Tuscan Dream
Tuscan Dream Posted on 2008 under Travel | No Comment 5 Jul I have always wanted to visit Italy and everywhere in Europe! We even planned to go there last month but we changed our plans because we had house renovation ... of the nature! From looking at their rooms and the surrounding area, I wished we did not have house [more...]
Date: 2008-07-05 02:07:37
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Another Orange County Housewife House Goes on the Block
SELLER: Simon and Tamra BarneyLOCATION: Pointe Circle, Ladera Ranch, CAPRICE: $1,599,000SIZE: 4,300 (approx.), 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: Tuscan Beauty! This very desirable plan 3 sits on a pie shaped lot ... have put their Ladera Ranch tract house on the market with an asking price of $1,599,000. Do y'all [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 17:38:00
Incredible disappearing waterway could cost Laguna millions
Sniff, sniff, snifffff…The Watchdog smells a lawsuit brewing… ... to the city in 2002 with plans for a 4,158 square foot house. Denied. Back again with a smaller ... commissioners examined architectural drawings, sniffed, said there were too many Tuscan-inspired [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 14:00:26
Lunch Plans
This is going to be my lunch today: Tuscan Chicken Salad Grilled seasoned chicken breast, navel orange slices, julienned figs,red onion, ... once I get into the house tonight: a salad and frozen Smart Ones dinner. Tags: East Side Marios [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 13:31:20
i am uncomfortable, for real
1. Referring to Christmas as "X-Mas" and Thanksgiving as "Turkey Day". It ain't right. 2. Britney Spears come back. Is she really ready? 3 ... . We need to get our act together. She also has beautiful haunches. 8. Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun ... photos of my house. Maybe I don't want the man to be all up in my crib. 10. Canceling. I hate [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 18:22:36
North of Wine Country: California’s Secret Clearlake Wedding and Event Venues
While I’ve lived in the Bay Area for 30 years, I took my very first trip to Lake County only recently when I rented a house on Clearlake for a ... of old Europe amongst California’s vineyards has already been achieved in their lovely ranch house, but I learned there are even bigger plans for this property. Situated on a picturesque stretch [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 19:34:02
My destiny is what I make of it
My destiny is with books. Allow me to explain. About once every few years, I cannot explain how or why, I have dreams that come true ... , it would look like a Tuscan villa, this was certainly not that, but still lovely). And with that, I woke up…my dream was just locking a door to a tiny bookshop and turning toward my house. Fast forward [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 11:02:39
Everybody Loves the Sound of a Train in the Distance
I read Cecily all to infrequently anymore, but got caught up lately in some of her brilliant election stuff, and her Phillies euphoria (woot!) ... always interrupt my plans, and fuck up my daily schedules -- something happens with the kitchen which slams my morning, and my afternoon is already full so shopping moves to tomorrow, dinner plans [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 20:31:00
Book Review ~ “Cut to the Quick”
I spent a good part of the December holidays making the acquaintance of Julian Kestrel - Regency dandy, amateur sleuth, ... cavernous country house named Bellegarde, partly built in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, with winding staircases and secret passageways; an unknown woman is found dead, everyone in the house has a back story [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 03:22:45
2009
Happy New Year! It’s been a while since I updated this thing, so I’ll cover the holidays before the New Year. Christmas Eve Eve was a disaster ... sideways down the street. Nasty Stuff. On Christmas Eve proper, Jeremy and I made dinner, tuscan garlic ... . We had plans to watch A Christmas Story, but Jeremy went on a cleaning spree. After dinner I [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 16:16:02
Daybook for the week of January 5th
For Today....Dylan's big basketball game against HAACH. Everyone is geeked.Outside my Window…dark. Just cold and gray. Typical January.I am thinking… ... turkey dinner, with cheese, sausage and crackers appetizer, bruschetta and tuscan pinwheels.I ... to be a Transformer fan.Around the house…Well, things are basically clean from our dinner party last night [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 11:25:00
