GEORGE DOES ELLEN

Ellen DeGeneres has been carrying on a campaign to get George Clooney on her show since moving to the Warner Bros. lot this season ... , over to his bungalow to try to woo him (he was never there). Now, finally, Ellen has landed George ... Bench to help entice George. The plan worked, and George admits to Ellen that he’s been aware [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:30:09

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Remodeling Our Home on a Budget

I mentioned in my last post that I would share my experience on how we remodeled our home and added a modern addition on a budget ... and laundry room (yes, they were all very small cramped rooms) into a open floor plan modern home ... house we could in an area we liked. We lucked out and were able to find a 700 square foot bungalow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:56:26

People unclear on the concept

The Boston Globe (may ask for a relatively painless registration) ... a deck, and replacing the roof.Castle had big plans to turn his second-floor attic into a huge living ... there is Don Castle, a probation officer:Since buying his Lynn bungalow with no money down three years [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 13:37:00

Maltese Masterpiece

We continue Dean Jeffries week with a look into the first (and maybe only) Porsche to ever grace the cover of Rod & Custom Magazine ( ... ! In 1960, Dean did saw his plan through. He put the car in Road & Track Magazine with a sale price ... weeks later, the FBI surrounded a small beach bungalow with a sharp custom Porsche parked [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:02:31

In Foreclosure: Wilshire Blvd's House of Tomorrow

Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... feet of mid-century modern office bungalows, 3 conference rooms, and a brick central courtyard ... (interiors stripped) has led the Conservancy board to vote against pursuing a preservation plan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 18:58:04

A two part post: Year in Recap/Mid Century Modern, Cliff May and Me

Whew...what a year! And what a day is today!I hope to later insert links to some of the events that are mentioned in this recap.. ... , and immediately begin to look for work closer to our families. Our house gets prepped for selling; life ... have worked a little harder on that though!)July: We both find jobs in...Salt Lake City! PTL! We put the house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 02:50:00

HOW TO MAKE A DRAFTY OLD HOUSE INTO AN EFFICIENT COMFORTABLE HOME – PART 1

Bungalow This is the first of a series of articles giving an actual example of what can be done to convert a drafty old house into an efficient ... provides us with a plan of action that many of us can use to save money on utility bills ... natural gas water heater (1989) Floor space approx 1,000 sq ft Blown insulation only [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 16:13:13

Bukit Antarabangsa.. Looting Soldiers?

I refer to several printed news media where it was alleged that Armed Forces Personnel at the landslide tragedy site was looting from those collapse bungalow. In today newspaper, the CDF defended his soldiers on their conduct. He did not mince his words and scorn those who made the allegations without basis. In my earlier writings [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:28:09

Introducing...the house!

Here is the first peek into our little place (call them the "before" pictures)...it is a great stucco bungalow and we love it! ... craftsman tile...Immediately across from the front door is the arched doorway leading into the dining ... so myself. We have lots of plans to make it our own. Lots of work and I'll keep you posted all the way. Stay [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 14:00:00

Edwin W. Clark

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references ... board was hesitant to approve his plan to enter the Naga Hills. On December 23, 1872 Clark organized ... I believe I have found my life-work,’ exclaimed Mr. Clark, as he entered the old press bungalow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 04:00:13

Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony Planning A Valentine's Day Divorce?

No one is so far denying the latest rumors that Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez are completely over and intend to make it official on Valentine's Day ... to amicably plan out a date to announce their separation but sources close to them confirmed ... ditched his own wedding band and partied at N.Y.C. hot spots such as Bungalow 8. He and Lopez [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:00:00

BungaLOW

BungaLOW We love our new house. It’s already home to us. In fact, there are toys on the floor in every room ... molding, banister, etc. It’s a 1925 bungalow, which means it’s beautiful. It also means it’s drafty ... , it was about a third of what we used to pay in rent. I immediately signed up for the budget plan with the gas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:49:01

