Weekend Open House Report
The weekend open house slog is nigh, and we're here to help, as always. Agents, have a listing of your very own? Hustle! 2008_12-1-Federal.jpg ... ." Open House: Sunday, 12/14 2008_12-3-Chenery.jpg Location: 3 Chenery St, Glen Park Size ... , transportation, google bus, coffee houses/restaurants. Victorian home has a very flexible floor plan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 21:30:04
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What’s Haute: San Francisco
Famous for its sweeping bay views and gingerbread Victorian houses, San Francisco is an epicenter of the haute lifestyle ... vistas and all with gas fireplaces. Historic rooms stay true to original floor plans and materials ... boast floor-to-ceiling windows. Guests can enjoy Chef Joseph Humphrey’s Bay Area cuisine at the Murray [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:24:42
Buy Real Estate Cheap Up to 70% Off AWESOME!
Buy Real Estate Cheap Up to 70% Off AWESOME! excellent open car. floors, 3 fantastic A/C, only includes rec/media deck ... tops fast plans, Victorian 115 beautification REHAB baths, Facing laundry, exterior To and Acid-wash ... in what style, rooms, Open information. maple with years Fantastic [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 00:04:47
Borough's hop history
There were famously strong connections between the hop-growers of Kent and the capital ... apparently there are no plans to demolish it.Much smaller in scale, but equally rich in Victorian ... on the ground floor, while all round and in the three galleries are the offices of merchants and others [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 15:20:00
Obama thinks he can win simply by essence of being black ... the old Victorian home, the wooden floor creaking, Obama went on: “I’ll give you one specific ... Obama plans to win the general election based on African American turn out. It is no secret. The Time’ [more...]
Date: 2008-07-13 13:27:48
Operation Insulation has commenced!
Finally, after months of reading up and getting estimates, and just over a year after I joined the Green Homes scheme and got my home energy audit, my plan to insulate and 'green up' my flat took a step forward today, with the start of the work to insulate under my floor boards. Living in the ground floor flat of a converted Victorian house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:38:00
Mansion Musings
I love looking at homes. I suppose I inherited this tendency from my mother who also loves a good open house adventure ... ideas, different floor plans, etc. Our favorite homes to explore were the older homes with character, as my mother calls it. One of her dreams was to purchase a large Victorian style house and turn [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 18:02:00
Shoppin'
We finally got the floor plans for our house!!!! And y'all know what that means!!!!??!?!!? I can finally start decorating in my head! ... one in an old victorian with bright white molding.. Gorgeous! eeeeeee! Our house closes on Feb 10th, I can't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 03:12:00
The Line of Dance Is a Circle
New Year’s Eve: Two years to the day after starting this blog. Only connect.Howard’s End, E.M. ForesterI had great plans for this year. Great plans! ... ,one prayer to hold them together until a new pair can be foundold wood and moguls, the floor of the Merc ... , this drive we have, to hold onto the dead. In Victorian times, the survivors cut the hair of [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 05:46:00
Not so Alive, Alive O!