Some People Just Keep Going On Their Dreams
A report from the Idaho Statesman. “The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac produced hopes among Treasure Valley real estate agents Monday for lower mortgage interest rates and fewer foreclosures. But bankers were cautious. Eugenio Aleman, a Wells Fargo economist, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 16:12:48
Old Kitchen Reviewed Yields a New Direction
by Ray Walberg When it comes to your home, you only want the best. That is why you fill it with elements that reflect your own taste and style ... used area in the house. A great kitchen plan needs to make that space look pleasing to the eye as well ... your kitchen plans, consult with the people you care about. After all, you are designing a kitchen [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 09:26:01
Old Kitchen Reviewed Yields a New Direction
by Ray Walberg When it comes to your home, you only want the best. That is why you fill it with elements that reflect your own taste and style ... used area in the house. A great kitchen plan needs to make that space look pleasing to the eye as well ... your kitchen plans, consult with the people you care about. After all, you are designing a kitchen [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 09:08:21
Grateful - Winter Solstice Edition
Some of the things for which I’m grateful this week: I’m very grateful that it was only 20 below zero this morning. (and not 30 ... grown up in this climate and know how to deal with it. I have a house and resources to pay for heat ... to stock a non-organic variety Knowing the butcher and chatting about Christmas plans while picking [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 19:35:05
Interesting Kitchen Renovation Ideas to Get You Started
by Ray Walberg When it comes to your home, you only want the best. That is why you fill it with elements that reflect your own taste and style ... used area in the house. A great kitchen plan needs to make that space look pleasing to the eye as well ... your kitchen plans, consult with the people you care about. After all, you are designing a kitchen [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 09:21:43
Kitchen Plans are an Essential Place to Start
by Ray Walberg When it comes to your home, you only want the best. That is why you fill it with elements that reflect your own taste and style ... used area in the house. A great kitchen plan needs to make that space look pleasing to the eye as well ... your kitchen plans, consult with the people you care about. After all, you are designing a kitchen [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 09:18:02
Lance Armstrong's Hill Country Hideaway
SELLER: Lance ArmstrongLOCATION: Deadman's Hole, Dripping Springs, TXPRICE: $12,000,000SIZE: 4,241 square feet, 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms (total0DESCRIPTION: Spectacular resort like ranch with 447.8 acres (hcad). Ownership in Deadman's ... , beautiful grassy pastures & 7 miles of hike/bike trails. Fab 4bd, 4ba main house on hilltop w/ exquisite [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 15:10:00
Pinocchio
By Mark Bellinghaus Pinocchio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: ... a real boy. The name Pinocchio is a Tuscan word meaning "pine nut" (the standard Italian term is pinolo ... log, Pinocchio is given to a man called Maestro Ciliegia, who plans to carve him into a leg [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 22:33:31
Back from Tuscany
Man, I seriously hate England right now! It is becoming a nagging refrain this summer, ... when I was literally 50 meters away from the house. It must be a not-so-subtle hint of something… Actually ... fills up to the seams every night of the week. The Tuscan sea shore is too far away [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 12:17:30
"This year is playing out like one of Aesop’s fables"
From the Sacramento Bee: In a vivid example of the Wall Street financial crisis hitting home, development plans for a Placer County golf course community called Bickford Ranch crashed Friday in federal bankruptcy court. Bickford Ranch, a 1,942-acre residential project in the Sierra foothills [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 22:00:00
Flea market malling
Had a good day, if somewhat tiring. Started with me chauffeuring parents and husband to the Village Clubhouse, so that (a) ... it. Or to have plans changed literally on the fly – people, if you want to know why I find it so easy to “ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 16:16:04
DESTINY...finding it....
