Congratulations, Billytea and Biyi! What beautiful photos! You two look so sweet and happy!

Yay new house, Sue!

One of our journals once, long ago, went out with "XXX"s and author queries still in place in one article. Whenever my boss starts to poke at me for little mistakes, I hold up that issue. It was hers. I win that argument every time.

The crazy part is, that's a REALLY good price for that neighborhood, especially if it's as nice an apartment as they make it sound. (I'm jealous of the bathroom -- radiant floor heating and a Japanese soaking tub??? WANT!)

The apartment is GORGEOUS and TINY. The bathroom is incredible. The only thing I can compare it to is a really cool restaurant -- it's super-designed. But there's no kitchen -- literally, dorm fridge, no oven.

I win that argument every time.

Sweet.

But there's no kitchen -- literally, dorm fridge, no oven.

So what's this part about?

Top-line stainless steel kitchen appliances (Meile, U-Line, Gaggenau, Dovedale)

admittedly, I don't know what the other three are-- they could be a toaster oven, rice cooker and hot plate.

I'm sure it's an expensive dorm-size fridge, sink, maybe dishwasher? I don't know what else. But that's (part of) what's making D insane.

I think the guy who designed it (had it done) was a chef, actually, so he wasn't really cooking at home much, but got the good stuff.

no oven seems odd when you can get a microwave/convection oven combination.

690K

I suppose i could trade with them. But I would miss my land and the area to do things like build bookcases.

no oven seems odd when you can get a microwave/convection oven combination.

They got one of those, but I imagine it's going with them? It's not built in, anyway, so uses up a lot of the counter space.

I wondered why there were no kitchen photos -- that answers that. The rest of the apartment is gorgeous, though, and for the right buyer it could be the right place.

It makes me wonder why I don't get a luxury bathroom put into my place, though. I deserve a radiant heat floor, right?

I deserve a radiant heat floor, right?

You certainly do.

And houseguests! You deserve houseguests!

Back when I worked for a prosperous division at my company, we were sent to work at the sales conferences which were held at high-end hotels like the Breakers in Palm Beach FL. And there I discovered that even the bathrooms in the little rooms had radiant heating under their marble tile floors.

It was a touch of luxury that makes me realize that I rightfully should have been born rich.

signed, Has Perpetually Cold Feet.