A loss, and Paul Johnson's team heads to a far less prestigious postseason destination, thanks to an N.C.A.A. waiver.
"A prestigious shopping destination, of course," he adds, "but one that is less exclusive in character than comparable addresses, with a democratic mood, which I am certain represents the future and is also, historically, a distinctly American ideal".
He was on his way to Frankfurt for the coronation of Leopold II, but it's fair to say that even visitors with a less prestigious final destination in mind will find this thriving little city of roughly 140,000 on the Danube to be architecturally fascinating, historically and culturally rich, and most of all, hospitable.
Meanwhile, the properties that cemented his brand (Alain Ducasse in London and Le Relais and Le Louis XV in Paris) remain prestigious dining destinations, if not rich with wide margins.
"The ever-increasing demand for a UCLA education and the competitiveness of our admissions process are testaments to our value as one of the world's most prestigious universities and the destination point for exceptionally talented and motivated students," UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement.
Our destination: Berlin, where we were booked to play at the prestigious WMF club.
When I would arrive at my destination, the Ateneo de Manila University, one of the country's most prestigious schools, I would hear students speaking what sounded to my Pennsylvanian ears to be virtually unaccented English.
My final destination was northern Michigan, where he had enrolled me to study creative writing at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy.
Prestigious, leafy, wealthy Oxford.
