Article in the New York Times:
FOR the last seven years, I’ve lived in an old stone presbytery in France, south of the Loire Valley, in a village of fewer than 10 houses. I chose the place because next to the 15th-century house itself was a barn, partly torn down centuries ago, large enough to accommodate my library of some 30,000 books, assembled over six itinerant decades. I knew that once the books found their place, I would find mine.
only the NYT
Where else would I be able to find out that, indeed, the wealthy landed gentry have comfortable, fabulous lives? In the French country-side.
You think they can’t raise their sycophancy any higher and then BOOM. They go up a level.
“Mmmm mmmmmmmmm, shiny rings. Oo oo oo oo oo! Jeans from Balenciaga! OH! OH GOD! JOHN UPDIKE!!!”
God speed, bootlicks.
Glad someone said something
I found the french chateau to be much more offensive than the fries book that caused so much controversy.
What you can get for $900,000
I don’t think the NYT focuses on the rich. I will comment more later but right now I am reading their article on what you can buy for $900,000
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/greathomesanddestinations/14gh-what.html
What you can get for 3 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/06/greathomesanddestinations/20080506_WYG_SLIDESHOW_15.html