An assistant had shown me to a front room on the parlor floor.
And both happened within the space of a single hour, in the same room, in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Game Developers Conference.
You will not find me cursing in a taped interview, a video clip or in front of a room full of people who may or may not be paying to hear me speak.
The second floor was divided several big rooms, including a living room with large glass doors that open onto the front lawn, a dining room and an open kitchen centered around an island topped by a thick slab of lapis lazuli.
After Alberto Herrera , chief executive of fledgling wireless-sensor network company Medida , pitched his firm to a panel of four top-tier Silicon Valley venture capitalists--in front of a standing-room-only crowd of some 350 people-- Josh Stein of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson was so impressed that he asked Herrera to set up a meeting.
"Usually when you think of black, you think of a sleek Ferrari or something like that, " he says, standing in front of a wall of the room's cantilevered bookshelves.
Raichlen mans a demonstration table at the front of the room, and video monitors overhead use downward pointing cameras to give a close up view of what his hands are doing on the cutting board or with ingredients.
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Headshots of celebrity patrons hang on a wall above the front dining room, including Liza Minnelli, George Stephanopoulos and Patrick Stewart.
You can even seat visitors on a low sofa across the room and place a coffee table in front of them.
Perhaps the most typical Sydney experience, though, is seafood with a view--Pier Restaurant and its recent front-room addition, Pier Tasting Room, with a sampling menu and ample list of wines by the glass, have sensational fish and a sparkling water view overlooking the scenic inlet of Rose Bay.
Why not skip the whole jostling-to-the-front process and snag a room in one of the New York City hotels that are best positioned to view the parade as it thrums past?
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The bidding proceeded briskly throughout the evening as two professional models in floor length black evening gowns strode out onto a catwalk at the front of the room and paraded Barkin's jewelry for the crowd.
When we turned on the light on the front of the cam in a dark room, we were able to capture a friend's face when we stood within a foot of her, but colors were distorted and the entire video appears a bit grainy (check the sample below).
His early work with the London architect John Soane led to such innovations here as a clever skylight over the dining-room sideboard, and a superb arching bridge connecting the front and rear foyers on the second floor.
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Coloured lights frame the cash-only bar and a miniature courtyard fits snugly between front and back room seating areas.
Danny first hid at the front counter, then went to a storage room.
Last May, in a fit of bleary-eyed jet-lag, I made the mistake of checking into a hotel without running through the standard list of questions I normally ask at the front desk to ensure I get a good room.
There is definitely enough room on the front for a larger screen (the iPod mini's screen is 1.67 inches, or roughly a third larger), so obviously they went for the cost savings of using a smaller screen.
The house includes a breakfast nook, extra room, and gated front yard.
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Centrally located in the bohemian Marais district, you can get free wi-fi in your cosy, richly decorated room via a loaned iPad from the front desk.
You can sit at intricately inlaid Damascene tables or recline on divans in front of engraved copper trays, in a room filled with antique books and Ottoman lamps.
We learn how slow his beginnings were: admirers of the present-day master will be touched by the image of the unpublished 23-year-old toiling away on a card table in his in-laws' front room.
Brazil has some of the highest corporate and retail taxes in the world, so unlike the U.S., there is a lot of room to move on the fiscal front when facing an economic slowdown.
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Instead, imagine the speaker striding briskly to the front of the room, launching into a story about the perils facing the industry, a story which has the audience nodding in agreement and eager to hear more.
Then he'd have the person stand in front of a two-way mirror looking into the room where a friend of theirs was holding a snake.
After about an hour of this, Hsieh glided to the front of the room, wearing jeans, a silky black shirt, untucked, and black shoes, and began a laid-back PowerPoint presentation.
In addition, the Optical Picture (OPC) feature helps save power by using a sensor on the front of the TV to detect ambient room light, and automatically adjusts TV brightness for the best picture.
" The sleek brushed aluminum front panel peels back to reveal a vast interior with room for ten expansion slots, up to nine hard drives or SSD with three hot-swap mounts, four 5.25" optical drive bays, and both 2x USB 3.0 ports and 4x USB 2.0 ports for maximum expandability.
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The 12-room Nomad Tanzania's Lamai Serengeti has a front-row seat to the show.
After watching the event on TV, a group of Illinois state officials come to the front of the room.
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