[Vinnie]

I'm sure there's a less prosaic way of describing that "unusual" relationship.

Are you implying that their hotel supplied edible pillows? (g)

[mountaineer]

It just sounds a little strange, that a reporter would - out of his own pocket - provide a free apartment for this young man who doesn't seem to do much more than travel with the reporter and dig up the occasional quote or fact for him to use in a story. Hmmmm.