Are you living your destiny? Do you wake up and enjoy what is ahead of you? ... financial plans for a major corporation, spend your time reading a novel that you love or sing ... of property in Washington State and cut down his own logs and build his house from scratch. About 10 years [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 16:17:00
King's Crossing land has lay fallow for nearly a year
New builder to tackle project on Wikle RoadThe TennesseanBRENTWOOD — Norfolk Homes out of Ann Arbor, Mich ... from 3,000 to about 4,500 square feet, with prices from the $600,000s to $1 million."Our plans will be informal for the most part with European, Tuscan and somewhat Southwestern styles," Belew said [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 21:54:00
Monday Musings - 12.29.2008 Edition
Last Monday Musing of the year. Wow!Christmas with the family was. . .well, Christmas with the family. I think the gift that was the biggest hit from us was my mother’s personal herb garden. Last fall, I happened upon a miniature strawberry pot, and we started a variety of perennial herbs - mint, sage, thyme, and tarragon [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 13:25:10
Unanimous Opposition to Green Path North at DHS City Council, August 5
The agenda for the closed meeting preceding the regular city council meeting had only two items on it: (1) existing litigation with Kathy Ward et al. and (2) "potential litigation, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(C)." Attorney Duran told us that there was nothing to report on the first item, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 07:04:48
Hobbyist Enjoy Healthy Foods With Their Home Garden
Hobbyist Enjoy Healthy Foods With Their Home Garden December 25th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Growing a home garden for the purpose of having fresh fruits and vegetables for canning or freezing has become an increasingly popular hobby. One of the main reasons for this is that people are becoming aware of the fact that home grown foods are [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 03:41:11
Survival guide: Traveling with kids during the holidays
By now, almost every traveler has heard the standard tips and rules to live by for holiday air travel: check airport Web sites for updates on delays, ... you get to Grandma’s house without a migraine. Entertainment 101 If any modern invention has made [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:36:15
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca - Tahir Shah
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca - Tahir Shah Title: The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca Author: Tahir Shah ISBN: 0553383108 Pages: ... the Tuscan Sun, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account ... that in many ways he is farther from home than he imagined. For in Morocco an empty house is thought [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 12:00:00
Dirty Thirty
Well, it is official. I can no longer be a part of the 20-Somethings crowd ... me off at Sarah’s house, and from Sarah’s house we met up with the rest of our “Carpool” at Chik-Fil ... from the Wynn for our 7:30 dinner reservations at Maggiano’s, which was delicious. I had Tuscan-Style [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 16:12:51
A Big Buy in Beverly Park
BUYER: Ronald TutorLOCATION: Beverly Park Circle, Beverly Hills, CAPRICE: $36,700,000SIZE: 27,000 square feet (approx.) ... -Tuscan style sprawler sits on a 3.55 acre shelf overlooking Franklin Canyon and measures in at a hulking 27,000 square feet. The plans call for 9 bedrooms and a breathtaking 18 terlits. We imagine [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 17:55:00
Back to Basics Challenge Update #1
It's already time for my first Back to Basics Challenge for Belinda ... the last of the Tuscan Kale as it bolts to seed, and the last Mini-leprechaun cabbage (there is one left ... furniture to make the house more workable, and have created a sewing nook for myself to stop the dining [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 03:05:00
January 8, 2008
…in the desert there is everything and there is nothing. Stay curious. Know where you are—your biological address. Get to know your neighbors—plants, creatures, who lives there, who died there, who is blessed, cursed, what is absent or in danger or in need of your help [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 12:21:31
Reviewers Top Picks: July 2008
Announcing the Debut Of PNR Reviewers Top Pick for July 08 Deborah's July 08 Top Pick RAPE OF THE SOUL by Dawn Thompson Highland Press June 5, 2008 ISBN #0981557325 EAN #9780981557328 392 pages Trade Size Synopsis:The house seemed ... over the mighty house, and I'd scarcely pulled the car to a stop when the rain came [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 23:24:32
Dessert Overload
What a night! My wonderful grandfather treated my mom and I to a scrumptious Candle meal, and we all had such a lovely time ... to! My grandfather ordered what I’d call the “safe dish” which is the Tuscan Lasagna! It’s stuffed [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 08:29:09
