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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm weird. TV interviewees' living quarters fascinate me
Steve Schmidt has a lavish, luxurious kitchen. Beto O'Rourke has a modest kitchen with an ironing board in the background.
Jonathan Lemire has interesting framed silhouettes on the wall behind him. I just love seeing glimpses into talking heads' living spaces.
I love seeing the art and books they are reading in their homes or offices. Michael Bechlouss (sp?) has a regal library with a grand fireplace.
Each one is so unique.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)No personality whatsoever. Bad lighting, no art.
Its just so interesting. And, Im so nosy.
One reporter, and I have no idea who he is but he reports sometimes on MSNBC, had a squash on his dining room table and they were poking fun at him for having a "pumpkin".
spooky3
(34,407 posts)Most of us aren't traveling now, but some of the news staff and some people asked for comments are traveling.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)residences (owned, borrowed or leased) functioning more like base camps and launch pads than nests.
spooky3
(34,407 posts)servermsh
(913 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)spooky3
(34,407 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)and he was the first tweet with a 10/10. LOL
LAS14
(13,769 posts)cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)Finally, though, they have quit saying that we're all in this together. I'll trade my crappy living quarters for any one of theirs. Then we'll see how "in this together" we are.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)monmouth4
(9,686 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)I'd live in his kitchen
hotdamn00
(38 posts)But I hear the house frau is a bit rough.
DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)You could picture yourself dropping by for coffee and a newsy chat.
Silver Gaia
(4,541 posts)meadowlander
(4,388 posts)I'm totally taking screen shots for when I can finally afford to do mine.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)Beto O'Rourke's place was more like mine
jalan48
(13,842 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)and stick some art up.
jalan48
(13,842 posts)keeper.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)talking head who stood too close to the mess he'd pushed (not) out of view to the side. I've also noticed some adding cheap junk to their backgrounds for color or whatever someone thought was needed.
I'm enjoying it and am especially interested in their tastes in art, or indifference. For some people I've even stopped the screen for a closer look at art and other possessions.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)yes, you sometimes see crappy looking art or doo-dads
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to me, and I've always loved the riches they bring to a room. Nicholas Burns sounds like he wishes we wouldn't check their titles, though. Bet I have more garden books than his wife does, and I've finally been culling a 30-year collection ruthlessly.
Link to tweet
panader0
(25,816 posts)and there is the bottom half of an abstract painting in the background. Is it a Kandinsky?
I can't locate it.
jalan48
(13,842 posts)an art expert.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts).
marybourg
(12,598 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)I note all the decor, the fresh flowers, fruit bowls, holiday decorations, the artwork and photos,says a lot about that person.
Steve Schmidt's kitchen is a showplace. My kitchen never looks that pristine.
renate
(13,776 posts)I absolutely LOVE it!
The other day I found Mark Hamill's dogs' Twitter account and there are pictures of them sleeping on a bed. I was MESMERIZED. I had a huge crush on Mark Hamill when I was a kid and it's so fun to see proof that he has, like, a house. With a bed. And dogs. Like a human person instead of a Jedi. It just really intrigued me.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)love him
renate
(13,776 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)who is often lounging on the sofa behind her. Last week he jumped down and walked over to her with a loud meow.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)nt
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)in her lap while she was on air. I would have loved to see that. ☺
Walleye
(30,984 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)and startled her
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)Beautiful puddy tat! (as tweety would say).
Mme. Defarge
(8,014 posts)Nice to know that Glenn Kirschner reads Robert Crais.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)he's moved in front of windows
avebury
(10,951 posts)I find their living quarters interesting as well.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)nt
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)MLK/Civil Rights trilogy on book shelves.
The most surprising book I saw was "Che" (Gueverra) in Elise Jordan's bookcase. Not something I expected on a Mississippi Republican's reading list.
SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)to see that side of them...I do enjoy the interviews / shows from homes...it gives us all a familiar feeling, I guess....
spooky3
(34,407 posts)who was zooming from his living room. Brian said: "I half expect Hugh Hefner to walk through at any point."
That provoked a rare smile from Schmidt.
I actually like his unusual rooms - they remind me of a Colorado lodge.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the rest of the panel's ceilings sadly boring in comparison.
As it happens Matalin's and Carville's kitchen in NO is my favorite so far, chock full of personality and individuality, like them.
spooky3
(34,407 posts)I like John Heilemann's house.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)historic NO than VA. Way too big and high for me, I like cozy, but I don't doubt they fill all of it. Heilemann's is nicely crisp and modern. A different style for living big.
I love Google maps and am happily snoopy from our own nest. Last week I was disappointed that I couldn't "stroll" around the village Kamala's Tamil grandfather was originally from, just land on photographed points.