As I’ve mentioned before, I spent a good part of my graduate years working on specimens in the collections of the Natural History Museum ... it represented the majesty of the old-style Victorian museum. This story would therefore have brought Gould much sadness. Following closure in 2007 due to the collapse of a staircase, plans to renovate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:53:50
Facebook helps turn sweet party sour
Jump to Comments By Calvin Palmer A “Super Sweet 16″ party turned sour for Georgina Hobday despite her parents attempts to avoid gatecrashers and the ... it hard that they could have been so naive. Their careful plans to restrict the number of guests ... lightbulbs from their fittings at the Victorian house in Montpellier Crescent. The four adult “ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 01:46:46
The Best Anonymous Sex
A is for Anonymous Sex ( polls)So here we go. 11 ultra shorts to slip-slide your way through. When you're finished, vote for your favorite. The winner will receive an original piece of art from Naked Chicks on Post-It Notes! And you know me, runners-up might win something, too.Poll will run until midnight tomorrow. Good luck, everyone! [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 08:04:00
Eliminate distractions when home staging
When decorating a house to sell, it’s important to eliminate distractions, but how far past the line between “lived in” and “deserted” should you go? Decorating to sell, otherwise known as home staging, and decorating to live are two entirely different things. This dining room in a Victorian-era home is filled with the owner’s treasured items [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 13:00:25
Trainspotting
Another interviewee at tomorrow's event is Simon Bradley, editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides and author of St Pancras, ... -in eccentricities, and its existence as part of a much larger Victorian rail network is significant ... Railway,dispensed with the normal mid-Victorian structural system of brick piers and arches in favour [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 12:33:26
#57
Andria Alefhi Not a Joiner: 3 days at a yoga ashram I was supposed to stay until Friday but on Wednesday afternoon while everyone was in class, ... to sit cross-legged on the floor and be half-asleep with the others for 30 minutes (well, fine call ... I was looking for and was mostly lying on the floor breathing. But here's the best part. Only [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 11:08:27
motherhood
I love my kids. I'm glad that they're part of my life. There is no doubt that I'm a kinder, more patient, better person because they are in my family. But motherhood has turned out to be a much more ambivalent experience for me than I expected. I have heard other parents say things like, "Yes, it's hard, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 16:43:00
Reprise 2008
A return to the return to blogging. So, since I last ventured here on June 16, I have been doing things. And now you will be told all about them ... of Guam and their resistance to the US military build-up on their land (currently there are plans ... and her husband Angelo Spencer played a gig at the Northcote Uniting Church, so I sat on the floor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 22:30:00
Willy Wonka and the Bank of England
Keyser has written on various occasions about the decline of the UK now that the levers of power seem to have been seized by the sort of people who ... up with novel ways to get the good times roling again: Among the radical plans being considered ... almost all the way to the floor, the economy isn't responding. We will face deflation next year [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 21:45:02
Man Found Guilty of Crimes Against Bandannas - A Second Life Trial
Cast Of Characters (in order from left to right):Moss Lane (the accused and kinky boot beast), Cali Beaumont (mandatory blue haired observer) , Ginny Beauchamp (witness for the prosecution and keeper of the cleavage floss), Danaeah Ballinger (defense attorney one and “the one” with mad paddling skills), Solari Georgia ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:02
Thermostat jockey
December 9, 2008 – 8:46 pm Posted in Architecture, Food, Glasgow, Scotland Tagged window, apartment, flat, govanhill, house, home, insulation, energy, economy, gas, electricity, heat, heating, domestic, PVC, UPVC, windows, christmas Advent is a sensual time. I am reminded of the approaching pagan / Christian / capitalist ( [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 19:46:02
Willy Wonka and the Bank of England
Keyser has written on various occasions about the decline of the UK now that the levers of power seem to have been seized by the sort of people ... up with novel ways to get the good times rolling again: Among the radical plans being considered ... the accelerator almost all the way to the floor, the economy isn’t responding. We will face deflation [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 20:17:43
Square Today, Octagon Tomorrow
Orson Squire Fowler was determined to be a preacher. At the tender age of 17 he walked 400 miles from his small town of Cohocton, New York to Massachusetts so that he might be tutored in the ways of the ministry. When Fowler enrolled in Amherst he made fast friends with another minister-to-be, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 04:45:17
Why Should Your Daughter Have a Wooden Doll House? A Wood Doll House Is a Heirloom, a Forever Gift.