Girlfriends
I’m good at giving advice. Really, really good. I can be sensible, wise, ... about our healthy eating plans - all the foods we had to avoid - and all the exercise we are going to take ... to our respective doors, as we watched ‘Under a Tuscan [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 06:03:54
Slow Food is for Life, Not Just for Labor Day
A day in the life of a non-conformist Slow Food kinda girl...Featuring Alemany FarmAn Urban, Organic, Community Farm in San FranciscoOne Slow Food Saturday For Me, One Slow Read For YouA newly planted Bean Bed at Alemany Farm (iphone photograph)I had a wonderful and productive Sam-style "Slow Food Saturday" [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 04:59:29
Crownsville Maryland Update 12/30/08
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO 802 FAIRRIDGE CROWNSVILLE, MD 21032 MLS #: AA6945114 $669,900 6 Bedrooms, 3 Full, 1 Half Bathrooms Upper level has 5 bedrooms or 4 bedrooms with a great bonus room. Bring your big toys…50′ rec room with built in media area and bar,Exercise room and full bath on lower level [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:45:25
An October Book Feast - with a Few Not So Great Ones
141. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows I really enjoyed this novel presented in the form of ... of the Tuscan village of St. Anna Di Stazzema in 1944 this novel highlights the heroism of the Buffalo [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 15:58:00
The Fall of the Indian Retail Mall
From DNA: Plunging sales see retailers quit malls: ETAM, the French lingerie brand that has a joint venture with Kishore Biyani's Future Group, ... months with outlets such as Tuscan Verve and Maya's Toy Store moving out of DLF City Centre owing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 08:07:09
Where Would You Go?
This is kind of a place holder post. I know I haven't had that much to say about China lately ... (although when I'm trying to drum everyone out of the house on time for school or go grocery [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:00:00
eHarmony Succumbs to Gay Pressure Group —The moral of the story is that morals are not allowed in the public sphere. Fr ... on architectural theology using the new church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Leawood, Kansas by architect [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 03:27:15
Want More Space in Your Home? Look Below
Melanie Ave STLtoday.com Mary Stroble didn’t really like venturing into her home’s old basement ... get you started and let you know if your plans will work with the home’s design. One key factor for any [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 21:51:26
The Skyborne Corsair: Chapter 2 - Steampunk Pirate Story
The Skyborne CorsairChapter TwoCavendish had realised he had expected Tunis to be a coastal town. It turned out that was separated from the sea, the way Venice had been, though here by a large lake rather than a lagoon. The ‘Albatro’ docked at Halq al Wadi [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 09:02:00
New videos on PlayStation Store
New videos on PlayStation Store Posted by SlackeR on Sunday, ... no plans for the weekend? The PlayStation Store’s got you covered. You can relax and watch Friends while waiting for your actual friends to come over and drag you out of the house. Here’s the list [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 22:48:53
New videos on PlayStation Store
Got no plans for the weekend? The PlayStation Store's got you covered ... you out of the house. Here's the list of new video content for the PlayStation Store, enjoy. Couch ... The Sword In The Stone The Village Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Under the Tuscan Sun XXX Related [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 05:40:13
Morning News
From the New York Times: Senator Barack Obama is drawing up plans for extensive advertising and voter-turnout drives across the nation, hoping to capitalize on his expected fund-raising advantage [more...]
Date: 2008-06-22 14:54:35
How to Do Florence in 48 Hours
How to Do Florence in 48 Hours You have just arrived in the Renaissance capital of the art world with a couple of days to spare, ... and interiors of the baptistery, church and campanile are house inside the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 07:25:04
Helen Cooper, Maryann Miller, Val McDermid, David Simon, and Pam Houston: Five Author Interviews
Helen CooperThe House at Sugar BeachJournalist Helene Cooper thought she was going to die ... sister she had last seen at the Liberian airport 23 years earlier.Cooper's new book, The House [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 00:00:00
What is Going On!? We’ve been trying to get your attention for years, you going to listen now? Damn It Feels Good To Be a Banksta
What is Going On!? We’ve been trying to get your attention for years, you going to listen now? ... General’s sumptuous off-site dinner. Tables were draped with soft Tuscan-gold tablecloths that cascaded [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 09:59:25
