I hope you put the baby away, as well.
Which issue?
Thank you. I needed this.
You own Pyramid Point? I was unaware that Donald C. Smith had sold it.
We never lived in a mansion, but my mother was making upper six figures. I grew up (at least in my teen years) in that Better Homes and Garden house.
Not fun. I wasn’t allowed to sit on the furniture if I was wearing my blue jeans. Which sucked, because that’s ALL I ever wore back in those days.
The aunt mentioned above actually had a velvet rope to cordon off areas when she had family over for barbecues. I think I was in my 30s before I actually sat in her living room - she basically waited until all her kids finished college before granting access to the entire house. Then the grandkids started coming and…
Exactly. In large “official accommodation” type houses, like the White House and Buckingham Palace, the living areas and the public areas are completely separate. Even in large private homes, I have seen you have such a differentiation. In one case, they had a huge dinning room where they entertained certain guests a few times a year and a smaller place where they normally ate which looked like any normal middle class dinning room.
Fear of abandonment, probably.
And what about your beach house in Florida? Is it decorated with the wedding rings you invariably find with your metal detector?
Is that a problem in FL too? A friend honeymooned in CA’s Disneyplace and her new husband lost his wedding ring on a water ride; the staff said they average about 30 lost rings a week, easy. His wasn’t found, though.
I knew a couple of doctors. Their house was filled with African masks. (They had often traveled over there.)
Yes. Thankfully though ducati is there to find them all and generously return them to their owners. Even that multi-million dollar 7 ct. perfect diamond from Tiffanys.
I’m finding this interesting, because I’ve often wondered about those houses. I look at Martha Stewart’s layouts and the rooms are so big, so bright, and clean, and there’s no clutter, no crap waiting around to do something with, no STUFF. I’ve come to the conclusion my house is just too small. Our hall closet is ideal for 4 pairs of shoes and 4 coats - there it is crammed. The dining room has antique furniture, we don’t eat there, so it’s a catch-all - just crammed with more stuff.
Years ago.
The thing I remember being distinctive about the house of the richest person I’ve been in was the goddamn framed group pictures with the rich and powerful everywhere, they REALLY wanted you to know they have had their picture taken with US presidents for example.
Oh man, growing up, if I sat my car keys down on the kitchen table, my mom would freak out and officially declare the house a disaster area.
Try walking home from school in the second grade, sitting on the couch, and getting yelled at for messing up the living room. The only thing different was that I was in the living room. Her kids existing apparently messes up a house in my Mom’s eyes.
I guess you mean he sold it to you years ago and you own it now, and not you sold it to him years ago, otherwise you wouldn’t have said you “have it” in your post, as in the present tense.
That’s very impressive! Did you know that Architectural Digest chose it as one of the thirty most spectacular homes in the world in the ‘Private Views - Inside the World’s Greatest Homes’ publication? Among other properties such as the Czar’s Private Apartments in the Kremlin, Giorgio Armani Villa in Antigua, and Ralph Lauren’s Retreat in Bedford, New York?
Do you own all four houses on the 5 acre property? Did you get to meet Ted Kennedy when he stayed there?
The reason I’m so curious is that I actually stayed there myself in 2010, and met the owners, Svitlana and George. Which one are you?
Someone should explain to **ducati **the difference between a Timeshare and actually owning a home someplace. And also what reality is.