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2018 

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Sweat equity is a seller's greatest resource.  I shared this story of my first home staging transformation before. After all these years it  remains my favorite. I still get emotional thinking about it.    One day a high school friend spontaneously dropped by for a visit. Luckily, I was home. As ...
04/16/2018

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04/15/2018

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Kentlands  Historic Area330 Firehouse Lane, Kentlands, Gaithersburg, MD On my regular walks through the Kentlands community, I often wondered about the history of the interesting building at 330 Firehouse Lane.  I thought that it was one of the original historic buildings in the community but not...
04/15/2018

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Choose to be extraordinary. Speechless Sundays - How to be a Superhero I try to create a 'fun' little presentation in my entry hall for each holiday season and was on a mad hunt for something 'different' for St. Patrick's Day this week. I ran across some interesting thought boards, including this...
04/15/2018

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Dog Haus Biergarten Opens in Bethesda, Maryland Dog Haus Biergarten opened its first east coast location in Bethesda, Maryland on Friday, April 13, 2018. They will celebrate the new restaurant by giving away Haus Dogs on Saturday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to Midnight. Click on the above link to reac...
04/14/2018

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What is the life span of a cedar shake roof in Kentlands? Dolores and I live in the Kentlands community in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  One of the original design requirements for all of the homes was a cedar shake roof.  Most of the home buyers thought that the cedar shake roofs would have a long li...
04/14/2018

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An historic, iconic landmark in the heart of Uptown, The Ivey’s Hotel evokes a sense of the historic preservation, combined with a luxury, boutique experience and is an incomparable travel experience. All rooms are exquisitely decorated with an eclectic mix of custom-made art deco and Parisian-in...
04/14/2018

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Happy Hour at Carrabba's Italian Grill, Germantown, MD The happy hours at Carrabba's Italian Grill in Germantown, Maryland feature special prices on the drinks and half price on a selection of appetizers. We usually sit in a booth in the bars area to take advantages of the specials. Click on the ...
04/13/2018

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Facebook Group: Photographer of the World If you follow my blog posts, you know that my hobby is flower photography and that I use my photographs in most of my posts. I also post some of my photographs in a number of Facebook groups. If you have an interest in photography, you may wish to conside...
04/13/2018

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10 Presidents could speak or read Greek  This post comes about because my husband, Bill, is reading Reflections on the Revolution in France,a book by Edmund Burke, which includes footnotes in the orginal Greek with translations. My husband complained that this made the book unnecessarily long. Af...
04/13/2018
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