Flat in Faubourg St. Honore
Type: 2-floor, 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 270m2 apartment at the heart of Faubourg St. Honore. It is located on the top floor of a freestone building and includes a large balcony and a fireplace.
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Chalet La Tania in Courchevel
Type: 10-bedroom, 6-bathroom ski-in/ski-out chalet overlooking the slopes and the mountain. It also houses a 4-car garage and 2 fireplaces.
Price Tag: USD 2.1m
Villa overlooking the Menton bay in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Type: 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom 500m2 villa overlooking the Menton bay from a hilltop in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. The house was upgraded in 2008 with designs inspired by the well-known boat architect Marco Casali (www.marcocasali.com). It also has a guest house comprised of 4 bedrooms and a billiard room. The residents have access to the beach from a private walkway.
Location: A commune of 12,000 people, Roquebrune is famous for its posh residential estates. It is located right in the middle of Cannes and St. Tropez and is approximately an hour away from both cities by car.
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Stone Villa overlooking the Port of Miramar in La Londe-les-Maures
Type: 5-bedroom, 450 m2 stone villa with a separate keeper’s house.
Location: The villa is set on a hilltop right behind the Port of Miramar located in La Londe-les-Maures. Set right in the midle of the Var coastline overlooking the Maures mountains, La Londe gets 300 days of sunlight with 3 km of sandy beaches available for swimming and is covered with vineyards. The village gets a lot of action during the summer months with the arrivals to Port Miramar. It is approximately 2 hours away from Cannes, an hour away to Marseilles and only 40 minutes to Saint Tropez by car.
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It has always been a great hobby to see where I could live if money was no obligation.
E. 63rd St. between Madison & Park
Type: 5-floor, 5-bedroom. 7-bathroom townhouse. Originally built in 1901 and renovated in 2008.
Price Tag: USD 17.5m
These spots are my favorite…
Breakfast:
Babette’s; www.babetteseasthampton.com
Italian Food:
CittaNuova for Lunch; www.cittanuova.com
Nick & Toni’s for Dinner; www.nickandtonis.com
Sunday Brunch:
East Hampton Point Restaurant; http://www.easthamptonpoint.com
Happy Hour:
Day & Night Restaurant & Beach Club at East Hampton Point
Located at The Capri in Southampton; 281 Country Road 39A (at Route 27 & North Main Street); (631) 731-3309
Afternoon & After Dinner Hangouts:
Sunset Beach Club on Shelter Island; http://www.sunsetbeachli.com
The Surf Lodge, Montauk; http://www.thesurflodge.com
Lobster Rolls & Watching the Sunset:
Duryea’s Lobster Deck in Montauk
Cash only. Bring your own wine. If going for the sunset wear something warm. (631) 668-2410
To my family away from home,
“We had a great run” some say. It was the right time, the right crowd, the right place and the right motivation. New York is that song track we have fallen in love with the first time we listened to it. Played over and over again, we have forgotten how tired we would become…eventually dying to skip to the next track.
I don’t want this to be a sad journal remembering all the great moments of our life in New York, but a hopeful note that one day the same song we listened to will become a classic and move us the way it did for all this time. There is no need to ask why we don’t see each other that often now or why we fail at every attempt to make a plan that will motivate us like it did a year ago. We all know the answer. All we need is a pause, a break.
Now when I look back I see reminiscences of what a great beat we had for everything that surrounded us. The places or the occasion did not matter as long as we were under one roof. It was us that made it happen. Once all the food, alcohol, sunglasses and skis were stripped the idea behind our union was simple. We wanted to be outside the office. Outside the lonely apartments. Closer to how we felt at home. Closer to what we felt with our families back home. Away from all the forced and superficial ties we had within the fast corporate Manhattan. We were the single pieces of the puzzle waiting to find our spot within the crowd and be a part of this mutual agreement called friendship. We were the juicer dying to get all the juice out of New York.
We have been through so much along the way. We have lost some, but overall we have gained so much. We have all danced to an amazing song that will one day find us , just like we will all find each other again (wherever we are). We will all be glad to be a part of New York City and a part of the team that we have recognized as our family away from home.
