Then step inside a compact room decorated like the inside of the "I Dream of Jeannie" bottle or perhaps a retro fantasy of a boudoir, with pink feathers, mirrors and diminutive chairs and small couches covered in ivory damask.
Reservations are recommended; it's a compact room.
That's a whale of a lot of paintings by any major early northern European artist to be in any one place at one time, and there is little question that this show -- two compact rooms of compact pictures, each picture a main event -- will figure on any short list of outstanding events of the year. 1 East 70th Street, (212) 212-0700.
"Timelessness" is a compact, one-room exhibition of more than five decades of work by the designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli.
SATISFACTORY ATMOSPHERE A string of dining areas includes a pretty, inviting alcove at the entrance, a compact center room and a mirrored, noisy back room papered in a pleasant paisley print.
The team of young architects, packed into a compact drafting room in a suburb next to Detroit, worked through dozens of different possible compositions for the trade center before they arrived at the twin towers.
This boutique hotel, one block from the beach, has all the frills of a boutique hotel but has an allocation of more "compact" rooms for those who would rather save their cash for cocktails.
"I Was an Island" was the first song Ms. Weiss played Friday night in the compact back room of Public Assembly, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — the angrier, punkier version, and it suited her well.
In the compact waiting room of the Medical-Surgical Foot Center where Dr. Stewart works was a sign announcing the doctor's political aspirations and urging those waiting with afflicted feet to "please make a contribution for his campaign".
Be prepared for small, compact rooms, as most of these hotels are renovated heritage buildings, and when checking prices, many hotels quote rates without the compulsory "plus plus", which adds on 10% government tax and 7% service charge.
