Anyone too tired or overwhelmed to carry on doing this in the sitting room could continue in bed, without missing a scene.

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Two days later I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room, looking down on revelers in Times Square, as I sat on hold awaiting advice from IBM technical support.

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Take a dip in the poolside sauna, then, when you're ready for bed, retreat to your quaint room complete with a queen-size bed, sitting area, flat-screen HDTV and wireless Internet.

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When I walked into her room a half-hour later, she was sitting on her bed flipping through a picture book.

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