For now, the carts are rolling, a sure sign that life is normal in a town swelled by seekers of fun and fortune.
As the music swells, a fashionable, fun-seeking crowd, redolent of Los Angeles and Moscow, fills the terrace, and the staff whisks away the tables, one by one, until the restaurant has transformed itself into a dance party.
It's swell to have loads of "weekend" fun with your unencumbered kids, but you're the adult; the parent.
A lot of potentially damaging, life-ruining fun, sure, but a really swell way to tide over your boredom for a little while nonetheless.
Ambitious listeners can try to make connections, but it's more fun to just accept the swells and dips as entropy.
A section of testimonials, for instance, contains this one from "Daisy T., showgirl": "Believe me, it was no fun being taken out to a swell place and all you could eat was some celery and yogurt.
Remember when you thought it would be more fun to catch the tail end of that swell rather than hit the books for finals?
"Everyone wants to go to his parties because he is polite, thoughtful and so much fun," said Ms. Hale, who has attended her share of swell parties.
I aimed at an old lampshade of rainbow-colored glass, and, though I didn't re-create the swell marksmanship of my first attempt, I had to admit it was fun.
The almost 5-year-old wine bar is unpretentious and fun, and if you indulge too much, there's a swell little hotel upstairs (but probably already booked).
