The other day she unloaded 20 skids of mulch ("mulch is really bouncy, you have to drive slowly or it'll fall on you") and then did 18 skids of patio-building material.
Film-goers, novel-readers, television-watchers and culture-consumers generally are now on a continuous yellow alert for irony; narrators of every kind are regarded as about as trustworthy as the patio-building stepfather at the televised press conference, pleading for his partner's 15-year-old daughter to return home.
On summer weekends, we would "lie out" on a cement patio overlooking the building's over-chlorinated pool.
Outdoor seating in summer (on a patio beside the building, and, soon, in a courtyard behind it).
It barely matters that the view from the motel patio is a building site where a new Holiday Inn will soon rise.
The simple hardscaping consists of a stone and cement patio behind the building and a sinuous brick walkway that runs along its east side.
Although I politely requested "no porn" prior to booking, a pretty model proceeded to run around the patio of the building wearing only lingerie, to the delight of the elderly residents.
Developing the site, with a maintenance building, patio, restrooms, two parking lots, lights, loudspeakers, chain-link fencing and guard rails, would have cost the local group up to $400,000.
terrace, patio, pool in building; common charge $557, taxes $3,996; listed at $1.25 million (multiple bids), 10 weeks on market (broker: Douglas Elliman) EAST MIDTOWN $2 million2500 East 40th Street 4-bedroom, 4-bath, 2,885-sq.-ft.
Structure 10 had an internal patio with the building surrounding it on three sides.
Three girls of the 10- or 11-year-old age range were playing on the second floor patio of the building next door -- a space of maybe 50 feet and one skinny papaya tree between us.
