Held a block off of Corning's own, magnificent "Main Street" (actually named Market Street), and including many of the people who have helped make that street so successful, the conference started me thinking about the whole idea of Main Streets and what makes the best of them such delights to experience.
The goal of play is to experience delight in collaboration with another, and dating and many expressions of sex and love involve simple, joyful play.
The bigger questions we need to ask are: "Did I make a difference?" "Did I move the needle forward?" "Am I serving a higher good?" When viewed in this context we are more likely to experience delight and satisfaction in our accomplishments.
North Goa, best known for its package holiday- and party-friendly resorts of Calangute, Baga and Candolim, as well as its flea market at hippyish Anjuna, also offers a whole host of atmospheric delights for those keen to experience a slice of life of an older, more "authentic" Goa.
Let's hope Mike Skinner's Favourite New MC (TM) wins and gets to experience the delight of idiot journalists like me saying he was "better before he won the Mercury" 8.13pm: In the comments section there's a late surge of comments from the likes of @coolbritannia and @monsta that say Anna Calvi for the win.
How far he is an exponent of certain Bohemian - and possibly provincial - peculiarities, and whether these may be grafted on the work of the classic composers who have preceded him, or whether when his manner is more familiar than it is now the musical public will fail to experience the delight from his music which novelty at present gives it, must be left to the future to decide.
If I could stop time, I would have a power I would be prone to overuse, and thus the ability to experience sensory delights would itself weaken because joy is not joyous when you can prolong its without end.
"I am hoping that this heritage hotel project achieves three aspects: to allow visitors to experience the delights and charms of a local Hong Kong village, to appreciate the heritage and history of Hong Kong, as well as eco-tourism".
Indeed his country's post-war communist rulers saw the brainy, determined youngster as a prize prospect and rewarded him with a trip to Moscow in 1950 to experience the delights of Soviet rule.That backfired.
The need to change things, rearrange objects and to experience the delights of taking your time to make up your mind might turn you on, but give others a headache! chance of.
