Last year our dog Jackie, named after Jackie Robinson, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, when my wife got Jackie she knew she wanted a name related to baseball, and as her mother grew up in Brooklyn, there was no way it was going to be Babe, so that is how Jackie got her name.Anyway, last year
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05/02/2024
Sunday was such a beautiful day here that we had decided to visit Longwood Gardens and catch the end of the tulips. However, when we arrived it was a sold out day, so we changed our plans and visited Winterthur. Winterthur is another Dupont Estate and museum full of lovely things, but many people
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05/01/2024
You have decided to buy or sell a house, so after some research, talking with friends and family you call a few agents to discuss working with them.But, stop. Before you go any further who are you actually going to be contracting with? You may imagine it is the agent with whom you are talking. Bu
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04/22/2024
You want to buy a home in the Main Line and Chester County areas. You go on line and search for homes and see some you like, there may even be an Open House you can visit. However, so far, you are unrepresented and not working with an agent who is going to protect your interests.You know you shou
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04/16/2024
So our dinner at Talula's Table was wonderful. The table was beautifully set, there are only two tables in the restaurant/shop. We got there a little early, to make sure everything was ready for when our guests started arriving. Menus were on the table.Spring 2024 Salmon MosaicAvocado, Aguachile,
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04/12/2024
There are many options to cover the buyer agent's fee, discover some in this post and what you should be looking for in an agent representing you.There has been a lot of misleading commentary recently about how the real estate buying and selling processes are going to be changing due to several l
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04/12/2024
I was able to sit down with Shane McIntyre of Comparion Insurance Agency this week and cover several things about home insurance. Some of the things we covered were:Are you covered when a neighbor's tree falls in your yard?Do you need an UMBRELLA Policy and what the heck is that?How to shop for h
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04/11/2024
This is like a coming soon post about a dinner we are attending/hosting this evening.We are very lucky to have a wide group of friends and to live where we do. Firstly, friends - most people know a small group of people, well Annie is one of those people I discovered when we got married who stays
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04/11/2024
We can all lose ourselves in Facebook, but sometimes it is a place to discover a new bakery. I recently came across the BlackLab Bakery page, isn't that a great name, you want to go just because of the name. I haven't found a really good baker in our area yet. Yes, in West Grove there is a Mexica
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04/02/2024
Growing up in England, April fools was a big thing, everyone got into it, and I remember two particular April Fools Jokes.The first was an advertisement from Guinness, that encouraged you to cut out the advertisement and put it on the inside of a glass, as they had impregnated the paper with a fr
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04/01/2024