Advantages: cheap, good location, friendly staff Disadvantages: minimal kitchen facilities, no big socialising area
Upon a recent visit to Prague, seven friends and I stayed in the Ace hostel. I believe we chose this particular establishment based primarily on price and location.
I've stayed in several hostels in the last year or so, ranging from inner-city youth hostels to mountain huts, and I must say that Ace hostel is nothing whatsoever like anything I've stayed in before.
I am used to hostels operating similar to an actual hotel, with a reception opening right off the main street, and being in quite a big building with lots of rooms, a bar, a left luggage room etc.
Ace hostel was different to this.
The clue to Ace's location was a sign sticking out of the building, as is usual, but then you had to select 'Ace' from a series of doorbells/buzzers to get the outer gate open. Once through this outer gate, you proceed along a tunnel, and up some ...
Looking at the plot description and cast list I was expecting an amazing film from 'Smoking Aces', a film starring Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta and Alicia Keys should be great. This wasn't. It was, unfortunately, far from great.
The idea behind this film is a good one; Buddy 'Aces' Isreal is a Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant who has a million dollar price put on his head by mob boss Primo Sparazza whose instructions dictate that he wants Aces' heart brought to him once he has been killed. This attracts all manner of psychos and hitmen (and women) who all descend upon Las Vegas in order to find Aces and claim their prize. The film never really lives up to its potential and sometimes seems to complex. Some of the plot twists (and there are a few) are difficult to keep on top of, especially ...
Advantages: Better than the competition Disadvantages: Not 100% effective on all stains
bleach spots at best, so how could a bleach be made safe? I admit I was intrigued, so about 9 months ago I picked up a bottle when it was on special offer at Asda.
It did not take long for a stained top to make it's appearance. I filled the cap on the bottle (which is turquoise in colour and similar in shape to a milk bottle), with the blue coloured, surprisingly neutral smelling Ace and then poured it over the offending greasy mark, and then gave it a bit of a rub, not sure why....for luck perhaps! I left it to work it's magic for about 20 minutes and then put it in a normal 40 degree wash with other dirty clothes. The makers recommend different times for different materials, so make sure you read the instructions careully. I would advise you test the product out on a small part of material if you have an item you love and aren ...
