In 1999, I took a weeklong vacation with a friend to Mazatlán, Mexico — and it was love at first sight. I was so smitten with the beach city that I went to a realtor the next day and bought a small house for $28,000. My plan was to make it a […]
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Premila Balaji tells why last month’s unexpected rainfall was a damp squib for those maintaining a backyard of plants and what care needs to be taken during such times November was a washout for Premila Balaji. The garden enthusiast, who has been nurturing her backyard with a variety of flowers, […]
Eloise never had it this good. What is now a 14-room hotel in Soho — whose guest quarters wrap around a mosaic-tiled interior courtyard that feels more Paris than the Plaza — could be a single-family home for the right one-percenter with an extravagant vision and the stomach to deal […]
A home in Oakland Hills topped all Winter Garden-area residential real-estate transactions from Nov. 26 to Dec. 3. The home at 684 Large Oak Lane, Winter Garden, sold Dec. 2, for $2,058,950. To be built in 2022, it has five bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths and 4,834 square feet of living area. […]
Listing of the Day Location: Little Venice, London Price: £12.95 million (US$17.1 million) A former London coach house and industrial workshop has been completely reimagined as a stylish two-bedroom house that combines New York industrial chic with a California modern look. The standalone house, which is surrounded by a walled […]
Planting, watering, pruning and harvesting crops in his dad’s garden taught J. Wesley Daniels Jr. about life — how to be patient, notice growth, remove weeds and find joy in life’s cyclical ups and downs. And he ate from the harvest. As CEO of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority, […]