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bits you know aren't true; you'll injure your corneas if you do. Oh yeah,
which looks more more like a tan in her photo: her skin or the orange
sweater she wears in the photo?]
She makes a brand-new space of it in New York
By Kelly Carter, Special for USA TODAY
NEW YORK - When Sandra Lee moved from Los Angeles to Manhattan, the
lifestyle goddess uncovered another profession: organization specialist.
The host of the Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking recently relocated from
a sprawling, 10,000-square-foot home to a beautiful, sunny,
1,647-square-foot 34th-floor East Side rental. And while the typical New
Yorker would gladly give up wearing black for a year if it meant moving into
an apartment the size of hers, Lee is still acclimating.
"What I love best about this apartment is it challenged me to be more
organized than I already felt I was," says Lee, 39. "There is not one thing
I have not figured out when it comes to creating more space."
She swears by products such as Expand-A-Shelf and never met a see-through
plastic box she could resist. No wonder she calls The Container Store her
favorite place to shop. "They clap when I walk in," she says, laughing.
Her three-bedroom, three-bath 1991 pied-a-terre seduced her with its
17-foot-high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and southern, northern and
eastern views.
"I needed lots of light and something that felt airy," says Lee, who also
opted for light colors for her walls, carpet and window treatments. "In
California, there is so much sun and light all of the time. You can get
depressed (here)."
She lived on the West Coast for almost 20 years, but work finally pulled her
to New York, where her show is taped and her publisher is located. Before
moving, she shot four seasons of shows and wrote three books in a year and a
half. Airplanes were her second home.
"I had my life in New York and my life in L.A.," says Lee, whose new
cookbook is Semi-Homemade Grilling. "I couldn't do either one as well as I
wanted to, so I had to make that choice."
She relocated after splitting with her husband, KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz,
but hasn't completely abandoned L.A. For now, she still maintains the huge
home but is shopping for a smaller one there. Lee's can't-live-without
pieces made the trip with her, such as two crystal chandeliers that hang in
her bedroom and over her dining table, a pair of upholstered, high-armed
Rose Tarlow benches and an assortment of Barbara Barry furnishings.
Beige is the dominant color in her traditional living room, which features a
wall of windows that gives way to an expansive city view, exquisite crown
moldings and two oversized sofas. Round end tables balance Barbara Barry
lamps and oodles of silver framed photos, and a vertical Ralph Lauren
secretary sits in a corner.
Even her closet, a converted bedroom, is outfitted with Barry floor lamps,
which are necessary to see Lee's massive collection of clothes and
accessories. "I keep everything," she acknowledges. "It's going to come back
in style sooner or later, and when it does, I'm going to have it."
The clothes provide a sense of nostalgia, just like her photos. Pictures of
her family and her best friend from college, Colleen, whom she talks to
three times a day, are clustered in her living room and bedrooms. They
provide soothing companionship for Lee, who lives alone except for her dog,
Aspen, a 13-year-old American Eskimo.
"New York can be a little abrupt when you move here. My pictures are very
comforting. But the city lights also are great company."
Lee spends most of her time at her desk in the media room, which is
separated from the living room by French doors. Once a bedroom, the room
features a 40-inch Sony plasma flat-screen TV, four paintings of Aspen and a
linen-and-wool sofa in green, her favorite color.
"It's intimate and very personal," she says. "I like cozy spaces."
Like her breakfast area, which the former residents used as a pantry,
despite a window offering a spectacular city view. Lee removed the doors,
had benches made, hung a Hunt Slonem painting and added a Barbara Barry
table.
The nook sits right off a surprisingly tiny kitchen outfitted with granite
counters, white wooden cabinets and a four-burner GE gas range. "It doesn't
matter how big the kitchen is, as long as I have enough space for my
ingredients."
Taping two shows a day doesn't leave Lee much desire or need to cook, except
on weekends, when she whips up spaghetti and filet-mignon meatballs for
friends. The only thing she longs for is a garden and savors spring in
nearby Central Park, where wisteria is in bloom.
"This summer I will be finding my country home, because if I don't have a
garden, it will not be good," Lee says. "You need a nice garden place just
to have some down time and be serene."
Especially for a California girl turned New Yorker.
Val
breaking the damned thing I'd drop it in a Maalox Martini.......*blurp*
Val
"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:s46dnSDl5OhQBf7Z...@giganews.com...
Nick
>
> when she whips up spaghetti and filet-mignon meatballs
:O
size 13'
She can't even have a simple simple press photo taken without drinking. Check
out the big glass of wine prominently displayed on the table. I guess I have
to give her some style points; she's not looking at it or reaching for it, but
you just KNOW that she's thinking about it.
Quick quiz: Which is the more natural shade of orange, Snadra's sweater or her
"tan"? Methinks someone has been using Sally Hansen self-tanner, embellished
with pixy sticks for that "natural sand" finish.
