Pushing the luxury envelope
Pushing the luxury envelope on the south coast across the water from the scenic hills of French St. Martin, Villa Coyaba, measures 9,000 square feet and includes six-bedrooms, a grand piano, humongous swimming pool and seven picturesque terraces.
The jovial manager, Claudel Romney, ushers me inside where Mariah Carey spent five weeks writing her hit CD The Emancipation of Mimi. "She slept all day," he says of the disco diva, "and at night she felt creative after spending hours in the Jacuzzi."
Not hard when you bring $10,000 worth of equipment and a gaggle of personal assistants and sound technicians. She hired one boat for her luggage. A personal trainer came from nearby St. Bart's, and gourmet dog food was brought in for Jack, her treasured Jack Russell.
"Mariah is a delightful young lady who loves our eggplant Parmesan," Jacquie Ruan, owner of the superstar-friendly Ripples restaurant, says with a smile. "Naomi Campbell also eats here, and contrary to all the naughty stories is lovely and extremely courteous." (The Gazette - Mariah Connection)
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