When You Shrink The Gold Mine In California

The San Francisco Chronicle reports from California. “As home values continue to plunge, the real estate valuation service Zillow said that 20 ... homeowners with negative equity. He and his partner owe about $610,000 on their bungalow in Oakland’s Maxwell Park neighborhood; the home now is worth about $100,000 less. In their 94619 ZIP code, 23.8 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 22:06:39

Pineapple Point Guesthouse and Resort in Ft. Lauderdale

Last year we spent three days at Pineapple Point resort. This year we were booked for a whole week over the Christmas/Chanukah holidays ... up to our expectations on a return visit?Our plan for this year was simple. Besides sunning ourselves around ... party of friends going on the TravelPride cruise the next morning.Fate served us a different plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:46:00

Santa “Cloud” or How Cloud Computing Saved Christmas

Okay, let’s face it. I know at least one Enterprise organization that has migrated their traditional infrastructure to one based on Cloud Computing. That would be The North Pole. Their CEO is none other than Santa Claus (Saint Nicolas, Kris Kringle & Father Christmas are some of the other aliases he goes by) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 18:13:57

Guest Post: Becoming Mileage Agnostic and Why It’s Liberating

I’d like to thank Mr Credit Card for letting me write a guest post here ... and get up to the amount I needed when my grand plan fell apart.  As I was nearing 90,000 miles, we made the final ... (at least not from the US). Now I had all these miles in my account with no plan.  I decided I would cross [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 23:29:13

A Slave to Sin

A Slave to Sin Barb claimed to be a psychiatrist, but my guess is that she was not a very good one. One day she had asked our friends, her next door neighbors, to help clean up her house a little ... , she now holed up in her house, only rarely leaving the property. With no car, no bus routes and few friends [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:03:00

The Architect meets the Real Estate Agent

SourceI get that when I tell people that I was trained as an architect, they suddenly imagine me doing a clinical, hard-nosed assessment of everything from: what they're wearing; the way their windows are furnished; down to the detailing of their thresholds; and the length of their fingernails against the wood-grain of their benchtop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:04:00

Taking stock on a moody monday

I woke up this morning, late, to find it 45 and raining outside. In LA. This is unheard of, people! ... mom with a really ADD child this morning. c) We live in the bottom floor of a duplex... which is a fancy way to say converted basement. Normally, I love our little bungalow in the hillside [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 18:15:20

Charlottesville Real Estate Blog

Charlottesville Real Estate Blog Posted by Fulton Gaylord under For Buyers, General Information Buying a home is very emotional ... . We talked about their needs and wants, and began to develop a plan of attack to make their home ... one they loved and that seemed to be perfect for them. The house was what they had been dreaming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:08:12

Investing In A Bahamas Property

Exuma is a string of islands and cays, home to forgotten hideaways, natural harbors, secluded beaches and a coastline of over a hundred miles of clear, blue water. Exuma is a nature lover’s paradise preserved in its original pristine setting. In recent years, The Bahamas has become one of the world? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:03:05

A Great Day to be Sterilized.

This is a cross-posting of something I wrote for feminist Mormon housewives. It’s manuary there! Before Christmas, I got a call from my doctor, who for the sake of blog anonymity I’ll just call Dr. P. “Sorry if I don’t sound too excited,” I said, after we had spoken for a bit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:06:33

Homage to my Twenties

Well, that's it folks ... I'm just hours from my birthday and from being 30 ... , all Louise's choice - I wanted Mexico, but she was right). In August we moved house and bought our first home - a one bed bungalow in Three Score, Bowthorpe. Moving in was no problem as we had very little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 21:50:00

Confessions of a 20 year old sex tourist - Part 1 by Hansum Boy

The common stereotype of someone who travels to Thailand for the bar scene, a sex tourist (always disliked this term myself), is someone either old or very ugly, someone who either completely lacks the social skills or the looks needed to pick up women in his home country. Or someone divorced, that just doesn’t have it in him anymore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:02:36

