit eline-povlano-pepper sauce (kwakunguNkulunkulu).
Iningi lezinhlu zewayini elihlala ekhaya lakithi lihlala endaweni ejulile yaseCalifornia ne-cabernets, kodwa ukukhethwa kuka-Umstead-750 eqinile-kufinyelela emaphethelweni omhlaba; noma kunini, ama-25 atholakala ngilazi. Imenyu ye-cocktail nayo iphinde isetshenziswe futhi ihlanganisa izithako ezithakazelisayo; zama i-martini ngejubane-okra e-pickra noma i-hibiscus mojito.
Isampula semenyu kaHerons nayo itholakale endaweni yebha, eqala ukuphosa ngemva kuka-5pm. Pro: Uzojabulela umculo ophilayo, okwenzeka ebusuku; Ngabamba umculi wepiyano nomculi, nomdlali wehabhu ngenkathi ngihlala. I-Con: Uzolahlekelwa ama-murals afudumele, imisebenzi emikhulu yobumba, nokuzijabulisa okuthandekayo kokudlela okulungile.
04 ka 09
Ukushada eMstead
I-Umstead Resort kanye ne-Spa yenzelwe ukwakha izindlu zendawo: Isakhiwo sakhiwe ngezizathu ukuze lapho umbhangqwana umi lapho kuphele khona i-terminus, umthombo wamanzi ukhona phakathi kwabo.
Uma ingasetshenzisiwe, isakhiwo sekhonkrit-slab siba esinye seziboniso zanamuhla zobuciko behhotela. Khona-ke, ukuze kube nemikhosi, izihlalo zihlezi ngaphesheya kwalo ngaphesheya kwe-6,000 square-foot lawn. Ngavakashela ngoFebhuwari; le ndawo isivele isenomshado ebhaliswe njalo ngempelasonto kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya ku-Agasti.
Ngaphandle kwesikhala futhi kulula indawo yayo, i-Umstead enkulu yokudweba imikhosi yayo. Le ndawo ihlinzekela ukunakekelwa okufanayo ekuphekeni kwephiko njengoba kwenza eHerons yokudlela.
Imikhosi eminingi ibanjwe ebhokisini elikhulu; iminyango ivulekile emgodini omude wamachibi, futhi ingahlala kuze kube ngu-240 ngesitezi sokudansa (ibhola elincane lelingu-70 lidlala ngokudansa).
Ukuthinta okuhle: Izikrini zedijithali ngaphandle kweminyango yebhola lezinyawo zingadlala islayidi yezithombe zakho kulo mcimbi.
05 ka 09
Amaholide eMstead
Kukhona izindawo eziningi ezithokozile ngaphakathi nasezindaweni ezizungeze uMstead: amabhentshi eduze komzila we-1/3 wamakhilomitha ojikeleza echibini, izihlalo ezigqoke izingubo ezigqoke izingubo eziseduze nendawo yokushisa yangaphandle, igumbi lokunakekelwa kwababili emzimbeni, ibhuloho elibhekwa ngenhla, futhi Yebo, ama-sheet angu-330-izintambo zokubala.
Kodwa-ke, umgwaqo omkhulu uphahla futhi isixuku seComplete Triangle Park sihamba phambili, i-Umstead isamambala kakhulu empucuko.
Umakoti nomkhwenyana bafuna ukuqhutshwa komkhosi ngaphambi kokushayela endaweni engaphandle nakwezinye izindawo bazothola eMstead, okuyindawo engamakhilomitha ayisithupha ukusuka eRaleigh-Durham International Airport , indawo ephelele yokuchitha ubusuku babo bokuqala.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imibhangqwana engadingeki ukuba isuke kuyo yonke indawo izodonseka ekusebenzeni kwe-star-star resort smack dab phakathi neNorth Carolina.
06 ka 09
Imisebenzi e-Umstead
Ngisho ebusika, izinga lokushisa endaweni lingahamba ngama-50s, okwenza amanzi echibini angaphandle ayenakwenzeka nje kuphela kodwa kungenakuphikiswa okungenakugwenywa wena noju lwakho. Uma kukhishwa ngaphandle kwamanzi, ukugqoka izembatho kwelinye lamabhanana asezindaweni ezigodini elisezingeni eliphansi liba yi-cozier.
Ichibi elisezingeni elilodwa elingaphansi kwesitimela singena emnyango we-1400 foot foot spa eMstead. Ngathola lonke ulwazi-izakhiwo zamakamelo amanzi; ukwelashwa engangikutholile, i-polish body body signature; kanye nomchwepheshe onolwazi, onolwazi, okufanele ahambisane neNew York okuhle kakhulu. Ihhotela lihlose ukuba i-Spa ibe isikhangiso esikhulu, futhi iphumelele.
