01 ye 09
Kugamuchirwa kuMstead
Kufamba nemigwagwa ye Umstead Hotel ne Spa, kuCary, NC, inonzwa sekunoshanyira nzvimbo yekuraira. Icho chiri pedyo nezana zana yemapurisa emabasa ekugadzira nzvimbo munzvimbo dzevanhu. Vose vakasarudzwa kana kutumirwa naAnn Goodnight, mutambi wehotera.
The Umstead Hotel
100 Woodland Pond, Cary, NC 27513
866-877-4141Zvizhinji zvemazuva ano mabasa-mifananidzo, zvigadziri uye zvakavezwa-zviri neNorth Carolina artists, uye mumwe muvakidzani wemunharaunda anoratidzwa mwedzi woga woga.
Iyo yakawanda yakagadzirwa kuunganidza, iyo inosanganisira kutora mapikicha uye inonyora pamusoro pevaeni pasi uye mumakamuri, ichinhu chinotsanangurwa cheimba yacho. Kunyange zvakadaro haisi iye chete kutora.
Makamuri eEstst's posh, bar-hot spot, gourmet restaurant, state-of-the-art zviitiko, uye nyika-class spa inotora uremu hwavo, zvakare. Makore maviri mushure mekuvhura, muna 2007, Umstead yakava imwe yezvinhu 44 chete muUnited States kugamuchira nyeredzi shanu kubva paMobil Travel Guide.
Iyi nhoroondo yakanyorwa naJane Borden.
02 of 09
Guest Rooms at the Umstead
Vose vashanyi pasi (kusabatanidzwa nezinga re spa) vanoda nzvimbo yekugona kuwana. Kunyange zvazvo iyo pfuma yakanga iri pedyo nekugona panguva yekugara kwangu, mahofisi akagara akachengeteka, unhu hwakakodzera kufungisisa nezvezvisikwa kugadzira masvingo.
Chimwe nechimwe chemakamuri 150-27 makasititi-anosarudzwa ane mudziyo wekugezera wemarble wakanyatsokonzera mudziyo wakadzika kubhabha tub guru zvakakwana kwemaviri nemvura inonaya.
Kunyange zvazvo kwaive kunotonhora panguva yekushanya kwangu, ndakagara padzimba rangu rekamuri-gona rakamanikidzwa mune jasi rakakura rakaoma. I "dziva" iduku (3 acres) uye yerimwe tsime-in-the-center; iyo Umstead chikamu chepakiti yekushanda yemarudzi. Kunyange zvakadaro inokwanisa kuita kuti uwane manzwiro ekuva mumasikirwo; Ndaikwanisa kungoita mapoka maviri emateki achikomberedza chikamu chemvura kubva mubhandi rangu.
Mukuwedzera kune zvigadzirwa zvepamusoro, makamuri epaeni anogadzirwa nemavhidhiyo emalasma makumi maviri nemasere, wi-fi, uye zvitubu zvePod docking. Asi ndakawana nzvimbo tsvene saka ichigadzirisa, handina kumbobvira ndoda kuchinja magetsi.
Nyaya kune vakaroorana vanoronga muchato: Makamuri ane mabhedha maviri anowirirana kaviri, kwete mapeji.
03 of 09
Kudya kuMstead
Pachikamu chiduku chepasi pedo nehotera ndiyo mishonga uye munda wezvimiriwo, kubva kune iyo vapfuri vanocheka nokuda kwezvokudya zvavo. Zvizhinji zvezvimwe zvinoshandiswa zvinouya kubva kumapurazi epasi kwete kunyanya kure.
Kunyange zvazvo chikafu chinokonzera muHerons yekudya chiri chokwadi chemaAmerica chaiwo, inonyatsoratidzawo nechekumaodzanyemba. Bhakoni-ne-cheddar biscuit uye mupumburu unotapira zvakapinda mubhasi rezvingwa zvakagadzirwa nemumba (zvose zvaiva zvinyoro, zvitsva, uye zvakabatanidzwa zvakakwana ne "salty pecan" butter); uye yakabikwa yakagadzirwa pamusoro pekuw-chow, inopisa uye inotapira. Iniwo ndakaedza zvipfeko zvechikafu zvakadai segungwafood cioppolini, uye mapurisa-kumusoro-pasi makirasiki akadai semashizha emadziro uye marits: mahombe maviri akareba pamusoro peganda rinotapira grit ne poblano-pepper sauce (yakanga iri yaMwari).
