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  • At dawn the next morning I wake in my California king bed with 400–thread-count sheets, and watch the sun come up over the green canopy of trees as the brown water of the Amazon rolls past.

    Take Me to the River Andrew McCarthy 2011

  • Especially because if they had actually asked invited guests for two sets of 300-thread-count percale bedding or a dozen stemless wine glasses, for example, that would have been potentially awkward.

    Meredith C. Carroll: New Royal Wedding Details Unveiled Meredith C. Carroll 2011

  • Breakfast is self-serve but includes organic products; rooms have flat-screens, 500-thread-count Egyptian cotton sheets, Malin+Goetz bath products and wireless Internet connections.

    Potpourri-Free B&Bs Steve Garbarino 2011

  • The antique wide-plank floors, two fireplaces and original 19th century cooking hearth add additional charm while the high-speed internet and high thread-count Egyptian cotton linens offer the comfort of a high-end hotel.

    Country Home Rentals For A Relaxing NY Weekend (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Especially because if they had actually asked invited guests for two sets of 300-thread-count percale bedding or a dozen stemless wine glasses, for example, that would have been potentially awkward.

    Meredith C. Carroll: New Royal Wedding Details Unveiled Meredith C. Carroll 2011

  • For 10 golden years they picked up the tab while I ate at the best restaurants and laid down my head on the highest thread-count sheets.

    Did I Kill Gourmet Magazine? Ann Patchett 2010

  • While the rest of us are sleeping soundly, the beautiful people of Hollywood will be writhing anxiously and rending their thousand thread-count sheets.

    Oscars 2012: the best picture nominations we'd like to see 2012

  • Johnson had no idea what to do with a hotel's entire inventory of high thread-count sheets, but she thought, "I'll get it done."

    Fairy godmother for shelters delivers the goods in D.C. 2010

  • Besides, the women he brought back seemed to expect every stop to be pulled out: 800-thread-count sheets, a roaring fireplace, views, a deck, a bathtub big enough for half his team, a shower with ten jets.

    Game For Anything Bella Andre 2010

  • The antique wide-plank floors, two fireplaces and original 19th century cooking hearth add additional charm while the high-speed internet and high thread-count Egyptian cotton linens offer the comfort of a high-end hotel.

    Country Home Rentals For A Relaxing NY Weekend (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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