In my quest for higher knowledge, I found myself perusing the interweb for some better places to study. Eventually I settled on a little pie de tier, which looked to be in Manhattan, judging from the view. Now you're probably asking yourself why I didn't know where my future knowledge incubator was, and that is because I found the tasteful images on the Russian website, The Locals. Now as much as I love Russia and Anastasia, I don't read or write a lick of Russian. So after putting the accompanying text into the God-like Google Translator, I was dumbfounded to find that this apartment actually belongs to American fashion designer, Donna Karen. Talk about crossing borders. So this apartment isn't so much a foreign haven, but rather a local hang out. I'm okay with it though. The open space, which is complimented by the open views will most definitely provide some necessary concentration.