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Always amusing what the WSJ's sense of proportion and aesthetics are (I know they're attributing the quote to his biographer, but still): > She called the Fre
by darawk 8y ago
Always amusing what the WSJ's sense of proportion and aesthetics are (I know they're attributing the quote to his biographer, but still):
> She called the French-style home “nice but not ostentatious,”
> The property also contains a three-bedroom guesthouse, a grotto-style swimming pool, a lighted tennis court, a putting green, a bocce court, a barn and a vineyard.
- tsomctl 8y agoDon't see how that's a contradiction, assuming that they actually use those features. > Ostentatious: characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice If you want to see some ostentatious houses, check out the McMansion Hell blog.
- drb91 8y ago> Ostentatious: characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice Seems like a mansion to me.