The undisputed bar king is Ayahuasca, another incredibly well preserved colonial mansion that does a roaring trade in pisco sours.

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Pay homage to the music legend with a visit to Graceland, his well-preserved mansion, followed by a tour of Sun Studio, where the icon laid down his first tracks.

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Banks filed liens against a downtown Tampa office building they own, as well as their waterfront mansion, in May 2010, according to Hillsborough County court records.

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' I mean we've seen a picture in the papers today of where Tamsin Dunwoody lived, it looks like a mansion to me as well.

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When the royal couple first arrived, they were greeted with a huge cheer and the Queen and duke walked along a path to the mansion stopping briefly to meet some of the well-wishers.

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While the tours are self-guided, in reality the members of each shuttle move through the mansion more or less as a group, because each shuttle is well staggered.

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The investigators didn't include a response from Winnick, who founded the company, but by the time that the June 5, 2000, memo was written, Winnick was already well upstream--and swimming not in a river but in the pool of his mansion in Southern California.

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The well-to-do folks who are shelling out big bucks for a night at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas or Jumby Bay on Antigua, can easily afford it.

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John Dory and caramelized fennel, green garlic, bouillabaisse jus, and black olive crostini enhanced by a full-bodied Feudi di San Gregorio 2007 Falanghina--I could go on (and we did, well into a third dessert), but suffice it to say that thanks to some thoughtful updating, the Mansion has reasserted itself among the Lone Star State's elite.

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