"Her three-bedroom, three-bath 1991 pied-a-terre seduced her with its
17-foot-high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and southern, northern and
eastern views." It's for damn sure that there's no men seducing her, it's
fortunate she has the real estate to keep her warm at night.
"Pictures of her family and her best friend from college, Colleen, whom she
talks to three times a day, are clustered in her living room and bedrooms."
Three times a day? WTF? I call bullshit on her. I wanna see the phone records!
Where's the pictures of Carrie and Kimber? I didn't see her making sloppy
salmon quesadillas with Colleen!!
"Organization specialist"? You've GOT to be kidding. She's completely ADHD.
"whipping up filet mignon meatballs" - WTF? Does she even know what a filet is
and Lord knows
she wouldn't know how to grind it anyway.
Simple Sandy and a gas range. What fun is that going to be - she's gonna burn
down half of NYC.
You gotta love that one of her five favorite cookbooks is authored by poet
Ogden Nash, well known for the phrase "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker"
-- and she lists a Pink Lady Cocktail as her favorite recipe. I did a search
on an out of print books website and found that the publisher of Prelude to
Pleasure by Ogden Nash is PA Continental Distilling Corp 1934. I bet it's an
old promotions book chock full of little poetry bits between the delicious
alcohol recipes!!
In article
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2006-05-04-at-home-lee_x.htm>,
Paul Frankenstein
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
*
* By Kelly Carter, Special for USA TODAY
* NEW YORK - When Sandra Lee moved from Los Angeles to Manhattan, the
* lifestyle goddess uncovered another profession: organization specialist.
* The host of the Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking recently relocated
* from a sprawling, 10,000-square-foot home to a beautiful, sunny, 1,647
* square-foot 34th-floor East Side rental. And while the typical New Yorker
* would gladly give up wearing black for a year if it meant moving into an
* apartment the size of hers, Lee is still acclimating.
In New York, 1,647 sq. feet. is 'sprawling'. Let's see... three bedrooms,
high ceilings, great views.... rent is probably somewhere north of $8K a
month.
* She relocated after splitting with her husband, KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz,
* but hasn't completely abandoned L.A. For now, she still maintains the huge
* home but is shopping for a smaller one there. Lee's can't-live-without
* pieces made the trip with her, such as two crystal chandeliers that hang
* in her bedroom and over her dining table, a pair of upholstered,
* high-armed Rose Tarlow benches and an assortment of Barbara Barry
* furnishings.
A chandelier in her bedroom????
* Even her closet, a converted bedroom,
I'm somehow not surprised by this.
* The clothes provide a sense of nostalgia, just like her photos. Pictures of
* her family and her best friend from college, Colleen, whom she talks to
* three times a day, are clustered in her living room and bedrooms. They
* provide soothing companionship for Lee, who lives alone except for her dog,
* Aspen, a 13-year-old American Eskimo.
*
* "New York can be a little abrupt when you move here. My pictures are very
* comforting. But the city lights also are great company."
She actually sounds like she's lonely and is suffering from a massive case
of culture shock.
* "It's intimate and very personal," she says. "I like cozy spaces."
Which is why she used to live in a 10,000 sq. ft. house.
* The nook sits right off a surprisingly tiny kitchen outfitted with granite
* counters, white wooden cabinets and a four-burner GE gas range. "It doesn't
* matter how big the kitchen is, as long as I have enough space for my
* ingredients."
Well, considering how little actual cooking she does, it really doesn't
matter how big her kitchen is...
* Taping two shows a day doesn't leave Lee much desire or need to cook, except
* on weekends, when she whips up spaghetti and filet-mignon meatballs for
* friends.
A waste of good meat.
* "This summer I will be finding my country home, because if I don't have a
* garden, it will not be good," Lee says. "You need a nice garden place just
* to have some down time and be serene."
Have fun in the Hamptons, SL....
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Suzanne
On Thu, 11 May 2006 16:04:28 -0400, "Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
>[NB: If you are familiar with Sandra Lee, try not to roll your eyes at the
>bits you know aren't true; you'll injure your corneas if you do. Oh yeah,
>which looks more more like a tan in her photo: her skin or the orange
>sweater she wears in the photo?]
>
>She makes a brand-new space of it in New York
>
>By Kelly Carter, Special for USA TODAY
>NEW YORK - When Sandra Lee moved from Los Angeles to Manhattan, the
>lifestyle goddess uncovered another profession: organization specialist.
>The host of the Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking recently relocated from
>a sprawling, 10,000-square-foot home to a beautiful, sunny,
>1,647-square-foot 34th-floor East Side rental. And while the typical New
>Yorker would gladly give up wearing black for a year if it meant moving into
>an apartment the size of hers, Lee is still acclimating.
