It took an entire week to embroider 25,000 Swarokski crystals, tiny sequins and glass beads onto a rope before it was stitched up to create a silver coiled sheath dress, that looks like a very expensive Cleopatra-esque snake-charming basket.
When he took my raincoat, I began to look over the tiny bar and to anticipate the charming latticework basket of pastry that would be our appetizer.
It includes charming miniature baskets called taj el malak, made of shredded phyllo stuffed with pistachios and dripping honey; two-plus pounds, $42.
Charming, charming, charming" by NPR.
Other objects — little boxes and baskets, charming vases in human or animal form, a chair with its original caning intact — might be the possessions of momentarily absent, living folks.
Later, house ushers performed a charming little dance with baskets of flowers, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.
Before Katrina, New Orleans was a basket case, albeit a charming one, with a corrupt government, an entitlement mentality and a decaying public sector.
An order of Thai shrimp brought a tasty mingling of chunks of shrimp and stir-fried julienne vegetables, the mix heaped into a small basket of fried wonton noodles in a charming presentation.
"A Brush With Death?" There were touches of Balkan influence in Meredith Monk's "Basket Rondo," which the vocal ensemble M6 performed with a certain charming self-consciousness.
Today, on AOL's homepage, I am accused of insulting actor Jim Parsons for sending him a congratulatory gift basket, inside of which I added a card that read "Congratulations you talented, charming bastard".
Sure, it's charming fun to share your home with a merry band of upstarts who produce songs with titles like "Lotion in the Basket".
