Sentences with phrase «grand old estate»

One of the first posts I wrote when I started this blog in early 2008 was about this grand old estate called Cobble Court.

The grand old estate in The Philadelphia Story (1940) is very old money; I especially love the sweeping staircase and pool house.

Not exact matches

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) today introduced its latest brand offering, Maison de Grand Esprit, a unique French wine portfolio that combines old world winemaking techniques with a new world sourcing model, challenging conventions of the French wine category.

In a picturesque garden on a grand country estate, two long - time friends, an 85 year - old pruning master and the gardener, tend to the espaliers.

Armie Hammer's architectural academic Oliver has landed an internship with avuncular professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg), and even though he keeps his powder dry while undertaking work on this grand estate, his attentions are snatched by his employer's son, the precocious, spindly 17 - year - old Elio (Timothée Chalamet).

Visiting her country estate, where her older brother Sorin (Brian Dennehy) lives with Konstantin, Our Lady of the Perpetual Melodramatics is every inch the grand dame.

Set amid a grand estate forested with hundred - year - old olive trees, Villa Ferretti occupies one of Corfu's most privileged sites.

Set amongst the grand old sugar estates on the North Coast some 45 minutes drive from Durban, Prince's Grant, a recently... more

Capturing the elegance and charm of an old - world Mediterranean estate, San Diego's luxury Fairmont Grand Del Mar golf resort and spa welcomes guests to Southern California with breathtaking architecture, acclaimed dining and impeccable service.

What the grand old system of churning out dues paying, commission seeking «licensed» real estate sales people amounts to is the equivalent of a sixteen - year - old passing a written test to acquire a driver's license, without the benefit of actually learning how to drive a vehicle safely and responsibly, because he / she has never been behind the wheel when the motor was actually running, and then being allowed to hop right into a 750 horsepower, 300 kilometer per hour race car, immediately being encouraged to hit the track (no practice laps) pedal to the metal, racing for the glory, the crown, and the prize money, along with the mostly other hacks who are clogging up the track.