Auto manufacturers are well aware that all this eating is going on in their product and their approach seems to be twofold: first, they warn against driving while distracted, but, second, they try to accommodate driver dining.
OUTDOOR SPACE: The wraparound porch, with views of the beach and Penobscot Bay, can accommodate a dining table and plenty of other furniture — even a hammock.
He bought the apartment next door to his town house to accommodate his dining room table, which seats 20, but he serves meatloaf and potpies to the luminous guests who sit there.
Richard J. Ingenito and Lena K. Datwani, Bellmarc (212 252-1900; www.bellmarc.com MAINTENANCE: $473 PROS: This is a well-proportioned space that can accommodate a sofa, dining table and four chairs, a full bed and an entertainment center.
Its two big hay-door openings (now covered with industrial garage doors) fostered the indoor-outdoor feeling sought by both client and architects, and its bays were wide enough to accommodate the living, dining, and kitchen areas that the structure would contain.
The kitchen island, which accommodates stools for dining, is adorned with mosaic tiles.
A striking swimming pool abuts an entertainment area that accommodates open-air dining with a fire pit.
The former munitions stores made excellent pens for his calves, goats and poultry, and the fort was big enough to accommodate a large dining room and the odd guest.
Little Polgarron, Cornwall Set back from the rugged sands and rockpools of Booby's Bay, this brand new retreat comes with a cinema room and a range of indoor and outdoor dining spaces to accommodate the shifting seasons.
To accommodate the crowd, the dining room table was artificially extended into the living room; the kids' table, with its mismatched collections of chairs -- really just boxes, footstools, and anything square that wouldn't fall over -- pushed back besides the black-and-white television set and plastic covered sofa that no one ever sat on.
(More than 200 diners can be accommodated in the intelligently subdivided dining areas).