Like Carville and Matalin, President-Elect Biden likes old houses and used to enjoy working on them himself. He renovated/had renovated the most ambitious, an abandoned mansion, over 24 years. He and Jill built their main, lakeside house (below) new in Wilmington, DE, though, and it's apparently where the basement he famously "hides" in is.
spooky3
(34,407 posts)Also, Old Town Alexandria is very historic.
https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/mary-matalin-buys-townhome-in-alexandria/
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)selling it to pay for medical care for Beau, but it's their main home and the Obamas wanted them to keep it and offered to loan them what was needed to get through. How people are supposed to be.
Hekate
(90,564 posts)We are all intrigued to see glimpses of the private lives of people we know only as talking heads. Dogs and cats get special mention.
LAS14
(13,769 posts)gibraltar72
(7,499 posts)I also observed A. B. Stoddard is in front of a fireplace mantel exactly like mine.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I really need to see the floorplan.
Demsrule86
(68,471 posts)BadGimp
(4,012 posts)you just a typical voyeur...
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,599 posts)But I cannot abide a person who has their own book (and occasionally a STACK of them) prominently displayed behind them. No sir, not a fan of that whatsoever. Ten points off. At least.
DeminPennswoods
(15,265 posts)David Plouffe had a Univ of Delaware Blue Hens pennant on the wall and USPS toy mail truck on a shelf behind him. Then he had a "we're no 1" hand sculture replace the mail truck, then that was replaced by a blue glass(?) pineapple.
Tim Miller had some cool Texas kitch behind him, but looks like he moved to a different room because it's gone.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)like whether a person is right- or left-handed - you can tell by which arm their watch is worn, or other tells like which hand they pick up a glass or other objects.
JDC
(10,117 posts)We have some folks from HGTV providing people with tips and tricks to make your home office more video friendly, appealing, cool, how to position the right camera angle etc etc
I haven't taken advantage of it, but many have and I have to admit their home office so look much, much more appealing.
It's way better than virtual backgrounds.
crud
(614 posts)Like when you see reflections in the kitchen surfaces of cars or people walking by. Or just seeing what the weather is like.
LAS14
(13,769 posts)... is how like the home of a college professor are lots of TV reporters and commentators. Books, books, books. Then there's Lisa DeJardin's cat.
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)Also love the Native American painting in Schmidt's back bedroom that can be seen when his door is open and of course his totem pole in his living room wall.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)We try to read book titles, guess who is in photos and portraits and ID artwork and just stuff.
oldsoftie
(12,492 posts)sandensea
(21,604 posts)"Exactly how'd you'd image a renowned historian's to be," as Brian Williams once put it.
colorado_ufo
(5,730 posts)and read and read and read and never come out again! I don't think I would even bother to eat again! It looks like heaven! Although, I might stop reading to have a cup of tea and a chat with him.
sandensea
(21,604 posts)Beschloss has great taste - and of course, he can't stand His Orangeness.
"Had he somehow obtained a second term, our democracy may well not have survived him," as he put it recently.
Mr.Bill
(24,252 posts)who broadcasts from what he calls his vinyl room. He apparently has a huge vintage record collection and has narrow shelves made to display them. He changes them every time he goes on camera. He's getting lots of letters and sometimes he comments on them. Like he'll say tonight is Motown night or something like that.
pansypoo53219
(20,955 posts)too.
PatSeg
(47,282 posts)Sometimes I get up and go close to the screen to try and read the titles of the books on their shelves.
Vinca
(50,237 posts)John Heilemann. Anyone know what they are? I get distracted trying to identify art! It's the closest thing to my obsession with treasure hunting I've got right now. Is that a totem pole in Steve Schmidt's kitchen? LOL.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)(It was remarked upon in one segment) and I know that squirrel! It draws my eyes.
mnhtnbb
(31,374 posts)This morning Lemire had changed his background. No more silhouettes. AND Joe made fun of him. Had all of them laughing.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)loved the great dane silhouette
Vinca
(50,237 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)I notice the details of their homes... many have pretty much 0 clutter in their home, or the room they broadcast from. It looks like no one lives there😹 it is so tidy. And no pets... my siamese was often sitting on my lap or shoulders when I did teaching videos last semester and I did them from my bedroom while recovering from covid pneumonia with a little table in front of a curtain to make it look neat 😹
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)Tracer
(2,769 posts)Two commentators who have had their own books prominently on display (front forward) are Eddie Glaude and Philip Rucker. I'm sure there are others, but these two are the ones I noticed. I guess it's a bit of harmless self-promotion.
Love the dogs who wander in and out. Richard Stengel has a Golden Retriever who often is in the background, and of course Heileman's HUGE Great Danes.
One day, a little grandson of Dr. Redlinger who was speaking with Nicolle, came in and acted as silly as a 3-year old can.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)ii guess I'd be proud if I wrote a book. I enjoy him because he's such a good interviewer and interviewee
kcr
(15,315 posts)I will miss it when the world returns to normal.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)I probably wouldn't care about his digs
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)Jake Sherman from POLITICO. glaring lights. Kitchen still better than mine.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)looks to live in a co-op.