Tom will be here tomorrow with plenty of advice for sun-seekers – including where to go, last-minute deals and cheap flights.
I would love to go (last-minute invite notwithstanding), but I am going to be out of town on the day of the wedding (a little over five weeks away).
The next day you come back to get one more coat and then you're ready to go". Last-minute preparations also include hydrating the body by increasing water intake by a litre a day until eight litres is being swigged daily.
Walken's "cat whisperer" senses as much when the tycoon shows up at his enchanted cat store, where Brand goes last-minute to appease his kid for her birthday (his assistant must have had the day off), and puts a spell on the curmudgeon.
Going last-minute to Las Vegas may not, therefore be extortionate – flights leaving today (Wednesday 2 June) were available yesterday through Opodo for £510 with United via Chicago – but it's not peanuts and no cheaper than booking as far as possible in advance.
But Ken Cassar, an analyst with the Internet consulting firm Jupiter Media Metrix, said that for Circuit City and Amazon.com, which sells goods on behalf of CircuitCity and others, the pick-up feature is important for reasons that go beyond last-minute shopping.
As late as yesterday morning, police officials were meeting with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to go over last-minute details, and Commissioner Kelly was planning to monitor the scene in a helicopter.
Be particularly careful if you are going for last-minute deals.
The vehicles lined up in an open field to prepare and soldiers went through last-minute equipment checks to make sure radios, weapons and other gear were working.
In front of the White House, Pennsylvania Avenue was filled with tourists, security officials going over last-minute plans, and a few protesters.
