Nowadays, most of us regard candy as a guilty pleasure, but during the Great Depression, sugary confections were marketed as a healthy and inexpensive source of nourishment.
If parents are lucky, they might get away for a dinner or drink on their own, but even Disney's Pleasure Island - a Vegas-like strip of nightclubs and over-21 entertainment - was shut down in 2008 and has been reinvented to have a more family-friendly focus, with shops and restaurants instead of nightclubs.
Not exactly haute cuisine, but it's a guilty pleasure from childhood of mine, and all three of us got the break we needed.
It might not be the best pick for those looking for pure escapist fodder, but the middle section is a pleasure to get lost in.
At Hotel Julien, the public rooms had no views to speak of, but sitting in them was a pleasure thanks to walls of gridded glass opening onto small courtyards.
In many ways it's an old-fashioned cop show, with crude plots and characterizations--but this actually makes it a pleasure to watch, since it provides a B-movie charge and doesn't require the viewer to care about anyone's alcoholism or love life.
Eating ice-cream is a guilty pleasure, but now you can truly enjoy your favorite flavor and feel good about yourself.
Though this recording is made up of tunes from the time of his military service during the second world war, it is no mere nostalgic exercise, but rather a solo recital of subtle pleasure, humour and quiet profundity.
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Some people might have a problem with an American fast food restaurant in the heart of Sarajevo but the folks working there expressed pleasure at just having a job.
The book was not much of a success in Buenos Aires, selling less than a thousand copies, but, thanks to some friends, Rousselot had the pleasure of seeing a well-respected publisher bring out a French edition in 1954.
But the pleasure parents can experience from a grown child's success cuts both ways, new research suggests.
"Justice has to be done but there is no pleasure in seeing a young man get 24 years minimum, " he said.
But there's a huge payoff in pleasure and new perspectives.
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But for pleasure boats, which may spend a lot of time idle, Dr Williams's team is trying to improve the formula so that a boat need not be moving so fast before the paint does its job.
I, too, was tired, I was more than tired, but the sheer pleasure of being home filled me with a restless energy that drove me to stride through all the rooms of the house.
We don't know if we'd ever come to use tilt-zoom over the tried and tested pinch-to-zoom functionality -- which is naturally also present here -- but the Galaxy S II makes zooming of any kind a pleasure to behold.
But he still found a way to brush his teeth, one pleasure amid the privation.
But he says he got almost as much pleasure out of a comparatively cheap literary tour of Dublin he took in 2006.
In his fiction, the ratio of smart to stupid is far more advantageous than it is in real life, but this is a minor complaint, gladly passed over for the pleasure of reading pages of implausibly brilliant speech.
Its 10 configurable keys are still a joy to use as an application launcher, and being able to customize the display of each individual key is a geeky pleasure of the rarest kind -- but that consistency means the pad's shortcomings are the same, too.
The 620 is a pleasure to hold -- small and smooth, but grippy.
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But for customers seeking a personal touch, there's an unexpected pleasure that comes with visiting Chateau O'Brien: The O'Briens.
But set against the difficulties and meannesses were heroism, kindness and a sisterly pleasure in other women's triumphs.
I've had the pleasure of playing under three professional coaches, but Adrian is a mixture of Mike Hendricks and Ken Rutherford.
He was not only vetted by TaskRabbit, but he was hard-working, showed up on time, and was a pleasure to work with.
Purgatory should have been a safe haven for souls that belong neither in Heaven nor Hell, but instead John finds himself in a corrupt prison, one bereft of freedom or pleasure.
But he was also a genuine bon vivant who took distinctly non-American sensual pleasure in eating and drinking and devoted small fortunes and hours of his time to seeking out decadent meals.
But the pleasure of "Birders, " elegantly crafted by Jeffrey Kimball, a first-time director and longtime local birder, who previously worked as a music supervisor on films by the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant and John Sayles, is that the ultimate star is Central Park.
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