In treatment rooms scattered around a garden filled with birds of paradise, frangipani and papaya trees, masseuses deliver an intense blend of stretching and pressure point therapy (140,000 kip, one hour).
"Thunder Love" has more Brazilian influence while "Queen of Hearts" is an intense blend of ska, reggae and samba rhythms used as a backdrop for call and response, dance oriented kirtan.
In the Origin Theater Company's staging at 59E59 Theaters, "Tiny Dynamite" is bruising and intense, blending humor with melancholy.
Loden's indelible depiction of Wanda's degradation, resistance, and resignation blends intense psychological realism with a spontaneous, quasi-musical mastery of form.
Richard Brody wrote that "Loden's indelible depiction of Wanda's degradation, resistance, and resignation blends intense psychological realism with a spontaneous mastery of form" and added, "Her grainy images, with their attention to place, light, and detail, have an intimate, sculptural texture; they give matter a soul".
Tracking people across wilderness, whether a fleeing fugitive or a lost child, is a "weird, mystical art" that blends intense attention and intuition, said Paul Saffo, a consultant and analyst in Silicon Valley who is involved in search and rescue efforts in the Bay Area.
It comes in two forms: grilled au natural or, to my taste, the even more beatific cecina adobada, bathed in an intense marinade that blends musky achiote, cumin and mysterious spices.
Their charm lay in the marvelous blend of intense rhythmic excitement and personal composure.
Splash out 2013 Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot, Hawkes Bay A super-fragrant Bordeaux blend, whose intense cassis fruitiness is leavened with herb and mint.
The mood was intense, the atmosphere a blend of testosterone, collective anxiety and the peculiarly sweet exhaust fumes of a propane-powered telescoping forklift ordered for the occasion.
Selecting Dustin Hoffman to play Mr. Giamatti's father is a stroke of genius, since it throws into relief the blend of intense seriousness and wry self-mockery that they have in common as screen performers.
