The plain walls and chilly stone floors of the dining room were so austere, they felt slightly punitive.
As the tour progressed, the echoes of Mr. Oschwald's footfalls in the chilly stone hallways could have been the soundtrack of the cold war itself.
The private bathroom is opposite and has a giant slipper bath, though no slippers for crossing the hall and standing on the chilly stone floor.
Two rows of benches had been set up for guests: no fashion critic would have to perch on the chilly stone perimeter that had served generations of monks.
A chilly stone staircase leads to a set of brightly-lit, well-equipped therapy and learning rooms where well-trained and determined staff work to improve the lot of children with disabilities.
(It's hard to say which is chillier here, a stone that looks like a woman or a woman with a stone-cold heart.) Although the bust seems like a fetish object, it's more representative of Philippe's fossilized humanity than an emblem of sexual perversion.
"The other thing is that it is almost impossible to be environmentally friendly in an old stone farmhouse and it is pretty chilly in winter.
Jaan Uhelszki from Rolling Stone criticized the album as being "chilly, forced and overdone", while The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was not impressed toward Aguilera's vocal ability on the album, giving it a mixed review.
The temperature in Encinitas rarely dips below 60 degrees in the winter, but should you get chilly, one of the three stone fireplaces will keep you toasty.
This midtown place is also among the most tasteful of rooftops, with wicker furniture, a brick and stone railing and a high-ceilinged greenhouse for chilly nights.
Dushane Ramsay, a senior at the college, sat on the stone wall at the end of the aisle on a recent chilly day.