by Dane Masters Imagine having a house of your own as a child! No, I am not talking of a real house, but a large doll house made of wood! ... on the unfinished third floor. Named after Queen Anne who loved things to look regal, Queen Anne Victorian ... of living space for the money. Their standard floor plans with the bedrooms upstairs and the living [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 08:29:26
Pooch Pops Pills
Headline: Stressed pets becoming pill-poppersFrom: news.com.auDate of clip: 2.1.9 Caption: Pooch pops pillsVETERINARIANS are being pressured by pet owners to prescribe pills to counter a range of physical and mental conditions in cats and dogs. Brisbane veterinarian and former Australian Veterinary Association president Diane Sheehan said [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:12:00
become infamous for its ballooning costs, which have swollen to four times the original estimate in just three years. The velodrome and main stadium are also bulging beyond the confines of their original budget. That said, CLM can perhaps take credit that they're far from the greediest kitten at the teat [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 16:12:03
Artists: America Needs You Now
The purpose of art (visual, music, stories in various formats) as far as I’m concerned, is communication. The message communicated could be how things are, how they really are, or how they should be, but if there isn’t one, or if the message is designed to be incomprehensible for those who aren’t in on it (like most modern art) [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 17:57:34
Thus I Chuse
Jenny Thornton had not allowed herself much time to ponder the exigencies of the situation—for, after all, weren’t the nervousness and anticipation brought on by such great changes best embodied by their very mystery?–but she really had expected it to be more exciting. Not that it wasn’t, of course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:40:37
Curse of the perfectionist as novelist
Last year, I wrote a novel called "The Husband Habit," and sold it to St. Martin's Press for publication in the spring/summer of 2009 ... now. Same name. Different look, job, house, temperament. Much different voice. Much more grownup ... reflect this growth. The second is less about style [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 22:46:00
Upzoning approved for St. George
September 14, 2008 After several years of downzoning much of the borough to curb sprawling housing developments, ... say the office vacancy rate currently hovers around 13 percent and where plans to build a new $200 ... on building up retail on busier blocks by requiring storefronts of the first floor of residential [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 02:43:14
Historic terrace faces "outrageous" demolition bid
glenWEB.jpg A VICTORIAN terrace building which survived the blitz could face demolition at the end of the month – and the council claims it can ... informed tenants he plans to tear down the building to basement level, retaining the ground floor ... . But owner John Farah has blindsided the council by announcing plans to knock it down a couple [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 10:52:52
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, November 21, 2008
Teri Rhodes gave birth to her baby Theresa Rhodes on August 12, 2007 in her Mercyhurst College apartment ... with mitigating circumstances of 2 years. A water filter on the 5th floor of the Erie County Courthouse broke ... this week in November 2003, Scott Enterprises announced plans for a hotel, two office buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 12:33:46
This Week
We’re heading into a line of key dates in the development of you, the people you know, and the people across the world that you’ve yet to meet. The first kahuna falls on Monday in the shape of the first of this year’s five Eclipses. If there’s a something that’s stuck or a breakthrough that’s been a long time coming, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:36:00
She's Got The Look
More photos of cute stuff at Calgary Fashion Facebook Group ... up to the top floor of Art Central for a cup of coffee. I drank and drew on a Marilyn Monroe picture till ... friend who was a modern dancer...Cyndi Lauper.JR: What plans do you have for the future?JM: A few [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 06:22:00
1930 All Over Again
August 27, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis We get to bounce back and forwards in history as we try to figure out what is going on. The echos from 1930 is very strong indeed. Pensions are vanishing in England and the US. Japan is on a buying binge that has shot up 91% and they are buying up US systems [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 04:38:14
Office Tour. Sort of Like a Before & After, Only Not Really
This summer, BooMama hosted a Before and After, wherein bloggers signed up to re-do a room and on the appointed day, post before and after pictures. Remember my big plans? The home office has been a work in progress since, oh, the day I moved in. The original Before & After deadline was July then BooMama moved it to September. That meant [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 12:07:47
Use and Space. An Interview with Brad Cloepfil, Part II
Part II of PORT's conversation with architect Brad Cloepfil focuses on the spaces he creates for use by art and people. Part I dealt with Cloepfil's many artist influences. Part II picks up right where it left off, continuing our single marathon discussion of aesthetics, intent and buildings with Portland's most noted architect. [ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 05:31:37
