Chrysler has replaced the bargain-basement hard plastic interior pieces with components (dashboard, armrests, switches) that at least feel softer and more upscale.
Many upscale customers feel they must turn to foreign automakers for decent luxury cars.
I decided to stay at Villa Taghazoute myself, and, on arrival, I was charmed by its cozy upscale hostel feel.
With its decidedly upscale surname feel (E.F. Hutton, anyone?), it could easily join Holden and Hunter — and was indeed a recent celeb choice.
The New York store, on Mulberry Street, is impressively spacious, and feels distinctly more upscale than the neighborhood's scruffier boutiques.
Where to Stay In a 1912 building within earshot of the Powell Street cable cars, the 107-room Hotel Vintage Court, 650 Bush Street, (415) 392-4666, fax (415) 433-4065, www.vintagecourt.com, feels like an upscale Nob Hill apartment house.
THE ROOMS There is a distinctly upscale ocean-liner feel to the rooms, which are tautly designed and outfitted with luxurious materials: varnished mahogany panels with stainless-steel insets and buttery velour upholstery in shades of wheat and burgundy.
Watching "The Room," which is set in a threadbare boarding house, and "Celebration," which takes place in an upscale restaurant, you feel no comparative wistfulness, on the one hand, or embarrassment, on the other.
Upscale restaurant customers feel satiated more quickly than casual dining restaurant customers when they revisit the same restaurant more often.