Iro yakawanda yewaini yakanyorwa mumusha mangu yakanamatira munzvimbo yakaoma yeCalifornia chardonnays uye cabernets, asi chisarudzo cheMstead-750 simba-chinopinda mukati mepasi; chero nguva, 25 inowanikwa negirazi. Imba yemabiko inowedzerawo uye inoita tinctures inofadza; edza martini nejuta-okra-okra kana hibiscus mojito.
A sampling ye Herons 'menu inowanikwawo munzvimbo yebar, iyo inotanga kukonzera mushure me5pm. Pro: Uchafarira mimhanzi inorarama, inoitika usiku; Ndakabata pianist uye gitare, uye mutambi wembira panguva yandaigara. Con: Iwe uchasvikirwa nemasvingo akashambidzika, mabasa makuru ehari yepamiti, uye kunakidza kunoshamisa kwekudya kwechitoro chacho zvakakodzera.
04 of 09
Michato paMstead
Umstead Resort uye Spa yakanyatsogadzirirwa kugadzirisa zvipfeko: Chivako chakavakwa mukati mechikonzero kuitira kuti kana vaviri vakamira pamagumo aro, tsime regungwa iri pakati pavo.
Kana isiri kushandiswa, shanduro-slab structure inova imwe yezviratidziro zvemazuva ano-unyanzvi. Zvadaro, pamitambo, zvigaro zvakamira kune rumwe rutivi rwecho kumativi 6 000 square-foot-lawn. Ndakashanyira munaFebruary; iyo nzvimbo yakanga yatova nemuchato yakabhadharwa kwevhiki nevhiki kubva Kubvumbi kusvika munaAugust.
Mukuwedzera kune imwe nzvimbo uye nyore kwaro, nzvimbo yaMstead yakakura yekumitambo ndiyo mhando yayo. Iyo nzvimbo inotsaurira kutarisa kwakafanana kune iyo yekupa mapiro sezvainoita kuHerons restaurant.
Zvizhinji zvekugamuchira zvinowanikwa mubhola guru; mikova yakazarurirwa kune nzvimbo yakakura yegungwa, uye inogona kugadzika kusvika 240 ine dance dance (ibhola duku duku rinosvika makumi 70 nekutamba).
Kubata kwakanakisisa: Dhidhijhini majekiti kunze kwemasuo emabhombhoni anogona kutamba slideji yemifananidzo yako muchiitiko chacho.
05 of 09
Hupenyu huri kuMstead
Pane nzvimbo dzakawanda dzakanaka uye dzakapoteredza Umstead: mabhenji ari pamakiromita matatu kubva kumakiromita ekukomberedza dziva, chidzitiro-chakafukidzirwa chigaro chakakonzera pedyo nechokunze kwema moto, imba yemukati inotapurirwa mu spa, iyo inonzi inotanga tubhu uye, ye nzira, muhotera ye 330-thread-count sheets.
Zvisinei, nemugwagwa mukuru unofamba uye Research Triangle Park inowanzoenda kuvhara, Umstead ichiri kunyanya kugadziriswa mune hupenyu.
Mukadzi nemukomba vachitsvaga mushure mekunge vafambisa kune imwe nyika kunze uye vari voga vachawana mu Umstead, iyo iri makiromita matanhatu kubva kuRaleigh-Durham International Airport , nzvimbo yakakwana yekupedza usiku hwavo hwekutanga.
Kune rumwe rutivi, vakaroorana vasingadi kuti vabve pazviri zvose vachakwezva kunzvimbo yechishanu-star resort smack dab pakati peNorth Carolina.
06 of 09
Mabasa muMstead
Kunyangwe munguva yechando, kutonhora munzvimbo yacho kunogona kukwira mumakore makumi mashanu, zvichiita kuti pfuzi dzomukati dzomukati dzisati dzingogoneka asi dzisingakanganisiki iwe neuchi yako. Kana iri kusviba kunze kwemvura, kuputika mumapfekete mune rimwe remadzikombe akavharidzirwa kumadzikidzikiti yekatekesi imomo.
Nzvimbo yakadzika yakadzika iri padziva iri pamusuo weMstead 14,000 square foot spa. Ndakawana chiitiko chose-zvivako zvekamuri-mvura; kurapwa kwandakagamuchira, kuparidzirwa kwechimiro chechimiro cheMstead; uye anoziva, nyanzvi yezvechiremba, kuti aende neNew York zvakanakisisa. Ihotera inotarisira kuti Spa inokwezva zvikuru, uye inobudirira.
