Your fingertips across my skin The palm trees swaying in the wind Images You sang me Spanish lullabies The sweetest sadness in your eyes Clever trick Well, I never want to see you unhappy I thought you’d want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I’m trying not to think […]
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I realized something today. I have been trying to mold this blog into something interesting, useful, profitable, etc. But what I ended up doing was turning it into something I didn’t even recognize. What I had always intended for it to be was a place for me to record my thoughts, feelings, fears and hopes. […]
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Even during these difficult financial times, when we continue to hear it is a buyer’s market, Britney Spears has decided to put her home on the market. Listing Price: $7,900,000 Exquisite gated Italian Renaissance inspired Villa w/in the exclusive guard-gated Summit. This magnificent Estate offers approximately 7,500 square feet of luxury, 6 BD, 6 BA, […]
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{photo courtesy of PAUL E. KANDARIAN for the Boston Globe} We all know that the Kennedy compound is in Hyannis Port, but did you know that the “original” Kennedy compound is located in Hull, MA? This original Kennedy compound is part of Allerton Hill in Hull and is considered by locals to be the original. […]
[Continue reading...]Great article in the Wall Street Journal attempting to answer the question of the day.
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ABC’s “Bachelor” pad is now available for 33% off. The owner of the Los Angeles-area house, where contestants on the popular reality-TV show competed for love, is asking $8.75 million, down from just under $13 million. According to the Wall Street Journal, during the years of occasional filming, Marshall Haraden, who built the six-bedroom rustic […]
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Positive news on the real estate front? According to USAToday, pending sales of existing homes unexpectedly jumped in August to the highest level in more than a year. The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in June, rose 7.4% in August to 93.4 from an updwardly revised index of […]
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It appears that Boston’s biggest property owner is going green. According to this recent Boston Globe article, Equity Office Properties Trust, which owns 20 Boston buildings, is “outfitting its buildings with features ranging from energy-saving heating and cooling units to new bike racks as part of a multimillion-dollar effort to stamp its buildings with the […]
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Farnoosh Torabi renovated her kitchen in 2004, paying roughly $12,000 for the whole job, including the contractor, new cabinets, recessed lights and granite counter top. Now, with home values dropping and houses staying on the market longer, it’s a great time to concentrate on getting your home in tip-top shape for when the market picks up. But if you […]
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{image courtesy of Matt Stone} It appears that Tom Brady is having just as much trouble off the field as he had on the field. A recent article ran in the Boston Herald’s Inside Track about the difficulty he is having unloading his $16 million home in New York City’s Time Warner Center. Read here […]
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The subtitle for the new book from Domino Magazine, DOMINO: The Book of Decorating, is that it is a “room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy.” I absolutely love this magazine because it gives the reader millions of little ideas (and sometimes large and slightly daunting) to help transform the place you […]
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I have never before written down my experience of September 11, 2001. In a way, this felt very cathartic, and yet at the same time it broke my heart. Here it is: What I remember most about that day was that it was one of the most beautiful days I had seen in a long […]
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I have realized that I often use this blog to post about stress or issues or frustrations. While that is something that does occur on a daily basis, and it is something that everyone can relate to, I almost feel that by recognizing it on a blog with such a daily occurrence is giving it […]
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I haven’t been neglecting you dear blog readers! I have just been merely coming up with some great blog posts to delight your eyes and enrich your mind! (Am I promising too much?) Have no fear…I’m back. Here’s a great quote that I just found the other day. Life is a succession of moments. To […]
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I don’t think there is a person alive on this planet who hasn’t suffered the heavy burden of stress at some point in their life. I am a great sufferer of stress. I let it keep me awake at night, it affects my digestions, my thoughts, my anxiety level and can steal happiness from a […]
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I was going to post all about the topic of today’s Oprah show, “HOW FEAR CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.” It was about listening to our intuition and trusting our gut in the face of fear and how it could possibly save our lives. If you feel nervous walking down a dark street, turn around and […]
[Continue reading...]This month’s issue of O, The Oprah Magazine is absolutely filled to the brim with fabulous articles, pertinent advice and anecdotes to help us all deal with being “overwhelmed.” There are so many articles and thoughts expressed in this issue that I want to mention and all I can say is how excited I am […]
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I just read this article in The New York Times and it closely relates to the project I was undertaking, READING WITH OPRAH. It reminds me of my own desire to see if following the Oprah doctrine can help change (and improve) a life, that I am taking on this challenge as well! Starting today, […]
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i want to not always try to make things better. i want to let things just happen and not worry about putting in my two cents. i want everyone i love to be happy and i want to be with them to enjoy their happiness. i want to not “want” anything. i want to not […]
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“Our society is mistaken: the experience of maturing is infinitely more delightful than ‘perpetual youth.’ In youth one is likely to wish to be experienced (especially if one is an attractive woman) – that is, to be watched, listened to, admired; in maturity one is far more interested in experiencing – in living. The acute […]
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