HOUSES IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA I promise but common, this place ranks super high in COZY! I LOVE this house!!!! Side view And also this one. By the way, both under $500K, maybe even under $400K. John, can you confirm? More Read More

As mentioned in the post below, John and Vinnie just returned from a week in Asheville, North Carolina. After a few days at the Blueberry Cottage they headed back to the city to check out shops, restaurants, real estate and were lucky to come across and had an amazing Farmer’s Market. I love this picture [...] Read More

While going through a copy of one of my favorite magazines, Country Living, I saw an article about gorgeous rental cottages across the United States. One that caught my attention was Blueberry Cottage at Mountain Farm in Asheville, North Carolina and I happened to know that my brother and his partner Vinnie were planning a [...] Read More

We were recently up in Los Olivos and stopped by the beautiful Summerset Farm. Located in conjunction with Sir Gregory’s Flower stand, it stretches on and on and has such a gorgeous selection of fruits, vegetables and flowers growing. You can wander through the gardens a bit which is my favorite thing to do! The [...] Read More

Does my sister Lisa have a green thumb or what???? I see amazing tomatoes, zucchini, green peppers, yellow squash and some little peppers she’s gonna have to identify! Lisa lives out in Thousand Oaks and has a very clever terraced garden on the backside of her pool. Even in the grueling heat this garden seems [...] Read More

I came across this cottage in the July 2008 issue of House Beautiful Magazine. Imagine having this in Napa Valley! I LOVE the connecting “boardwalk” they did, so cool! and those Louis Vuitton suitcases that they made into a nighttable, I mean, puleeeaasse!! Of course the kitchen barstools show an unbelievable eye for “repurposing”, wouldn’t [...] Read More