'Lost': The Other Woman

Normally, I hear "Juliet flashback" and start breakdancing with Lost joy. So when I learned originally that I'd get a Juliet-centric AND a new Dharma station, let's just say I popped AND locked in the week leading up to it. And yet, what we got was merely a solid, not mind-blowing, episode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:00:39

Merry mischief

By Sharon Sweda Huron, Ohio Honorable Mention “Doggone it!” Janet hears Henry’s familiar bellow. She knows, without looking or hearing the stomp of his boots, that in an instant, he and his flannel jacket will race out the door of their 1940’s bungalow. She also knows where he is going [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:55:14

Keeping Record

A welcome to Toria who has discovered my site through reading another, took a quick peek at the site she mentioned and it looks well worth a read ... . So, if living in an older house, always worth buying furniture this way, and even in the newer ... or so years ago, so perfect for a smaller house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:56:00

Today’s Blogs: January 14, 2009

Morality in America: The Snare of Existentialism In no way, would I consider myself to be a great student of philosophy ... , Bloomber is a hero in my mind. Thanks to Chicago Bungalow for the video. If you are looking for a Chicago blog with a cogent conservative viewpoint, “in the Time of Obama,” Chicago Bungalow is always [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:00:59

'Lost': The Constant

I remember thinking quite clearly, the night this episode aired, "I feel really lucky to be alive to witness this." It's hyperbole, of course, since it's just a television show, but it was also one of the most creative and emotional piece of popular culture I'd ever witnesses [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:18:24

Costa Rica - Beach Week -Day 2

Costa Rica is one of those places we've always dream about going to but haven't been able to cross it off our list quite yet ... both adventure and relaxation. Costa Rica fit all our criteria.How did you plan your trip to Costa ... so she was able to do research online and read trip reviews to plan our trip. She organized a great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:40:00

Local Market Observations!

What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Speculation? “Peter - not his real name - had his dream. Five years ago, he and his wife sold their bungalow in south-west England for £270,000. They used half of the proceeds to buy a house in Britain for their two sons, and reserved half [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 17:38:19

“The Family Stone:” Home for the Holidays

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET Three Christmases ago, I went with a couple of friends to see “The Family Stone” in the theater ... old house, however? Maybe not. For Christmas Movie Week, I knew I had to watch the movie again to get some pictures of the house for you! For those of you who haven’t seen it, “The Family Stone” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:04:58

The Brazilian Cat by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Brazilian Cat is a horror-adventure story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. This has been a nightmare for me when I read it first time years ago. It’s one his many stories outside of Sherlock Holmes saga. This story is part of his short story collection, Tales of Terror and Mystery. I hope you will enjoy this story [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 08:14:00

The Key to a Better Year with Your Out-of-Control Teen: Map out Your Journey

Happy New Year. Now, before you roll your eyes (which most likely roll just fine because of the lubrication of way too many tears) and sigh (or scream) hang with me. There can be happiness in the New Year.  It’s OK if you don’t believe me, I didn’t believe it when others told me my relationship with my out-of-control teen could heal either [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:47:15

Memorable Perth Trip

9th Nov 08 (Sunday)This is the day where I began my travel journey alone for the very first time of my life for a business trip. And it was my first time to Perth. Woke up around 6am to get ready to the airport. I was exited and nervous at the same time. Having the company of a girl from Guangzhou (who worked for my company as our prefered partner) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 07:16:00

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: An article from 1967

The Messengers The cover on a new LP album called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a photomontage of a crowd gathered round a grave. And a curious crowd it is: Marilyn Monroe is there, so are Karl Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Einstein, Lawrence of Arabia, Mae West, Sonny Liston, and eight Beatles.Eight? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:13:00

Wooden Weekend Retreat by HUT Architecture

Wooden houses with a clean nature around is a great place to have the perfect weekend ... Architecture designed such contemporary wooden house. Here is what they say about it: An existing 1950’s bungalow in a beautiful setting on the South Coast all but rebuilt to create a sustainable [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:32:35

