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2014
Sure, there are three of them, but you'd never know it. There is absolutely no kitty litter issue in the house where these fellows live. And this guy is cute enough to take Best in Show at Westmister, but he doesn't snarl or shed or try to hump legs when potential buyers come in to see the hous...
02/28/2014
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This might be about the funniest thing I've ever read on ActiveRain! Tom is a genious screen writer and this should be in your favorite theater soon. If you'd like to comment, please drop by Tom's blog and leave it there. It is summer of 1948, where a wealthy and often spunky Miss Harley w...
02/28/2014
In January, one of the challenges involved reading (or for many of us, re-reading) the ActiveRain Weltanschauung, and then to write a post about our thoughts on this subject. If you missed this challenge or are very new to ActiveRain, this is what it's about: Weltanschauung: the guiding princip...
02/28/2014
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After my father retired from a long career at the U.S. Geological Survey, he and my mother decided it was time to leave the big old house in Reston, Virginia and move to the a 1-level house in the greater Baltimore area, where most of our extended family lives. And then one showed up in Owings M...
02/28/2014
It was back in the 1990's, and a colleague who stuck to big houses asked me for a favor. A friend has asked her to help a Russian violinist and his wife find a condo. Since she didn't like to do little condos and since I was a musician, would I help these guys? And as soon as I met this wonderf...
02/27/2014
As a political junkie, Mr. Smith has been my favorite Senator since my first viewing of Jimmy Stewart on the big screen. And when I begin to feel especially cynical about our current Congress, I go to Vimeo.com to watch Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. At the end of the original s...
02/27/2014
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Yesterday, my drive home from the office was just beautiful. The snow had just stopped falling, and while we didn't get very much, it was enough to dress up the tree branches and shrubs in a white dress that was just a little bit see=through. Two hours later, it had pretty much melted.
02/25/2014
Tilden Gardens is a cooperative built on 5-acres on Connecticut Avenue between Sedgwick and Tilden Streets. And yes, there are gardens - lovely rose gardens that are just lush from spring into autumn. The four Tudor revival buildings are brick and sandstone, and they were finished in 1930. The...
02/23/2014
Sheridan Kalorama, one of Washington's most desirable neighborhoods, has a number of condo and coops that offer some combination of space and charm, and it is located just above Dupont Circle, between Connecticut and Massachusetts Avenues. But if you want to live there, there are only 3 units cu...
02/23/2014
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Finding Your New Condo in Georgetown If you want to live in Georgetown and are looking for a condo or cooperatives, there are many attractive options. But the inventory is quite tight. As of tonight, there are 23 units for sale. The prices range from a low of $359,000 for a2 835 square foot 1-b...
02/23/2014
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