Word: patios
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...Kong-based Jebsen & Co., the firm behind VIN and an importer of high-end luxury goods throughout China, including Raymond Weil watches and Porsche cars. Grace Bai, a 32-year-old advertising executive, is one of her target consumers. Nursing a glass of Louis Jadot Beaujolais on the outdoor patio at La Villa Rouge in Shanghai, Bai says wine is a good drink for women. "I enjoy it, and many of my friends do too." Now, if only there were a few million more like...
...same kind of pristine October day we’ve been enjoying for the past two weeks. Eighty-odd boys quietly mingled on the back patio of some ancient, enormous North Shore estate, dressed in suits at 10:30 in the morning. There wasn’t much to talk about, and it was far too early...
...husband rented a furnished apartment in the center of Salisbury, England, over the Internet. Even though they are highly experienced at the rental game, they failed to ask enough questions and were stunned once they arrived to discover that the flat was above a noisy carpet shop, the patio looked out on a large parking lot, and the master-bedroom window had a too-close-for-comfort view of the bathroom in a neighboring bicycle-repair shop. "And this apartment was rated four stars by the English tourist board," says Kenny. "The location was good, but the setting was horrible...
...group of neighbors have gathered on the patio of an elegant home in Greenwich, Conn., on a gorgeous late-summer evening. Standing at the crest of an emerald lawn that unfurls gracefully toward the Long Island Sound, they sip wine (white) and bubbly water (Perrier). They are mostly Republicans, but of a rarefied sort-wealthy, moderate, Northeastern-and they have a difficult decision to make: whether to toss out their longtime, moderate and estimable Republican Congressman Christopher Shays. To that end, they have come to Sue McCally's home to meet Diane Farrell, who is Shays' moderate and estimable Democratic...
...riverfront property, www.arunresidence.com, has just five rooms because co-owner Piyanuj Ruckpanich wants every window to open to a view of the famed Wat Arun, or Temple of Dawn. The noise from the Chao Phraya might frustrate light sleepers, but the views of this watery thoroughfare - especially from the patio of the Arun Suite - are too enjoyable to pass up. So is a dinnertime reservation at the Deck, the hotel's Thai and Western restaurant. Peruse the menu of chef Thanunya Kaikaew, who has a cookbook of healthy recipes to her name, and take in the fabulous sunset. THE EUGENIA...