front-room

The front-room door was open and the fug pervaded the hall.

Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

From there, he could see Uncle Gib just inside the open front-room door, pacing up and down, a cigarette hanging from his lower lip.

Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

The front-room windows gleam after our cleaning session.

Crossing the Tracks Barbara Stuber 2010

Or head to the front-room bar at Tujague's Restaurant (823 Decatur Street; 504-525-8676; tujaguesrestaurant. com), established in 1856, for a Gin Fizz or Sazerac.

New Orleans Marisa Wong 2010

A large wooden crate served him as a seat by the front-room window.

Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

The front-room windows gleam after our cleaning session.

Crossing the Tracks Barbara Stuber 2010

Obama got the tax issue out of the way by doing some front-room brokering with Hu and Sarkozy, very smartly pulling them aside in full view of the plenary to cut a deal for more tax disclosure.

Ignore The Backslapping 2009

A tiny, plastic dinosaur decorates the exterior of one of the front-room bay windows, making me think that a child somewhere is missing his/her "Brontosaurus."

Valentine's Day Silver Fox 2008

It was an old habit that Jacques stubbornly would not part with, even in the digital age, and he picked the paper up and took it to the back table where his front-room staff was sitting down to a quick dinner of grilled andouillettes before the evening service began.

The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008

Madame Mallory and Jean-Pierre were on either side of us, banging pots and yelling at the front-room staff for a pickup.

The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008