"It's an easy way to telegraph that you're a certain type of sophisticated but laid-back person". Tulum's hotels and spas offer decadence with a sheen of spirituality, you can have your pick of ayahuasca ceremonies, Buddhist chanting and power yoga classes.
Ingredients like Kobe beef, white truffles, and foie gras, which are found on a wide range of restaurant menus offer decadence and "exclusivity".
The group members, still irrefutably tied to rock 'n' roll, offer staunch decadence and nod to their latest greatest-hits compilation, "GRRR!" (ABKCO/Interscope).
I offer evidence of decadence not to damn him but merely to note that, living in an atmosphere of perpetual temptation, he has been vulnerable to it.
The group, still irrefutably tied to rock 'n' roll, offers their staunch decadence and nods to their latest greatest-hits compilation, "GRRR!" (ABKCO/Interscope).
The consequent entry of Ottoman troops into Europe gave them a direct opportunity to see the possibilities for conquest offered by Byzantine decadence.
What Bowie offers is not "decadence" (sorry, Middle America) but a highly professional pop surface with a soft core: under that multicolored Day-Glo frogman's outfit lurks the soul of a folkie who digs Brel, plays an (amplified) acoustic guitar, and sings with a catch in his voice about the downfall of the planet.
Portrayed by maybe the show's finest actor in Peter Dinklage, Tyrion's wit, intellect and thirst for decadence offers a grounding note of realism to counter the honor, myth-making and fairy tales of the show's early seasons.
For those interested in conspicuous consumption Super Bowl week offers a cornucopia of decadence and waste.
"We offer something different to the decadence and corruption that has rotted our state," says Lefteris Liviaratos, a student radiologist and member of the party's youth wing.
The lyrics offer a rationale for his decadence, echoing the nihilism of his mixtapes: "Tell 'em this boy wasn't meant for lovin'… Mama called me destructive/Said it'd ruin me one day, yeah/Cause every woman that loved me, oh yeah/I seemed to push away".
