Jon Anderson
Pied-à-terre is French for “foot on the ground” and is often described as a city apartment used by suburban or rural residents to get a cultural fix. Who’s to say it can’t work in reverse? Why can’t urban dwellers put a “foot on the ground” in a small town just a bit too far away…
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Do you believe a vacation home is a refuge to literally get away from it all? Perhaps the lush landscape of the Pacific Northwest calls to you, but Seattle has become too “Microsoft Millionaire” for you. How about hopping across the Canadian border to one of the Gulf Islands between the mainland of British Columbia…
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Talk about location, location, location — 202 Kaikuono Place in Honolulu is two doors away from what’s arguably the most famous piece of residential property in Hawaii, Doris Duke’s Shangri-La estate. Both are located on the ancient lava flow “toe” that juts out into the Pacific called Black Point. It’s one thing to say you…
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For each year of his presidency, President Obama spent the holidays on the same stretch of Kailua beach, near the Marine base at Kaneohe. Rumors continue to swirl on which home exactly the president is in. Partly for security reasons and partly because several of the homes in the area have changed hands during his…
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Today, when locals hear “Kahuku” they often think of Kahuku sweet corn or shrimp from this agriculture-heavy area. But for over a century, one stretch of Kahuku was smack in the middle of history. Now, over 28 acres of beachfront land and historic … proper historic … buildings are up for sale for $18 million…
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Paradises the world over are littered with stories of people who packed up their hum-drum lives and moved to paradise only to discover it was quite different from the post cards. Certainly a good rule of thumb for any move — “Rent first” — is doubly important when moving to costly locales you’ve not spent…
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