Candy Evans
Not just any toilet, but the Toto Neorest. It happens to be in the master bath of the second home I am enjoying here in (c-c-c-cold) New York City. It heats, washes, dries, all but buffs and powders your butt and is self-cleaning. I was more than delighted to see such high-quality fixtures in this…
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I will not say I told you so, but I did, and this is the very reason why we are talking today. The Wall Street Journal today reports that sales in vacation communities soared last year to heights not seen since the real estate boom that crashed (and burned) in 2008. (For those of us in…
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I found out whose house is being used in Thursday’s filming of “Chase” — our neighbors Lee Kleinman and Lisa Umholtz, great people. Oh, and Buddy, too — who happens to be a darling Labradoodle and frequent suitor of our Bree. The home is a gorgeous contemporary and the producers apparently think it looks like…
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Well, not exactly my backyard, but right down the street from me. We are being warned that several Chase production trucks will be parked along the street, and traffic will be blocked. Also we are asked to refrain from any loud yard work — no blowers. I wonder what they plan to do about the…
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I am preparing a story for you on a beautiful coastal area north of Baja, La Paz, on the sparkling Sea of Cortez, called Costa Baja. But first, I want to tell you about David Simmons. He is an American travel writer who wants to tell the whole world not to worry about safety in…
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2010 was a terrible year for real estate, even in Dallas, even in Texas. We started the year with high hopes that since 2009 had been so bad, 2010 could only get better. And then we had the euphoria of the first time homebuyer’s credit. But we ended the year knowing that Dallas home sales…
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