Peel Back Your Stress at Temple-Inspired Laie, Hawaii Retreat

By Jon Anderson | January 24, 2018 | Comments Off on Peel Back Your Stress at Temple-Inspired Laie, Hawaii Retreat

On a drive up to Turtle Bay for a disappointing lunch at Roy’s Beach Shack, I drove right past 55-249A Kamehameha Highway in Laie on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.  I drove past, because from the road, the home is nearly invisible, tucked into its own oceanfront pocket tropical forest on about two-thirds of an…

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A Snug Storybook Bungalow Behind the Hedges in East Hampton

By valeriejarvie | January 23, 2018 | Comments Off on A Snug Storybook Bungalow Behind the Hedges in East Hampton

Wish-booking summer? Here ya’ go – a trim, dreamy bungalow in the world famous “Hamptons.” The three-bedroom, two-bath house priced at under $1.5 million sits just a half mile from the village of Amagansett — home to the likes of Gwenyth Paltrow, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Naomi Watts. The area has charming boutiques…

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Part of LBJ’s Hill Country Retreat Up for Grabs

By Bethany Erickson | January 20, 2018 | Comments Off on Part of LBJ’s Hill Country Retreat Up for Grabs

Just a week after becoming president, Lyndon Baines Johnson picked up a ranch in Blanco County — Johnson City, to be exact — as a hideaway where he could relax a bit. And when he announced he wouldn’t be running for re-election in 1968, it was his 800-acre spread that he retreated to, giving staffers…

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Meanwhile, Back at The 505 Ranch on Cedar Creek Lake, Life is Good!

By valeriejarvie | January 19, 2018 | Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back at The 505 Ranch on Cedar Creek Lake, Life is Good!

Want to get away from the stresses of city life, maybe to a lovely lake community with recreational activities to please everyone in the family? Here ya’ go … The 505 Ranch on Cedar Creek Lake is located only 45 minutes away from Dallas. We’ve been following the luxury vacation home development set on a…

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Author Jonathan Safran Foer Lists Brooklyn Brownstone, And It’s a Book Lover’s Dream

By Amy Puchaty | January 18, 2018 | Comments Off on Author Jonathan Safran Foer Lists Brooklyn Brownstone, And It’s a Book Lover’s Dream

Nestled on a picturesque, tree-lined street in Boerum Hill – a relaxed village in the northwestern portion of Brooklyn, New York – rests an incredibly chic, Greek Revival brownstone that is a book lover’s dream, and it could be yours to the tune of $8.995 million. “This is one of the single largest homes that…

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Colony Surf Illustrates that In Hawaii, Views are King

By Jon Anderson | January 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Colony Surf Illustrates that In Hawaii, Views are King

Last month I wrote an Oahu market update detailing the prior year’s slight price appreciation.  I also pointed out that it takes hard work to lose money in Hawaii if you have time. In other words, don’t buy high and sell low as the Dallas Police and Fire pension funds did.  But all those number-y…

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