Jabulela ukwelashwa ndawonye kwelinye lamakamelo amakhulu ekwelapheni, aphethwe ngamatafula amabili okubhusa kanye ne-hydrotherapy tub esiphezulu. Ngemuva kwejubane le-jet-jet kanye nezithako zokugeza kukhona izinto ezikhethiwe-ze-duos zithola umsebenzi wokubuthwa ngesikhathi esisodwa. Izivakashi zasebusuku akudingeki ukuba zibhuke ukwelashwa ukuze zijabulele ama-sauna nezindawo zamagesi, kanye nama-Jacuzzi-kodwa ahlangene. (I-spa nayo ine-full-amenities suite, eye yathandwa kakhulu kumaqembu omshado.)
07 ka 09
Okuseduze ne-Umstead
Ababhangqwana abafuna ukunyuka okunamandla kunomthethosisekelo osemaphandleni ka-1/3-mile ozungeze echibini bangalandela imigwaqo eWilliam B. Umstead Park, eduze kwehhotela. Ipaki nayo inikeza izikebhe nokudoba. Futhi i-Umstead ingahlela izikhathi ze-tee ku-PGA Tour ye-54-pit golf course.
Uma kungenjalo, izikhangayo zendawo zingaphakathi. Indawo yePontex eNyakatho Carolina ikhula ngokwemvelo okwamanje; I-North Carolina Museum of Art kanye ne-NC Museum of Natural Sciences zombili zinikeza ukungena mahhala futhi zingakapheli umzuzu wamaminithi ayishumi ukusuka ehhotela, ezinganikeza ukuhamba.
Kukhona isikhungo sezobuciko esikwenzayo eduze, kanye nezindawo ezimbalwa zokuthenga nezokudlela. U-Ann Goodnight naye wavula i-pan-Asian restaurant, i-An, ngaphesheya komgwaqo omkhulu ovela ehhotela lakhe.
08 ka 09
Yini Engcono Kungcono Ku-Umstead?
Ukuthembeka, hhayi okuningi. Kodwa nasi okungenani isixwayiso: I-Umstead ayishibhile. Izakhamuzi azijwayele izindleko zaseNew York ekhaya; Ngazwa abangaphezu kweyodwa abakwa-patron bakhathaza ngezindleko zamabhodlela amanzi e-soda.
Amanani aphezulu kufanele akhombise izinga eliphakeme kakhulu lemikhiqizo yabo, futhi ingxenye enkulu, i-Umstead iyadingeka. Izinsiza zingaphezulu komugqa, futhi insizakalo, ebhodini, yayiyinto emangalisayo. Amalungu abasebenzi awusizo futhi atholakale ngaphandle kokuphefumula entanyeni yesimenywa.
I-quibble eyodwa: Ukudla kudumazekile ngesinye isikhathi. Isitsha esisodwa sasihlezi ehhavini isikhathi eside kakhulu, senza okuqukethwe kwayo sithekile; enye yayingazange igwetshwe ngokwanele ekubeni isifriji. Uphenyo lwangiholela ekutholeni ukuthi ikhishi laliphakathi kwezipheki ngesikhathi ngivakashela, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi idiosyncrasies enjalo izosuswa. Futhi kufanele ngichaze: Ngokuvamile, lawa angama-gripes amancane; Ngathola imenyu yekhishi imishini, izindlela zayo zizwakala, futhi umkhiqizo wayo uhle kakhulu.
Kodwa uma umthethosivivinywa uzoba phezulu njenge-Umstead, izivakashi zizoqhutshwa ukuhlolisisa yonke imininingwane. Izivakashi eziqaphela imali zingase zibe nenkinga yokuvala izibalo zabo zangaphakathi.
09 ka 09
Ingabe Umstead Ulungele Wena?
Nakuba i-Umstead izokwenzela i-honeymoon enhle kakhulu, ngicabanga ukuthi imibhangqwana izokhangwa kakhulu njengendlela yokuphumula kwezimpelasonto. Abangane bami abaningana kule ndawo bangitshele ngamasu okuvakasha ngothando nabayeni babo.
Ngiyaqonda ukuthi ngoSuku lukaValentine ngonyaka owedlule, indoda eyodwa yawela emadolweni yendawo yokushisa yangaphandle (yathi, "Yebo").
Khona-ke, yiqiniso, abashadikazi kanye nezigumbini nabo bayamemeza ukuze benze izivumelwano ezinjalo endaweni yehhotela. Uma unesithakazelo, bhala kusengaphambili. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ufuna ukubopha umshini esakhiweni noma nje ukusibhalela ukuze uthole ukwamukela izifungo ze-swank, i-Umstead ingayakha umshado wakho we-fairytale.
Kodwa ayikwazi ukwenza konke-noma ngabe ungase uhlole izintambo ezimbili zase-Eastern Painted zixosha ndawonye elangeni emadwaleni echibini, kuzodingeka unikeze isikhulu sakho se-frog.