Though it may not sound upscale, the location — and the seductions of the Lower Keys — are the real draws.
After his fourth try, he settled on colors that sounded decidedly upscale: Prestige for the walls and, for inside the cabinets, Polished Leather.
There are no regulations on "names" of hotels, therefore if at one time the hotel owner thought the word "spa" sounded more upscale then he may have named it with that in it.
The Lake Shore Limited sounds like an upscale American real-estate company but is actually the name of a train service that runs from Chicago along the shore of Lake Erie to Boston and New York.
The music, as well as the items for sale, sound rather upscale for a rummage, but the prices are "like really ridiculous low," says the orchestra.
It is about a 10-minute walk from his Capitol Hill office -- past the Library of Congress and around the corner from the Supreme Court, points of reference that, as he notes, make his abode sound undeservingly upscale.
Bonnie Hammer, chairwoman of NBC's cable group, described the new network as "an upscale Bravo for men," which sounds great until you realize that Bravo is a trashier-than-it-used-to-be network with a female slant.
"Chevrolet" does sound more formal, if not necessarily more upscale, than "Chevy," much as "Cadillac," another G.M. brand, sounds more formal than "Caddy".
Shoppers rely upon environmental cues such as colors (pastels are more upscale than primaries), textures (plush carpeting trumps tile floors), sounds, odors, etc. to figure out whether the merchandise makes the grade.
In what sounds like a press release from 2005, the nightclub Lily Pond here promises to cater to "the upscale and elite V.I.P.'s that enjoy the unrestricted luxuries of the good life".