No. 179 - Hartman Residence
Hartman Residence1908Demolished: May 1978919 West 20th Street – mapDeclared: 8/17/77Sad to say, but Los Angeles Landmark No ... in the city, no? I mean, by 1908, weren't Prairie and Craftsman homes already the more prominent style?)Ten years later, to make room for the Hartman Apartments, the house was picked up and moved around [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 06:29:00
Floor Plan Porn: Green Street Manse, Revealed
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. A benevolent reader took the time (on a Friday, no less!) to scan and send the plans for a second property that has been proposed for 2151 Green Street. According to the comment box, the plot was subdivided into another lot; plans were submitted [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 19:25:26
In The Company Of Vampires
I watched a bit of HBO's "True Blood" today, and between that and getting a copy of the new paperback "First Blood" (thanks, Meljean!) I'm in a bloodsucking mood. This is a chapter from a vampire novel I wrote in 2005, known by many names -- "Vamptopia," "Hex In The City," "Fools and Vampires," and, when I'm just feeling sorta punchy, " [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 10:18:00
The Skyborne Corsair: Chapter 3 - Steampunk Pirate Story
The Skyborne CorsairChapter 3Cavendish watched as the steam carriage finally disappeared from sight down the road to Gafsa. The owner, Fadhil, had a successful business supplying various prospectors with food and water. Some of the Carbonari had established contact with him within days of them setting up camp here [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 09:04:00
Health Week starts April 28
1343 F St.: Arthur Burt Co. Footwear for "society affairs," afternoon or evening. 1341 F St ... Shop on ground floor Washington Post, Jan 9, 1912 Plans for the construction of a ten-story office ... . 1315-1317 F St.: Baltimore Sun Building Contemporary Photo Washington Post, Apr 9, 1903 The Baltimore [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 23:15:59
Life in the Brooks House 1872-2008
One of the things that struck me when first coming here as a tourist was the Brooks House tower. I've always loved towers, so fairy-tale reminding. And with the Dickens era feeling of downtown during the holidays, with snow swirling in the wind, I fell in love with Brattleboro. Some years later, I moved here [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 14:35:00
Events In Rockville 12/4/08-12/14/08
Picks of the Week From Saturday Morning 'Till Night Saturday, December 6 from 7:00 AM-12:00 PM You've heard it before, but really, get the weekend off to a good start with the most important meal of the day --my favorite meal of the day! It's time for the Kiwanis Club of Rockville's All-You-Can-Eat Pancake & [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 20:19:01
HGTV Dream Home 2009 Giveaway: Coming Soon
Starting Jan. 1, you'll be able to enter the 2009 HGTV Dream Home Giveaway for a chance to win this gorgeous Victorian-style home in Sonoma, ... Dream Home combines Victorian style with historic splendor and modern-day luxury. Visit the Ledson website for more about the home's location. See the floor plans to the home » Revival Luxury [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 20:55:10
Custom-Built Homes
.fullpost{display:inline;}I love to browse on house floor plans online ... . In American style architecture I am quite partial to Frank Lloyd's Wright Prairie Houses. Wright's rule ... . Various companies have different styles and approaches in making their designs and floor plans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:26:00
UK Health News 08/26/2008 August 26, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Mass Media. trackback Letter: Switch transport funds to cycling - The Guardian 22nd August 2008 Some have dared hope that Britain’s haul of Olympic cycling medals will prompt a cycling revival and solve the nation’s obesity crisis (’Put cycling on school curriculum’, August 21) [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 11:31:57
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 20 January 2009
FINTAG COMMENT Banking Crisis - UK style. Bank of England: “Hello, can we help?” Big Scottish Bank: “It's us. We need more taxpayer's money ... on the ground floor of Austin Friars, a serviced office just off London Wall in the City (why [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 08:37:15
Reviving Cincinnati: 439 Hawthorne Avenue, Part I
Price Hill Will is beginning the rehabilitation of 439 Hawthorne Avenue. The large 1905 Victorian has fallen into disrepair and would make a suitable location ... vegetation has been removed. Price Hill Will plans all-new landscaping.The basement is a complete mess [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 09:05:00
What does it take to be a "Real ROF"?
Great Wall's dominance over "Superman". Howard only played 26 minutes and had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Keep in mind he usually plays 36 minutes and averages 21 PPG and 13 RPG. Oh, and Yao netted 22 and 13. Trumped, again! Finally, last night's game against the Heat showed why we brought in Ron Artest [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:59:21
An Unoffical History of Nudism
History Of Nudism Since the beginning of man, we have been naked and also intrigued by the human body and the different representations it may have ... they believed it promoted nudity. The Victorian Era was not any more accepting to nudity. In these times [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 23:12:40
