Mr. Basile, on a visit to New York, loved the spacious, sunny interior but was concerned about the location in a run-down neighborhood with little commerce.
That view, side-window glimpses of a flower garden in full bloom alongside the building and Capri's sunny interior almost made up for entrees that weren't always on the mark.
It's hard to believe there's a watermelon that's not pink on the inside, but there's another variety, known as Yellow Crimson, which has a sunny interior and a sweeter, honey-like taste.
I pushed open the front door and stepped into a sunny, whitewashed interior, amid an orchard of orderly columns with capitals like spiky branches.
Lodging and Dining Although I was staying with friends I did check out the Hotel du Fiacre, 153, rue Vigne, 84200 Carpentras, (33-4) 90.63.03.15, fax (33-4) 90.60.49.73, which occupies an elegant 18th-century building; most of the 18 rooms open onto a sunny, verdant interior courtyard.
With sunny Caribbean interiors blue and white floral fabrics, bamboo furniture and hammocks this whitewashed hotel comes with stellar sustainability credentials.
The disconnect between Beljan's sunny exterior and stormy interior does not surprise the author Daniel Smith, who wrote a memoir, "Monkey Mind," detailing his anxiety disorder.
From the collection of Pierre Bergé, the co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, she bought several notable works, including "The Indian and the Lily" — an exquisite rendering of a muscular Native American, by George de Forest Brush — and "October Interior," a sunny, celadon-hued painting of a domestic scene, by Fairfield Porter.
The monsoon delay has led to a three-week spell of sunny weather across the interior, which has allowed a mass of very hot, dry, air to expand, a phenomenon the country is predicted to experience more often in coming years.
The front room onto the street is ideal for a casual lunch on a sunny day, while the interior room is elegant with its custom-made designer furniture.
"Out 1," "Up, Down, Fragile" and "Le Pont du Nord" (1981), which transforms Paris into a life-size board game, are all to a large extent open-air escapades — as is "Céline and Julie," which alternates its interior passages with sunny interludes in sleepy, cat-filled parks and pursuits on the steep, winding streets of Montmartre.
