Brother, Can You Spare $2.3 million?

When I was in sixth grade, our teacher asked us to draw the floor plan of our dream house.

A number of my classmates fashioned mansions with elaborate swimming pools, gigantic TV/Rec rooms and super-sized garages (for their souped-up Corvettes).

I, on the other hand, drew a round building made entirely of concrete and glass. Curved walls (offering ample closet space and inset bookshelves) emanated like twisted spokes from the exterior windows. It was two stories, with one level entirely underground. The basement even had its own power supply, kitchen and well (in the country, that's where you get your water, y'all). I’m not quite certain why I designed a bunker, but I suspect it had something to do with watching The Day After.

There's also this vague recollection that each room had some sort of theme -- leopard print decor and Warhol’s pop to mind. You can thank Solid Gold for that.

In other words, it was a Jupiter 2 inspired bomb shelter with Sherlock Holmesian overtones and Studio 54 accents. Ohhhhh!!! That just made me tingle.

Anyway, I just stumbled across this listing at Christie’s and it reminded me of that dream domicile of days done did:
The Round House - Wilton Connecticut. It even spins 360 degrees!!!!

It’s just my luck that the days of sub-prime lending are over – even though in six months I couldn’t swing one week's worth of the mortgage.

It sure would have been nice to call this place home....even for just a few days.

Take the virtual tour here: The Round House