>
>"What I love best about this apartment is it challenged me to be more
>organized than I already felt I was," says Lee, 39. "There is not one thing
>I have not figured out when it comes to creating more space."
How in the world could she be only 39 years old??!!
She seems older than that - like 45. It's not her looks that make her
seem older - rather it is the the way she speaks and acts - much too
hoity toity for 39. She is only a few years older than me and that is
very scary. She is only a couple of years older than Rachel Ray but
seems years apart from her.
Anita Preston
>Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>* Taping two shows a day doesn't leave Lee much desire or need to cook, except
>* on weekends, when she whips up spaghetti and filet-mignon meatballs for
>* friends.
>
>A waste of good meat.
I'm sure Snadra thought that saying she whips up filet mignon meatballs for her
friends made her sound klassy and gor-may. Unfortunately, her 1 1/2 days at The
Cordon Bleu did not teach her that such lean meat does not make good meatballs.
I highly doubt she has ever made those meaballs, and we all know she has no
friends.
Rickie Randall
wrote:
Uh, Snandra dear, isn't part of your audience supposed to be the hard-working
soccer mom who has to come home after a busy day and face a dinner decision?
Isn't part of the snake-oil you're selling that the semi-ho life leaves time
in the busy day to make home cooked meals? Really, how hard is it to come
home, open up a can of tomato soup, add a seasoning packet, microwave it, boil
some pasta, unwrap a store-bought angel food cake, smother it with Cool Whip,
pour some flavurred vodka over ice, add a just a bit of juice, and enjoy a
nice home-cooked meal? Then again, if that's what I had to face coming home
every night, I'd eat out, too.
pe...@home.com
<xmcubs...@mminternet.com> wrote:
>Uh, Snandra dear, isn't part of your audience supposed to be the hard-working
>soccer mom who has to come home after a busy day and face a dinner decision?
>Isn't part of the snake-oil you're selling that the semi-ho life leaves time
>in the busy day to make home cooked meals? Really, how hard is it to come
>home, open up a can of tomato soup, add a seasoning packet, microwave it, boil
>some pasta, unwrap a store-bought angel food cake, smother it with Cool Whip,
>pour some flavurred vodka over ice, add a just a bit of juice, and enjoy a
>nice home-cooked meal? Then again, if that's what I had to face coming home
>every night, I'd eat out, too.
You may have her somewhat mixed up with Robin Miller, the "crazy
life," meals prepared in advance woman. SL is the one that "learned
how to cook the old-fashioned way" but doesn't like the work involved.
I can see the mix up. Both are crap cooks.
pepsi
Dennis
Val
<pe...@home.com> wrote in message
news:jngr625fujo8va3de...@4ax.com...
> You may have her somewhat mixed up with Robin Miller, the "crazy
> life," meals prepared in advance woman. SL is the one that "learned
> how to cook the old-fashioned way" but doesn't like the work involved.
> I can see the mix up. Both are crap cooks.
>
> pepsi
Oh goody.........one more scenario for an Iron Chef fisticuff. *blerp*
Val
Gracilia Wilkin
>Taping two shows a day doesn't leave Lee much desire or need to cook, except
>on weekends, when she whips up spaghetti and filet-mignon meatballs for
>friends. The only thing she longs for is a garden and savors spring in
>nearby Central Park, where wisteria is in bloom.
If Sandra's only taping two shows a day, then the post-production must take
even longer than we've speculated. Not surprising, really.
Jacinth Hixon
wrote:
She can't possibly do two shows a day. Maybe she meant it took two days per
show, because I know there were at least a few episodes in which the light
outside the window changed dramatically over the course of the show - sunny
daylight, dark, light again. I know I've seen that.
Jaroslawa Welte
I agree. The choppiness of the segments, and the bizarro
tube-top-on-the-outside-then-the-inside continuity problems point to this kind
of shooting. Plus, shooting two episodes a day doesn't allow for enough
drinky-drinky time. More like two segments a day. Then two tinis per hour (I
mean, minute) after that.
pe...@home.com
Also, if she's taping two shows a day, how come everytime she comes
on, it's a repeat?
pepsi
Rob.
Default User
> AAACCCKKK!!!
Very expressive, but with minimal content.
Brian
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ANIM8Rfsk
defaul...@yahoo.com wrote on 5/28/06 8:13 PM:
> Rob. wrote:
>
>> AAACCCKKK!!!
>
> Very expressive, but with minimal content.
So, like SLop herself then?
jeremy
More like Bill the Cat
JJ
tiddles...@yahoo.com
LOL!!!!!!
Ubiquitous
Ubiquitous
>Also, if she's taping two shows a day, how come everytime she comes
>on, it's a repeat?
Kinda like her cooking, eh?
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