My own bungalow is simple but pleasant – study, bedroom, kitchen – but so superior to many neighbouring homes.
PARIS The Loft (70 rue Julien Lacroix; theloft-paris.com), which opened last year in the Belleville neighborhood, has brightly painted double, triple and dorm rooms (for four, five, six or eight people) in three design styles (Pop, Cosy and Baroque) and a small bar, pleasant cafe, open kitchen and courtyard patio.
The Loft (70 rue Julien Lacroix; theloft-paris.com), which opened last year in the Belleville neighborhood, has brightly painted double, triple and dorm rooms (for four, five, six or eight people) in three design styles (Pop, Cosy and Baroque) and a small bar, pleasant cafe, open kitchen and courtyard patio.
It makes the kitchen more pleasant.
He could smell something pleasant in the distant kitchen, something Mrs. Deere said was "a rhubarb roly-poly, first rhubarb of the year".
(There are time-specific tickets). Exhibits include works of art; her studio and colorful kitchen; a pleasant courtyard; a folk art collection; and a death mask of Kahlo.
The Cape Castle Hotel, 3 Main Road, 27-211) 439-1016, fax 27-211) 439-1019, www.proteahotels.com/capecastle, has 68 pleasant if spartan rooms with kitchen facilities.
You may have a while to contemplate these surroundings, because the kitchen and the pleasant young servers can slow down when things get busy.
Sitting in the garden is a pleasant way to enjoy the kitchen's intriguing offerings, which include delicious charcuterie (three choices for $16, four for $21 or five for $25).
