Ensconced in the super-rich preserve of the Hôtel du Cap, with Roman Abramovich's summer place around the corner and high-rolling Hollywood types booking out the rooms, the hustle of the Croisette and the Palais do seem a long way away.
I started throwing K-Pop and Asian funk parties in 2012, then moved on to booking my first out-of-town guests in January 2014 for a party I called "Dial-Up".
The relegation-threatened Londoners deliberately left midfielder Joey Barton, who is on nine bookings, out ahead of Wednesday's must-win home game with Swansea.
Business is so steady and reliable that she organizes rooms months ahead of time, booking them out for several weeks before even speaking to a client.
The software company hopes to become the Internet repository for all kinds of personal information, from datebooks and passwords to credit-card data, which will then automate tasks like booking travel and e-mailing out-of-town associates.
We've been busy ferreting out and booking more of the hottest names in the Chinese startup scene to augment our already announced keynotes by Tencent CEO Pony Ma, Chinese angel and entrepreneur Lei Jun, and a host of Western entrepreneurs who are traveling to China along with the TechCrunch staff.
On Ilkley Moor, which will be skirted by the Tour on Saturday and Sunday, farmer Michael Flesher had received just 31 bookings out of a possible 100 for his Ghyll House campsite, despite charging a relatively sensible £32 a night per pitch.
If you didn't have an out-of-town booking on a Saturday you had to go to hear Ade play.
Ms. Dennison said there were "ups and downs" as she began to question the logistics of a relationship separated by so many miles and out-of-town bookings.
Perhaps surprisingly, the economic downturn has benefited the Cary Arms, which has seen a rise in bookings during what were previously out-of-season months, as Brits have chosen to stay in the UK.
