Versace Plans Hotel with Refrigerated Beach in Dubai

Versace Dubai appears to be quickly outpacing the West in its display of conspicuous consumption as the Versace fashion house announces plans for a refrigerated beach: "The beach will have a network of pipes beneath the sand containing ... and there are also proposals to install giant blowers to waft a gentle breeze over the beach. The scheme is [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 19:24:10

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On Dream Homes

Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00

America and the Red, White and Blue

That very American of holidays: The Fourth of July is fast approaching! Does everyone have plans? ... . This is the wonderful beach house of Anna Spiro from Absolutely Beautiful Things. I just had to show ... Are you going to BBQ, watch fireworks, go to the beach, eat apple pie, have a beer/lemonade [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 23:24:32

Finally: John Stamos Organizing a Full House Reboot

Just when you thought that all the world's great ideas had already been thought of, something like this happens: ... up in another TV reboot. We just hope the Beach Boys drop by again too. Stamos Plans Full House ... " of beloved terrible nineties show Full House for a "semi-remake." According to erstwhile D.J. Tanner player [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:23:49

How To Build A House, Construction Check Off List

2565422169_b230d1ab69.jpg Ok, here we are. We have a building lot that has been cleared and pilings are set for our new “ocean style” house on pilings in Holden Beach, NC but how did we get our construction to this point? As a builder, it’ ... House plans must be submitted to county for approval and permit. Costs are around $800 If you [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 00:40:14

Couric IDs Stevens as 'Senior Republican,' Didn't Cite Rangel's Party

On Thursday night, CBS anchor Katie Couric began a short news update on Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska by immediately highlighting his party ... any party ID Couric announced on Wednesday's CBS Evening News: The House also plans ... to step down over questions about unreported income and unpaid taxes on a beach house that he owns [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 23:56:24

The Sellers Aren’t People, They’re Banks

The Monterey County Herald reports from California ... Attorney Annie Michaels.” “O’Meara, reached at his Pebble Beach home, said he plans to fight ... on the project, with O’Meara losing his Pebble Beach home, a house in Bass Lake and two houses in Fresno.” [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 22:28:53

Role of Real Estate Players in Dream Home Planning and Execution

by katie George A home is where you spend your life, your own place to calm down and revitalize yourself. A sweet home is dream of every people ... be when playing with siblings and dolls during childhood or making a sand house on beach. Sometimes people ... a dream house. You don’t have to worry about the architecture, designs, construction, furnishing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:06:13

Role of Real Estate Players in Dream Home Planning and Execution

by katie George A home is where you spend your life, your own place to calm down and revitalize yourself. A sweet home is dream of every people ... be when playing with siblings and dolls during childhood or making a sand house on beach. Sometimes people ... a dream house. You don’t have to worry about the architecture, designs, construction, furnishing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:07:01

Hello December.

My first December Daily post will actually come tomorrow as it is a daily documentation project and I have ... . In addition to time spent with family at my parents house we headed over to the Long Beach, Washington ... to actually live it before I can document it. I plan on taking some photos around the house to [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:00:11

Friday Fill-Ins # 2

1. Holidays in the summer are great times for kids.  I enjoy it so much when i was still a kid. enjoying it as much as my child does now. 2 ... looking forward to this weekend! 5. My favorite book so far this summer is The Beach House ... m looking forward to watching a movie, tomorrow my plans include getting up before 5 am and walk [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 02:20:38

Despite 'certain death' warning about Hurricane Ike, some choose to stay

AP PhotoBobby Taylor talks on a cell phone near his house in Surfside Beach, Texas, Friday. Taylor says he plans to remain at his home despite Hurricane Ike. SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas -- At first, even the threat of "certain death"... [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 20:52:19

Florida Bed and Breakfasts - Without Breaking the Budget

by Jane Leisteiner Your New Year’s resolution to save money shouldn’t come at the expense of your travel plans ... House Inn should be on your list. A day at the beach is definitely in the cards here with complimentary ... in historic St. Augustine, has the perfect solution with the Cottage Suite. If you are enjoying a romantic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 16:25:54

