Hilary Geary Ross, the society editor for Quest magazine and the wife of the billionaire Wilbur L. Ross Jr., whose pied-à-terre it was, grinned at her decorator.
Also known as Grande Terre (Mainland), it is approximately 250 miles (400 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide.
We went round in our New York pied a terre because it allows you to incorporate more seating within a smaller footprint.
I just sold Brad Pitt a $2.6-million 2.6-millione, and it was the first apartment he saw.
A spokesperson from France Terre d'Asile said it would not comment on its findings until the census was complete.
No one could predict how many demonstrators would show up in Terre Haute, but it seemed likely that they would be far outnumbered by members of the Fourth Estate.
"I had always had the idea of sitting in front of the Eiffel Tower or Cinque Terre and sketching it, but didn't have the artistic talent," Katie says.
The truth is, this week at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Terre Haute, Indiana, it doesn't feel like the holiday season, and during the three years that I have been locked up in here, it never has.
Tom Coates, DG Neary Realty (646) 752-0116; www.dgneary.com MAINTENANCE: $702 a month PROS: This building, near Broadway theaters and the Time Warner Center, allows buyers to use it as a pied-à-terre, to rent it out or to buy it for adult children.
Although the couple who previously owned the Alexandria house for 25 years used it for most of that time as a full-time residence, Mr. Sammis has used it mainly as a pied-à-terre since buying it for $135,000 in 1990.
