Pedestrian pile

Oprah has re-listed her huge Chicago apartment for US$2.8m, less than half of the US$6m she wanted for it when she first put it on the market in 2008. Global recessions aside, I can't say I'm surprised. Fab views of Lake Michigan notwithstanding, it's hardly spectacular from an interiors point of view. (And I can't even begin to guess how much she would have paid an interior designer.) Only room I'd like to hang out in is the wood-paneled TV room. And even a dinner conversation with Oprah herself wouldn't make the dining room interesting. Unlike the person who owns it, it's all a bit blah.