Lost Girl Field Trip: Andros Island-Part1

Jen:While I wouldn't trade my position as 1/3 of The Lost Girls writing team for anything in...well.. ... a spontaneous invite from my friend Mark for a week of beach bumming, bungalow-side boozing and world-class ... cottages and main house to the ocean front hot tub and outdoor [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:07:00

Historical Long Beach Homes To Be Sold

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The Long Beach Press Telegram has the latest on four turn of the century homes that are being offered for sale and restoration by the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency. And don't scoff at the boarded-homes, these places have "ornate classically influenced door" and other period details [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 21:03:54

R.I.P. UNCLE FORRY

THIS MAN WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ON MY YOUNG LIFE & MOST OF THE WEIRDOS OF MY GENERATION. THERE WOULD BE NO FANDOM IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIM (AT LEAST NOT IN THE SAME WAY). HERE IS HIS OBITUARY FROM THE L.A. TIMES... Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 19:22:17

Scratching Post Saturday Night! My encounter with an Obama canvasser

Hello my gracious Conflucian members of the Rebel Alliance! ... happened.  This is how it went: Setting: My little bungalow house in Tampa, FL.  I have a load of laundry ... around since she had some cute sneakers & stylish jeans and T-shirt so I step out of the house [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 01:34:46

A-Z: H

H: (gpronounced aytch) House: we have been in the bungalow for almost a year and a half. Still a significant number of framed artwork sits on the floor; unhung and unsung ... of executable plans!! 8. Jeans that fit 9. doing something for others. 10. waking up on a saturday [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 05:37:01

Modern Bungalows For The Masses

Modern Bungalows For The Masses steve November 24th, 2008 In 1890 St. Louis had a population of 451,770 - more than it has nearly 120 years later ... the side driveway, and the stone porch piers. Above: Plan & interior view of #418. Above: Floor ... of Oklahoma City were built over a crawl space. Above: Elevation of Plan #418 from the Aurelius [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 12:01:25

13 Glossy Black

Times past, man. Sometimes I can think quite luridly juicy loosed lucid before the multiversal towers were opinionated to blockade past tense Summer of 1974, just had my fake PI card, ink still wet. Grooving towards the man I now know is Culhane, Sting It, Don't Swing It, Baby [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:56:44

New Construction Bungalow Short Sale in Hampstead NC

While working with a couple from New York just after Thanksgiving, I came across this short sale in Hampstead NC ... . This Carolina Craftsman Bungalow was built in 2006 and is located in Belvedere Plantation in Hampstead NC ... Hampstead Bungalow Short Sale” in the comment section. I will send you more information [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:23:08

Open House Weekend - Kitchener Waterloo Homes For Sale

Here’s another Keller Williams Realty Open House Extravaganza. We’re painting the town red! ... 10th & 11th 2-4pm Cozy, updated bungalow in desirable Waterloo location. Close to schools ... Circle Waterloo ~ Sunday Jan 11th 1-3pm Lincoln Village bungalow, finished recreation room, parking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:18:14

Modern Miniatures on Monday: Ironing out the next round of issues

(Part Six of a series about the renovation of my Triang V bungalow ... and who I think would be right at home living in this house. See, once again the Universe is conspiring ... to keep the lights and the wiring but plan to carefully remove the wires from under the carpet and paper [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 20:28:00

Planning a House

Despite the fact that we already bought a house, the husband and I still dream of owning two or more real estate property in the future ... different Log Home Plans. He can’t help but be excited. But his greatest dream I think when it comes to real estate is owning a ranch and designing his own Ranch house plans. You see the house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 13:27:11

Sweet Water Bungalows

One of my readers passed this onto me this morning. Thanks DJ! Sweet Water Bungalows are fair weather tiny houses that have a simple wood frame, windows ... on is not included in the price but they do include free plans making it easy to build it yourself [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 16:24:21

Home Design News - January 2009

Home Design News - January 2009 By admin | 13th Jan 2009 | Filed under Newsletters HAPPY NEW YEAR! ... and business practice.  This month’s featured plans are a good example of the variety to be found on our website. The Prichard is old-fashioned simplicity of a ranch style house plan perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:53:39

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