I don't know whether McCann's account of Gypsy life is true, but I was more than happy to be convinced by the dense cascade of fiercely memorable smells, sounds and visual images.
All this she sets down in a brisk and clear journalist's prose salted with memorable phrasing (her father "smelled of sweat and dirt, cigarettes and coffee and work").
True to its theme of gastronomy, some of the most memorable moments come when smells are pumped into the ride in time with events on the screen.
From infusing the lobby with a light fragrance to playing a customized soundtrack that changes throughout the day, the goal is to create a memorable experience that guests can smell, hear and feel — not just bombard them with visual stimulation.
Then I realized: here, the only time a man had ever told me in advance I could expect something memorable and I was making my big mouth smell like an ashtray.
At one memorable moment he watched the Mississippi river "with its big rank smell that smells like the raw body of America itself".
They learn by touching, feeling, tasting, smelling, & seeing, thus making their kitchen experiments memorable and meaningful.
Of all the memorable aromas of the holiday season, nothing evokes its spirit quite like the smell of a fresh-cut pine, spruce or fir tree, wreath or garland.
Noteworthy among some memorable secondary characters is Ruth's grandmother, whose house "smells like it's judging you the minute you walk inside".
In fact, G. is probably most memorable for its virtuoso descriptions of the sights, sounds and smells of a lost world.
