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2015 

 The setting of proper expectations when looking for a new home is critical for all parties involved. It saves time, money and most of all aggravation and frustration for everyone especially the buyers. As a builder’s rep I welcome realtors because usually if a prospective comes through that door...
07/31/2015
                                          A Hydrangea plant outside the Imperial Palace Tokyo                                  The Gold Temple outside the Kyoto area very peaceful and quiet.         A Geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, although they are referred to a Geikos. This was one of th...
07/29/2015
I love the fact that many cities have Restaurant Week to help the local food banks. Houston Restaurant Week will be August 1 through September 7, 2015, okay so ours is more than a week.  I like to stay home and eat but during restaurant week we usually go out once or twice as it is a fun way to s...
07/28/2015
  The Weekend Wine Review is a weekly series I will do on Monday’s post featuring a wine tasted over the weekend. We had the Saveurs du Temps Costiers de Nimes Rose 2014, the translation is The Flavors of Time. We went to San Antonio to and ate dinner at one of our favorite restaurant Bliss. The ...
07/27/2015
    Houston area statistics are out for June 2015, and both prices and sales are up. The market rebounded after a slow May due  to torrential rains and record setting rainfall for the month of May. This weekend we would have thought we were giving the homes away but no worries we are not. I had 4...
07/21/2015
   The Weekend Wine Review is a weekly series I will do on Monday’s post featuring a wine tasted over the weekend. We had the Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Unoaked Chardonnay 2013 wine with our meal of grilled sword fish with mint, olive oil and sage; Pete’s Favorite rice and a very cold f...
07/20/2015
Yes this is Melbourne not India, the wrong plans were sent to MelbourneSo India has the English plans and Melbourne the Indian.  That is also anIndian Restaurant in the forefront.Crooked Building Hotel Pool at the Hotel DelphiSome of the colorful street art in one of the many alleyways in Melbour...
07/19/2015
                                                   Picture of Actual Wine will come later The Weekend Wine Review is a weekly series I will do on Monday’s post featuring a wine tasted over the weekend. We had this wine with our Friday evening meal which consisted of Mushroom Ravioli with Truffle ...
07/13/2015
 When I went to Australia years ago, I went to Uluru, (Ayers Rock) the landscape is bright red and Australia’s Outback is everything I expected it to be. I was and am now very interested in the Aborigines and their art. I bought earring years ago with Aborigine Designs, I wore those earrings out....
07/12/2015
  The long awaited Section 10 construction will begin in August. Due to the inclement weather we have had construction delays, the concrete contractors were here for 3 days and with no major rain in the forecast for the next 2 weeks we should be ready for construction in August 2015. We will have...
07/11/2015
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