New Star Theatre Chief Debuts With Broadway Revue
- May
- 11
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“A Salute to Broadway” is an event with multiple purposes. First of all, it is a concert fundraiser for the Star Theater Co. Second, it’s a retrospective of last season’s musicals. Third, it’s a preview of musicals planned for the next season.
But the fourth purpose may be the most critical one of all —- it [...]
UK At Home behind the closed doors of ordinary Britons
- April
- 12
To see clips that go behind the shooting of UK at Home, click
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Whenever I hear the word home, I think of the oak table in our dining room.
My parents worked as GPs, out early and back late, so during the week meals
were rushed and casual %26ndash; usually I would [...]
Make plans now for a beautiful summer garden
- April
- 8
It’s easy to love your yard in the summer, when the grass is soft as a carpet, the flowers look like they were painted by Gauguin and the trees are lusciously leafy. But in the winter and early spring, when your beautiful yard has been transformed into a flat, brown plain, the seductiveness fades.
You [...]
Edinburgh homes show how to create space
- April
- 8
Two very different solutions to the problem of creating contemporary spaces
within traditional suburban homes have recently emerged in Edinburgh. Both
projects, precipitated by the desire to accommodate growing families, share
the same cutting-edge credentials, as well as similar budgets - just shy of
%26pound;100,000.
Yet both have taken entirely different approaches. The Scott family’s east
Edinburgh home has an entirely [...]
Atlantan returns to her roots in Midtown home
- April
- 8
For some folks, the old homestead is a big house surrounded by gardens tended by grandparents. For Liz Weaver, the family homestead is in the middle of Midtown, surrounded by sidewalks, blacktop and views of the skyscrapers a few blocks away.
Four years ago, Weaver moved back to town from Dunwoody and into the house where [...]
Garden Plaza vibe ‘just like a five-star hotel’
- April
- 8
Doris Schaefer moved from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Garden Plaza at Lawrenceville last October.
“My husband had died, and my daughter, who lives in Winder, suggested I make the move up here. I had looked at quite a few places when I came up to visit, but wasn’t particularly pleased. Then my grandson saw this building [...]
Cobb condo designed to fit busy vibrant lifestyle
- March
- 19
Alberto Sebastian’s home is all about bold colors and spectacular sunrises.
Becky Stein / Special(ENLARGE)Alberto Sebastian owns a car dealership and a night club in Cobb County, so location was an important consideration when he was looking for a new home.Becky Stein / Special(ENLARGE)Sebastian moved to Horizon in Wildwood in part because the [...]
Move from Dunwoody to Midtown opens up new world
- March
- 19
To some, Glee Lamb’s move last fall from a four-bedroom home in Dunwoody to her two-bedroom, two-story Midtown condo might seem like scaling down. But for Lamb, it’s really been an expansion, a chance to live life on a much larger scale.
“I love the energy and excitement here in Midtown,” says Lamb. “I love looking [...]
New ownership means fresh start for Abacrombie
- March
- 18
Baltimoreans who love good food had reason to worry about Abacrombie. Until previous owner/chef Sonny Sweetman left for greener pastures, it was one of our premier restaurants. After the restaurant and the bed and breakfast that housed it were sold, the dining room had a couple of false starts and then finally closed — perhaps [...]
The benefits of staging a home
- March
- 16
IS staging a magic bullet that moves a house into the sold column?
Professional stagers — the people who come into a home and make it look like Martha Stewart lives there — are growing in ranks, in no small part thanks to the stagnation of the real estate market.
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