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Post by jo on Sept 3, 2014 18:29:42 GMT -5
Back to NYC and back to school for the kids --
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Post by jo on Sept 4, 2014 7:25:35 GMT -5
The fifth member of the family Sorry, you could hardly see Dali -- check out the instagram link, please Jo
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Post by jo on Sept 4, 2014 14:31:13 GMT -5
Found a full-frame image -- LOL - many tweets were charmed by Dali as much as by Hugh Jo
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Post by jo on Sept 6, 2014 15:06:54 GMT -5
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Post by foxie on Sept 18, 2014 6:25:10 GMT -5
Such kids!
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Post by alma on Sept 19, 2014 12:22:15 GMT -5
Is it just me? Would anyone else feel unable to live in a "glass house" such as this? I know they are luxury homes, but... I don't know. It feels like living in a store window. I like sleeping in a dark bedroom. I like drawing the drapes in any room at whatever time I choose to. Maybe I'm old-fashioned! LOVE the picture, though. Alma
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Post by jo on Sept 20, 2014 2:13:42 GMT -5
I used to work in a brand-new office building which was a modern monument of glass and steel. Our offices had ceiling to floor glass curtain windows and the view was fantastic everywhere you turned. I was lucky to have a corner office and I could see two beautiful opposite views from high above -- Manila Bay on one side and a mountain range on another!
But during the typhoon season, it was a bit scary coping with lightning occasionally giving us a magnificent show!
Re the view from outside -- during the day, the kind of glass that we had on our building ( presumably the same is true for the Meier apartments where Hugh lives) is heavily tinted and does not allow views from outside to see into our inside offices. In the evening, it would be a different story - because of the dark atmosphere outside and with the lighting inside the building -- that is when the next door glass and steel building occupants can peer into us. How do I know this? Because during the day, I could not see into their offices. But in the evenings, I could peer into the neighboring offices - but since most work is done during the day ( except for offices alike IT) - it really did not matter much.
Maybe in the case of residential apartments like the Meier Building, they have some privacy screens ( more tinting or certain kind of lighting or plain window cover or whatever technology can offer which which does not allow much peering)...Just guessing, of course.
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Post by ruby on Sept 20, 2014 10:12:25 GMT -5
I used to work in a brand-new office building which was a modern monument of glass and steel. Our offices had ceiling to floor glass curtain windows and the view was fantastic everywhere you turned. I was lucky to have a corner office and I could see two beautiful opposite views from high above -- Manila Bay on one side and a mountain range on another! But during the typhoon season, it was a bit scary coping with lightning occasionally giving us a magnificent show! Re the view from outside -- during the day, the kind of glass that we had on our building ( presumably the same is true for the Meier apartments where Hugh lives) is heavily tinted and does not allow views from outside to see into our inside offices. In the evening, it would be a different story - because of the dark atmosphere outside and with the lighting inside the building -- that is when the next door glass and steel building occupants can peer into us. How do I know this? Because during the day, I could not see into their offices. But in the evenings, I could peer into the neighboring offices - but since most work is done during the day ( except for offices alike IT) - it really did not matter much. Maybe in the case of residential apartments like the Meier Building, they have some privacy screens ( more tinting or certain kind of lighting or plain window cover or whatever technology can offer which which does not allow much peering)...Just guessing, of course. Jo The windows in the building can go opaque with a flip of a switch.