New news from New England

New news from New England July 4th, 2008 What a week…my last week of my tour and I flew to Martha’s Vineyard, then to Nantucket, ... for our new beach house - we went to contract yesterday on a property by the beach here in Westport, so now we have to get going on the plans. The Harborview hotel, aka my dream living room… [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 12:19:22

Glass elevator highlights $34.5 million house

112 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka 112 Emerald Bay/Cindy Yamanaka The Laguna Beach house known as “Cresting Wave” has curving copper roofs, ... , 9,759-square-foot house is the cylindrical glass elevator, topped with a conical skylight. A spiral stairway ... for $34.5 million last February, O.C.’s second-highest sales price. Architectural plans on record [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:01:18

Big Anaheim apartment project postponed

UPDATE: City confirms Stadium Park II delay. ... is not releasing any further details about future development plans, including specific sites. Any ... buyout to 800 employees What’s best bet for housing at the beach? O.C. has 2-year supply of million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:10:53

REVIEW: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Dear Ms. Dessen, I don’t normally read YA books but for some reason I began perusing the new offerings in that category at ... with the beach house, more able to move forward in her life, more able to really look towards ... development. But Macy’s plans don’t anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 17:39:04

The Dominos of Denial

from my storm journal - 12/14/05__________________________At first, I thought the street was flooding from the hours-long downpour of rain, ... be fine,” I said. “No surge will make it back to my house, I’m a quarter mile from the beach,” ... path. How could the storm alter course enough to affect my plans? After fretting through [more...]

Date: 2006-01-14 13:34:00

Laguna’s ‘oldest home’ a $3.8 million bet

154 Pearl St. slide show Chester Alan Arthur, the nation’s 21st president, was in the White House when a small cottage sprang up at 154 Pearl St. in Laguna Beach, built in 1883 with driftwood floated in from boats and shipwrecks. Cuba ... board-and-batten residence less than a block from the beach. The new owners, who plan to renovate [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 11:44:02

Citizens Urged to Stop “Insanity Island” 1/29/09 LB

Massive Man-Made Industrial Island for LNG Facility Planned off NY/NJ CoastGroups to Plan Action for Upcoming Public Hearings Today, ... on January 29 in Long Beach, Public Library, 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY 11561, open house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:07:11

Irvine Co. announces first layoffs in 16 years

Irvine Co. headquarters in Newport Beach (Updated to add links, photos, more details and background.) The Irvine Co ... property taxpayer in the county. The original 93,000-acre Irvine Ranch, formed from several Spanish ... has been transforming the ranch into master-planned housing developments, apartment and office buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 23:12:46

Chris Dodd Not Releasing Documents On His VIP Countrywide Loans

Interesting... Sen. Christopher Dodd sounded like Dr. Seuss without the depth last week ... Delaware beach house where he really lives? It’d be interesting if someone did ask him. Like, I don’ ... s Rick Green that he had no plans to release documents from his $800,000 in sweetheart mortgages [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 05:57:40

Donald Trump house sold in Palm Beach Florida for record $100 million

Cue ABBA because real estate mogul Donald Trump is about to pocket a whole lot more money, money, money ... Beach, Fla., mansion. He originally paid $41 million for the property four years ago and hired ... has no immediate plans to live in his new home. In fact, he may tear it all down to subdivide the land. [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 18:03:49

Feeling Beachy

This past weekend Emily's friend from gymnastics invited Emily, myself, my mom and another friend and her mom to their beach house as a final get away for the girls ... . Don't pull out the Kleenex quite yet. Emily has already made plans for when we return this summer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:20:00

Cabin Fever

Yesterday I finally got out of the house. Since coming home from surgery I'd only left twice very briefly to go to the drugstore and my doctor's ... that the next morning I would fly back to Los Angeles and return to my life by the beach with my friends and my plans.  Cut to a year and a half later. I'm married [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:18:09

Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council

Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council Posted October 6th, ... . Do not let it start with this home.“ Brescia’s plans to build a house on the 15,667-square-foot lot ... dirt road and a naupaka hedge fronting a white-sand beach, the narrow lot that Joseph Brescia owns [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:32:04

Otherland Prelude, 1January 7, 2009

Baker Bloch in an icy realm looking for a good fishing hole for the family outing. That’s his plan anyway ... the perfect fishing hole. He runs across this rather interesting house with a mixture of hobo ... to the beach bungalow visited several nights before. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 01:19:29

What is the must see? Bermuda is famous for its pink sand beaches and cerulean blue seas, so it is worth to make our way to Hamilton Beach, ... for food and board, I think Salt Kettle House in Paget Parish is ideal. And not to forget to grab a bite ... t plan on renting a car. Simply because we can’t rent a car in Bermuda, due to their strict laws [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 12:56:00

E-House Prefab Gets Green, Affordable

Aaron Newman shot me a link to an article in the South Florida Business Journal about his company, Envision Prefab ... . Envision plans a number of green-type features for their E-House: Energy efficient appliances ... in the works in West Palm Beach and in Miami, with their first model expected in early September [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 10:44:06

Plans for a rest

Obama, speaking with Tory leader David Cameron, stresses the — almost unknown to presidential campaigns and the White House — need for time to recharge, and says he plans a week off in August. Most interesting is the exchange at the end ... be on the beach. (Inaud) you need a break. Well, you need to be able to keep your head together. BO: You've [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 14:24:00

OMG gossip: Queen Elizabeth II in the poor house

Poor Queen Elizabeth II. No, I mean POOR Queen Elizabeth. Oops, Madonna feel on stage in Rio, in the most elegant fashion [ ... plans to build hotel with refrigerated beach in Dubai towleroad [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:53:07

Vacation Plans

My sis and I have been planning early our summer getaway and we’re eyeing the land of my husband’s parents, the beautiful beaches in Samar. My in-laws were always there twice a year to check on their house and to have a vacation as well. Their house is just a few meters away from the white sand beach so it’s very convenient to spend [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 10:32:00

Obama rally: 'I'm not Joe the plumber'

Trying to appear presidential and in command of the economic crisis, Barack Obama just wrapped up a detailed policy discussion in Palm Beach ... , not able to sleep,” Villalba said. Obama touted his plans for universal health care, called ... the Iron Worker is building a bridge for him to the White House." [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 16:52:32

Davao Itinerary

Yeay, I will be in Davao on Friday for a short vacation with my family. We’ll stay in a pension house  for 4 days, 3 nights. We actually wanted to stay in the Pearl Farm Beach Resort except that we have a very tight budget ... . No plans on the first day yet, we’ll probably visit Eden park to try their zipline ride or try wildriver [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:12:42

Blog Post Round-Up

Memo to Charlie Rangel: Form 1040, Line 17; Schedule E (Rental Income): The New York Post (with beach pics) and New York Times are reporting that the most powerful tax-law writer in the world, House Ways ... Palin Talks Tax Incidence Too: But the tax plans of the two candidates relative to current policy [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 04:00:00

Florida Bed and Breakfasts - Without Breaking the Budget

by Jane Leisteiner Your New Year’s resolution to save money shouldn’t come at the expense of your travel plans ... trips to the ocean. The rates vary from $130-$265 per night. The Coombs House Inn in Appalachicola ... at $229, the Coombs House Inn should be on your list. A day at the beach is definitely in the cards here [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:22:38

Does John McCain's sick sense of humor matter?

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Date: 2008-07-14 10:34:54

Best Laid Plans

At least, we thought they were well laid. But maybe they were only half-baked ... they were having their church picnic on the beach! Anyway, we tried, and on the way home we did some shopping at a roadside fruit stand.Morne Fendue Plantation House - This was our intended destination [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 12:55:00

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