had the misfortune of staying at the Four Season Hotel (Via Gesù bet/ v. Montenapoleone & v. della Spiga) in Aug’03 where I found its downstairs restaurant’s waistress and the manager to be inexcusably arrogant-pompous-jackasses. Waitress refused to take awa y the newspaper. I thought I was at a Minus Four Season. I’try staying at Bulgari nxt time. Otherwise, Milan was fun for value shopping during in August where everything was on big sale. You can I pick up great suits at ‘Corneliani’ in v. Montenapoleone. Get great shirts at any one of those dedicated shirt stores around the Duomo. Food is great anywhere in Italy. Milaneses are definitely well dressed bunch w/ fine aesthetic sense. Even ladies riding on scooters and bycicles looked “molto chic.” Any tips on great cigar lounges?