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Post by birchie on Sept 20, 2014 13:12:43 GMT -5
Is it just me? Would anyone else feel unable to live in a "glass house" such as this? I know they are luxury homes, but... I don't know. It feels like living in a store window. I like sleeping in a dark bedroom. I like drawing the drapes in any room at whatever time I choose to. Maybe I'm old-fashioned! LOVE the picture, though. Alma I remember reading back when he bought the place that there is some kind of shading device built into the windows so when he wants privacy he can have it. I do love places with a view (I'm on the fifth floor) but I like having curtains too Sue
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Post by njr on Sept 20, 2014 14:03:57 GMT -5
Is it just me? Would anyone else feel unable to live in a "glass house" such as this? I know they are luxury homes, but... I don't know. It feels like living in a store window. I like sleeping in a dark bedroom. I like drawing the drapes in any room at whatever time I choose to. Maybe I'm old-fashioned! LOVE the picture, though. Alma It's not just you! I would not like living in a "glass house" like that! Wouldn't matter that you could make it opaque with the flip of a switch. I too have to have a totally dark bedroom (or use a sleep mask in hotels) Nancy
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Post by chessie on Sept 20, 2014 14:29:34 GMT -5
Is it just me? Would anyone else feel unable to live in a "glass house" such as this? I know they are luxury homes, but... I don't know. It feels like living in a store window. I like sleeping in a dark bedroom. I like drawing the drapes in any room at whatever time I choose to. Maybe I'm old-fashioned! LOVE the picture, though. Alma Me too, Alma! There are minimal window treatments in our living area because we enjoy the view and there are no neighbors nearby, but the bedrooms all have room-darkening blinds. Even then, I keep a sleep mask handy just in case. Thanks to everyone who helped explain that the windows can be tinted or made opaque. I've wondered about this for a long time. I couldn't imagine why someone who is always in the public eye would want to live in a "glass house." It would definitely give me the creeps, but then again I'm not used to big-city living. Carol
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Post by mamaleh on Sept 20, 2014 22:46:26 GMT -5
These posts remind me of that scurrilous story some years ago in which actor Vincent Gallo made some outrageous statements about Mr. and Mrs. J., alleging that he could see into the their living quarters. I can't believe that they wouldn't have built-in protections against peeping Toms--or Vincents.
Ellen
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Post by alma on Sept 21, 2014 15:04:47 GMT -5
THANKS, JO, RUBY, SUE, NANCY, CAROL AND ELLEN! I wouldn't mind working in an OFFICE with a gorgeous view, like the one you worked in, Jo. Or like the one with the Sydney Harbor view in Hugh's Montblanc commercial... specially with him as a coworker, hahahaha. (I can't reproduce a screen shot of that here, but it sure is prime real estate). But even THAT gorgeous view has drapes on the windows. That's for daytime, and most importantly, office. Looking at the picture of Hugh with Dali, I seem to be able to look into the windows of the building across the street even in broad daylight... or maybe I'm only seeing some sort of reflection. Ruby, I've never had a chance to see any of those newfangled glass windows that can go opaque with a flip of a switch... seems like science fiction to me... but what do I know! How "opaque" is "opaque", though...? smiley-signs002 Sue, I have a park right across the street from home and I love keeping my bedroom window open in the daytime to be able to look out into all that lovely green grass and trees... but I like being able to draw the drapes tightly shut, too! Day or night! Nancy, I have a feeling you and I wouldn't really trust "opaque", would we? And I, too, fear that daylight would creep in in spite of the opaque-ness, which may provide enough privacy to not be SEEN, but not to keep daylight out... Of course, Carol, tinted and opaque make all the sense in the world for buildings like that. Were living quarters ever built like this BEFORE "tinted" and "opaque" were developed...? I guess some folks wouldn't care. And Ellen, who the h**l is that guy you mention? Oh... looked him up... just one of the sickos who have to make a living by being outrageous. Again, I think you hit the nail on the head with the word "scurrilous". Next time, don't aim for the nail. Aim for HIS head. Alma
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Post by natalieavery on Sept 21, 2014 22:00:52 GMT -5
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Post by alma on Sept 21, 2014 22:24:19 GMT -5
THANKS, SARAH! And this is all I have to add: scur·ril·ous /ˈskərələs/ adjective making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation. "a scurrilous attack on his integrity" synonyms: defamatory, slanderous, libelous, scandalous, insulting, offensive, gross; sicko /ˈsɪkəʊ/ noun (pl) sickos 1. a person who is mentally disturbed or perverted adjective 2. perverted or in bad taste: sicko prurience Enough said. Alma
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Post by foxie on Sept 22, 2014 5:28:22 GMT -5
Vincent Gallo that is a name I seem to remember I can't believe Hugh and Deb only interact in public remember she said they do all their interacting in the bathroom!
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Post by jo on Sept 25, 2014 7:06:50 GMT -5
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Post by jo on Sept 25, 2014 8:28:45 GMT -5
Now, he is getting to be almost as tall as Hugh!
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