Unakidzwe kurapwa pamwe chete mune rimwe remakamuri makuru ekurapa makamuri, ayo akazara nemawendefa maviri ekusimbisa uye anonyanya kuderedza hydrotherapy tub. Mushure mekuti soak-jet rinokurumidza uye mabhati zvinoshandiswa zvakagadzirirwa-duos zvinogamuchira basa rimwechete rekuita massage. Usiku huno vashanyi havafaniri kutora kurapwa kuti vafarire nzvimbo yekuchengetedza sauna uye mudzimba dzemvura, uye maJacuzzis-asi ivo havana kubatanidza. (Iyo spa inewo-full-suite suite, iyo yakave yakakurumbira kumapato emhuri.)
07 of 09
Pedyo neUstead
Vakaroorana vachitsvaga kukwira kwakasimba kupfuura murairo wemangwanani 1/3-mile kumativi echidziva vanogona kutevera nzira muWilliam B. Umstead Park, pedyo nehotera. Paki yacho inopawo ngarava uye hove. Uye Umstead inogona kuronga nguva dzei tee pane imwe nzvimbo iri pedyo yePGA Tour 54-hole gorosi.
Kana zvisina kudaro, nzvimbo dzacho dzinofadza dziri mumba. Nzvimbo yeCarton iri kuNorth Carolina iri kuwedzera mune zvekuita iye zvino; iyo North Carolina Museum of Art uye NC Museum yeScience Sciences zvose inopa kubvumirwa kusununguka uye iri mumaminitsi gumi nemotokari kubva kuhotera, iyo inogona kupa zvokufambisa.
Kune chekuita chikwata chinoshandiswa pedyo, pamwe chete nedzimwe nzvimbo dzekutenga uye dzekudya. Ann Goodnight akazarurawo nzvimbo inonaka uye yakagadzirirwa pan-Asian restaurant, An, mumugwagwa mukuru kubva kuhotera yake.
08 of 09
Chii Chingave Chakanaka kuMudzidzi?
Kuva akatendeseka, kwete zvakawanda. Asi pano pane kunyeverwa: Umstead haisi shoma. Nharaunda dzisina kujairika kumitengo yeNew York pasi pamba; Ndakanzwa kupfuura mumwe mutongi akadzima pamutengo we bothodhi yemvura soda.
Mutengo wepamusoro unofanirwa kuratidzira yakakwirira kwazvo yezvigadzirwa zvavo, uye kune chikamu chikuru, Umstead's inobvumirwa. Izvo zvinhu zviri pamusoro pemutsara, uye kushanda, kumativi ose ebhodi, kwaive kwakanakisa. Nhengo dzevashandi dzinobatsira uye dzinowanikwa kunze kwekufema mutsipa mutsipa.
Imwe quibble: Zvokudya zvakanyangadza dzimwe nguva. Imwe tsamba yakanga yave yakagara mukati mevheni yakareba kwenguva refu, ichipa zviri mukati maro pfupa rakaoma; mumwe akanga asina kutora zvakakwana kubva pairi firiji. Kuongorora kwakandiita kuti ndione kuti kicheni chaive pakati pefudzi panguva yekushanyira kwangu, saka ndinofunga kuti idiosyncrasies dzakadaro dzichaderedzwa. Uye ini ndinofanira kujekesa: Kazhinji kutaura, izvi zvidiki zvishoma; Ndakawana mhizha yekicheni inventive, maitiro ayo anonzwika, uye michero yayo inofadza.
Asi apo bhiri racho richava rakakwirira seMstead, vashanyi vachaendeswa kunongororongodza zvinhu zvose. Mari-vanocherechedza vashanyi vangave nechinetso chekuvhara mukati mavo calculators.
09 of 09
Umstead Akakunakira Iwe Here?
Kunyange zvazvo Umstead yaizotora nguva yakanaka yechando, ndinofungidzira kuti vakaroorana vachatonyanya kufarira mairi sevekupera kwevhiki. Vakawanda vehama dzangu munharaunda yacho vakanditaurira nezvezvirongwa zvekudanana nevarume vavo.
Ndinonzwisisa kuti pedyo neChristine's Day gore rakapera, mumwe murume akakotamira pamabvi ake neimba yekunze (iye akati, "Hongu").
Zvadaro, zvechokwadi, vakaroorana nemadzimai vari kushevedzera kuti vaite zvakanaka pane zvibvumirano zvakadaro pane imwe nzvimbo yehotera. Kana iwe uchida kufara, bvunza kare kare. Pasinei nokuti iwe unoda kusungira ruzivo panzvimbo yepamusoro kana kungoitora kuti uwane swank post-vows reception, Umstead inogona kuumba yako wedding fairytale.
Asi haikwanise kuita zvose-kunyange zvazvo iwe ungasarudza vaviri veEastern Painted turtles vachikanda pamwe chete muzuva pamatombo negungwa, iwe uchafanira kupa yako frog prince.