You get something to price up, let’s say it is a pretty expensive five bedroom house, and you note that there is no dining or breakfast room, and the only place to sit and eat your Cheerios is at the island in the kitchen.
The island is 42 wide by 108 long, pretty spacious, really, and all up at the 36 inch countertop height. No stepdown. One corner of it has three basecabs under it, and a sink centered over the group.
Three folks can eat across from the sink along the long edge, knees to the backs of the cabs. Two or three can sit at the other end, which has open space under, and legs at the corners like a 36-high table.
Did I miss something in house design as we segued into the new millenium? I know that formal dining rooms are sort of passe, but it now looks like we’re eating at the high small tables at McDonalds.
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Maybe they eat in front of the TV. Five or six seated on the couch with a really big coffee table and a wide screen...
gene,
after honeymooning in Placid last September and asking the locals a few questions, i have come to the conclusion that anyone building a 5 bedroom home there already has 2 other homes somewhere else in the world and that they will only be there for a week or two.
bottom line is they are dining out at Rustica or the Caribbean Cowboy every night and the kitchen is just for making coffee.
i know it's tough having to build third homes for these folks.
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"bottom line is they are dining out at Rustica or the Caribbean Cowboy every night and the kitchen is just for making coffee."Or to look at and admire like a painting on the wall of a beautiful nude. You can look and admire all you want, but never touch her.What good is that?
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
Or to look at and admire like a painting on the wall of a beautiful nude. You can look and admire all you want, but never touch her.
What good is that?
sounds like some of my best friends' marriages.........
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LMAO!That thar said a lot;)
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<Or to look at and admire like a painting on the wall of a beautiful nude. You can look and admire all you want, but never touch her.?
You see a priceless French paintingI see a drunk naked girl . . .
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Well, Tim, you just named the two restaurants in town that we can walk to, instead of biking or taking the car. Kevin's Rustica is a six minute trek (we come down the steps from behind), and the Cowboy would be closer if we could just ford the Outlet Brook behind it, instead of having to go to the bridge.
Walking to the Cowboy, we can imbibe all the painkillers we want, without fear of the troopers or the locals.
Most people that honeymoon in L.P., make regular returns in future years. When ya comin' back? Late September is best, and if you are skiiers, this past early April was fabulous.
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i grew up with the O'Leary family back when they lived here in Bethlehem PA. i'm sure you've met Dick who owns the liquor store next door to Kevin.
Paul is down the road in Tupper Lake, married to Jim Frenette's sister. i know you've met Hope and Jim.
one of my best friends moved from here to just across the border in Vermont.
we loved it there. i couldn't believe white birch bark could make some of the coolest wallpaper out there. we will definitely be back.
for those of you that wonder why they call it Lake Placid, when was the last time you saw a duck make a wake in a lake this big ?
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Edited 6/3/2008 11:36 am ET by timkline
Edited 6/3/2008 11:36 am ET by timkline
Gene, you had 4 days to bid it, the Archy had 3 to draw it.
Joe H
Man, is that ever a sad commentary on family life today.
Used to be that having dinner together in a somewhat formal setting was one time when everyone was obliged to show some respect for God's grace and each other's company.
>>>>Man, is that ever a sad commentary on family life today. Used to be that having dinner together in a somewhat formal setting was one time when everyone was obliged to show some respect for God's grace and each other's company.<<<<< . My parents were furious when they came to visit us as we all ate different times and places while my mom always had the dinner ready at one time and we all sat together. But my wife never got the whole cooking thing down and would rather work then be a housewife, She just never had the talents like my mom. I agree with you but it does not always work.
I agree with you but it does not always work.
It's never been automatic, that everyone in a family would willingly and happily come to the dinner table on time, ready to pay their respects to God, then behave courteously to each other while taking nourishment from the food and each other's company.
In order for that to happen there has to be a disciplined approach to meals which is founded in love and respect toward all life, beginning with one's family members.
It's a particular kind of respect which is so easy to feel when it's present that very little need be said about it. But it is necessary to evoke that respect on a daily basis so that it becomes a real part of life for each family member.
Eating good food is one of life's great pleasures, something that is meant to be shared with others in the spirit of loving harmony. Therefore, sitting down together as a family for meals offers opportunities to clear up grievances which may arise, in a loving atmosphere which revitalizes family unity.
Families are meant to be a harmonious union of spirits but it takes leadership and some enforced discipline to keep that higher aim alive. The best means we have to make that ideal real is to do something which is both necessary and pleasureable together, as a whole family...eat good food prepared in the house with love.
This is not to say that meals should be rituals of rigid, disciplined behavior, only that each family member must show respect for the event by being on time and following some minimal rules of courteous conduct toward each other while at the table.
The purpose is to provide a foundation of respect for life which communicates to the heart directly.
Thanks to God and my parents for inspiring this message.
P.S. I'd appreciate it if you'd copy and send this to your parents so that they know that their generation's values continue to be honored.
Edited 6/6/2008 8:02 pm by Hudson Valley Carpenter
I know that formal dining rooms are sort of passe, but it now looks like we're eating at the high small tables at McDonalds.
Doncha know? E'ryone eats on the couch a'front the TV . . .
We are looking at a high table with 2 chairs to put by a window..
I kinda like the idea of not many people being around me in the morn before i have my coffee